Oskemen
Oskemen
Öskemen, Өскемен (in Kazakh) Усть-Каменогорск (in Russian) | |
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From the top, View over Oskemen, New Mosque of Oskemen, Palace of Culture | |
UTC+5 | |
Postal code | F0*****[1] |
Area code | +7 7232 |
Vehicle registration | F, 16 |
Website | www |
Oskemen (Kazakh: Өскемен, romanized: Öskemen (ⓘ)) or Ust-Kamenogorsk (Russian: Усть-Каменого́рск) is the largest city in the east of Kazakhstan and the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan.
Name
The city has two official names.[2] In the Kazakh language, its name is Өскемен/Oskemen and in the Russian language it is known as Усть-Каменогорск. Both names appear on the seal of the city.[3]
History
The city was founded in 1720 at the confluence of the
One of the main industrial enterprises, the
In 2017, the Ulba Metallurgical Plant was inaugurated by the
Economy
The city developed into a major
The number of enterprises in Oskemen is very high relative to the number of people living there. There are about 169 firms according to the data from 2002.[13] Most of them are industrial firms, working in mining and processing of raw materials, mostly heavy metals.
- Kazzinc is a major fully integrated zinc producer with considerable copper, precious metals and lead credits. The company was established in 1997 through the merger of Eastern Kazakhstan's three main non-ferrous metal companies - Ust-Kamenogorsk Lead and Zinc Combinate, Leninogorsk Polymetallic Combinate and Zyryanovsk Lead Combinate. The company continues to develop seeking to have its stable position among the world's five lowest cost zinc producers. Apart from zinc it produces on a large-scale lead, silver, copper, and many more.[14]
- Titanium-Magnesium plant specializes in production and selling nonferrous metals.[15]
- Ulba metallurgical plant produces hi-tech uranium, beryllium and tantalum products for the needs of atomic engineering, electronics, metallurgical and other spheres of operation. The company is among the leaders in production of their specific goods.[16]
- Apart from the mining and processing companies, there are numerous hydropower plantsconcentrated around the Ust-Kamenogorsk region of Eastern Kazakhstan.
The highest
Higher education
Culture
The city has three cinemas (although during the Soviet era, there were a lot more), three museums, and a drama theater with Russian and Kazakh (since 2000) troupes.
Sport
Boris Alexandrov Sports Palace serves as home arena to the ice hockey club HC Torpedo (officially Kazzinc-Torpedo, commonly referred to as Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk). Torpedo’s men’s representative team plays in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL), of which it was a founding member, and the women’s representative team plays in the Kazakh Women's Ice Hockey League. The men’s farm team, Altay-Torpedo, competes in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship and the men’s under-20 team, Altay, plays in the Eastern Conference of the Junior Hockey League (MHL). Torpedo is the alma mater of NHL players Nik Antropov, Vitali Kolesnik, Evgeni Nabokov, Alexander Perezhogin, and Konstantin Pushkaryov.
The
Oskemen hosted the national rink bandy championship in 2014 and the national amateur bandy championship in 2018.[19][20]
Religion
With ethnic
Transport
The city has an international airport, Oskemen Airport.
Oskemen's tram system has 4 lines.
Intercity bus service is available at two bus stations. The most extensive network, with more than 35 lines, is at the railway station, which is located by the Sports Palace on Novoshkolnaya Street. From this station, buses not only serve cities within Kazakhstan, but also Russian cities such as Krasnoyarsk. The route network at the second station covers a smaller area with 17 lines.
Climate
Oskemen has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The coldest months are November through March. Record low temperatures range from −49 °C in January to 4 °C in July, and record highs range from 8 °C in January to 43 °C in July.
Climate data for Oskemen (1991-2020, extremes 1895-present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
22.0 (71.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
41.0 (105.8) |
42.8 (109.0) |
38.6 (101.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
42.8 (109.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
10.5 (51.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
3.9 (39.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.4 (−4.7) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
0.5 (32.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
−2.2 (28.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −47.2 (−53.0) |
−44.6 (−48.3) |
−40 (−40) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−21.5 (−6.7) |
−42.8 (−45.0) |
−42.2 (−44.0) |
−47.2 (−53.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 24 (0.9) |
24 (0.9) |
28 (1.1) |
33 (1.3) |
38 (1.5) |
41 (1.6) |
63 (2.5) |
33 (1.3) |
27 (1.1) |
42 (1.7) |
46 (1.8) |
34 (1.3) |
431 (17.0) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 87.7 |
Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net[23] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: NOAA[24]
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Ecology
As expected in a city with a lot of heavy industry, the atmosphere of the city holds the by-products of the heavy metals production:
There are 3 impact points that are influenced in Oskemen. The atmosphere is hit most. With a poor urban ventilation (the average percentage of calm 48%),
The most polluted rivers of the Republic are those flowing through the territory of the East Kazakhstan region, where the highest index of surface water pollution is observed in the mining areas and enrichment of
The
As a result of large production of uranium and presence of other radioactive elements such thorium, radon or radioactive dust the radioactive background of the city is remarkable with the zones of radioactive anomaly which are spread around the city.[13]
Oskemen is known to be the leader in Kazakhstan by the number of people having respiratory problems and the diseases of immune system. The statistics show that the most frequent diseases are respiratory diseases and urogenital system diseases. In the last years, the number of people having cancer has been also increasing.
Twin towns – sister cities
Oskemen is twinned with:
People
- Max Birbraer (born 1980), Kazakhstan-born Israeli ice hockey right wing currently playing for the Cardiff Devils of the Elite Ice Hockey League.
- Anton Khudobin, ice hockey goalie currently playing for the Texas Stars of the AHL.
- Nik Antropov, ice hockey centre who played in the NHL and the KHL.
- Georgy Malenkov, former Premier of the Soviet Union; exiled by Nikita Khrushchev to Oskemen to manage the hydroelectric plant after an abortive coup plot.
- Evgeni Nabokov, former ice hockey goalie. Played for the San Jose Sharks, New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL. Ranks 18th all time in the NHL for regular season wins and holds every major goaltending record for San Jose.
- Alexander Perezhogin, former ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens.
- Olga Rypakova, Olympic long jumper. She won a gold medal for Kazakhstan in the triple jump at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- Katsiaryna Snytsina, Kazakhstani-born Belarusian basketball player, won a bronze medal at the 2007 European Championships
- Defence Minister of Armenia.
- Yevgeniy Chebatkov (born 1990), comedian, actor. [28][29]
- Farida Saminovna, TikTok influencer.
See also
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