Zhezkazgan city

Zhezkazgan - a city of central Kazakhstan, situated on 1,761 square kilometers with a population of 96,7 thousand people from Bogota industrial infrastructure, with many cultural, educational and sports institutions. The city was founded on Dec. 20, 1954. On the territory of Zhezkazgan region found more than 1500 monuments of history and culture. Especially a lot of them on the banks of rivers Sarysu.yu Sary Kengir. In one historical and cultural complex includes Zhezkhazgan urban historical and archeological museum, museum of history of mining and smelting business, the memorial house-museum of the first Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan Kanysh Satpayev discovered mineral resources Zhezkazgan. Great Kazakh scientist metallurgist, miner and geologist Academician KI Satpayev figuratively speaking, was the godfather of Zhezkazgan mining and metallurgical plant, dreamed of opening in Zhezkazgan University. And his winged dream came true. Young Zhezkhazgan University O. Baykonurova, Zhezkazgan musical and medical colleges are preparing vysokprofessionalnyhspetsialistov and learn new educational technologies. In the city of metallurgists has more than 20 cultural sites, including Zhezkhazgan Kazakh-The dramatic theater im.S.kozhamkulova and Young People's Theatre. A distinctive feature of this Zhezkazgan - Ulytau Mountains, which are far from the city. Ulytau (Great Mountain) is the historical center of the Kazakh people, the epicenter of the nomadic steppe culture of civilization. Mountain Range Ulytau is visible for many miles, stretched from north to south for 200 km. The high point is vertex Aulie-Tau, very similar to the image of the "World Mountain," a manifestation of the ancient cult of Mt. It is possible that her image could be paired with the symbol of tribal Mountains - a guardian and protector, a sacred place. Huge mounds, cemeteries, mausoleums Begazy-Dandybay culture, rock paintings, petroglyphs, mining, metallurgical furnace in which the melted copper, tin, silver, gold and other ancient monuments are found and studied by scientists indicate that Ulytau since ancient times was the center of Saryarki and throughout the steppes. Ulytau is a national shrine of the Kazakh people, imbibed the millennial spirit of our ancestors, covered with legends, sung by poets, many centuries bewitch people. The greatness of these ancient mountains lies in the significance of events of national history of Kazakhstan. Ulytau was a favorite place of the khans of nomadic tribes. Here was stationed rate Zhoshy Khan Сhenghis Khan's eldest son, from this started his conquests to the east Batu Khan. In Ulytau erected mausoleums Zhoshy Khan and Alasha Khan – founder of Turkish speaking tribes. Here is buried Khan of Golden Horde Tokhtamysh, great Horde leader Amir Edyge. The names of these people are immortalized in oral folk art (folklore), Altai, the Urals, the Crimea, Northern Caucasus and Uzbekistan. On the stone slab Ulytau mountains Altynshoky left the memory of his time in the spring of 1391 the great Tamerlane. Ulytau region of the Karaganda region has become a mecca for foreign tourists who are interested in the history of culture and geography of settlement of the East and Eurasia. The monuments, which keeps Ulytau go back to the Paleolithic and Neolithic. The district has about 636 sites, 282 of which are listed in the historical and cultural map of the fund's "Ulytau. Archeologists found numerous primitive people, their tools. On the river Karakengir found in Kazakhstan's largest studio Paleolithic. In the river valleys were identified monuments of the Bronze Age - the settlements, cemeteries, the rich burial of ancient culture. Up this day, do not solve the mystery of "mound with a mustache. Some archaeologists suggest that the tombs facilities, others - that is an ancient observatory. Archaeological excavations have shown that even three thousand years ago, local tribes were engaged in mining and metal trades and exported to Iran, India and Greece, copper, tin, silver and gold. On the territory of Ulytau the botanical and geographical research revealed 617 species, 90 species are medicinal. Ulytau called "country of lakes and springs". On the herbal properties of mountain spring water Ulytau is known far outside this region.

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