Altai, Kazakhstan


Altai, until 2019 known as Zyryan or Zyryanovsk is a town of regional significance in East [Kazakhstan Region] of Kazakhstan, and the administrative center of the Altai District. It was established in 1791 and was granted town status in 1941. Population:

Location

Zyryanovsk is located in the Rudnyi Altai, on the banks of the Berezovka River, a left tributary of the Bukhtarma. A 183-km railroad connects Zyrianovsk with Ust-Kamenogorsk. Also through Zyryanovsk there passes a highways Ust-Kamenogorsk – Rakhmanovskie Kluchi and Ust-Kamenogorsk – Bolshenarymskoe.

Industry

Zyrianovsk owed its establishment to the exploitation of a complex ore deposit, discovered in 1791 by a local inhabitant, G. G. Zyrianov. Zyrianovsk has a lead combination. The combine is educated from two mines, concentrating factory, and non-productive departments.

Education

In the center of the East Kazakhstan State Technical University, medical college, agrarian and technical college, humanitarian college, construction and transport college, and industrial college functions.
There are 8 schools, 3 kindergartens, 3 public libraries, a Palace of Culture, equipment and sports, the Equipments-House.

Notable residents