Altai (, ), until 2019 known as Zyryan () or Zyryanovsk () is a town of regional significance in

East Kazakhstan Region East Kazakhstan Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, and includes parts of the Irtysh River, Lake Markakol, and Lake Zaysan. Its administrative center is Öskemen (also known as Ust'-Kamenogorsk ...

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, 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

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. A 183-km railroad connects Zyrianovsk with

Ust-Kamenogorsk Oskemen ( ) or Ust-Kamenogorsk ( rus, Усть-Каменогорск, p=ˌʊsʲtʲ kəmʲɪnɐˈgorsk) is the largest city in the east of Kazakhstan and the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Name The city has two ...

. Also through Zyryanovsk there passes a highways

– Rakhmanovskie Kluchi and

– 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 (division "Kazzinc"). The combine is educated from two mines (Maleevsky and Grekhovsky), 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

* Alfred Koch (born 1961), Russian writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman *

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(born 1951), Soviet and Russian

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References

Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region Tomsk Governorate Populated places established in 1791 {{EastKazakhstanRegion-geo-stub