Serebryansk ( kz, Серебрянск, ''Serebriansk''; russian: Серебрянск) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Zyryan District Altai ( kk, Алтай ауданы, translit=Altai audany; russian: Район Алтай, translit=Raion Altai), until 2019 known as Zyryan ( kk, Зырян ауданы, ) or Zyryanovsk (russian: Зыряновский район) is a distric ...

in East Kazakhstan Region of eastern

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. Population: The town is located on the right bank of the Irtysh River, downstream of the Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant.

History

Serebryansk was founded in 1953 as the urban-type settlement of Serebryanka. The purpose of the settlement was to host workers employed in the construction of the Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant. Previously, the village of Novo-Alexandrovka was located on the site of the settlement. On July 9, 1962 Serebryanka was granted town status within Zyryan District.

Economy

Industry

Serebryansk mainly serves the hydropower plant. There is also a chemical plant.

Transportation

The town is served by Serebryanka railway station on the railway connecting

Oskemen Oskemen ( kk, Өскемен, translit=Öskemen ), or Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian: Усть-Каменого́рск), is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Population: Name The city has two official names. In th ...

and

Zyryanovsk Altai ( kk, Алтай, translit=Altai, russian: Алтай, translit=Altai), until 2019 known as Zyryan ( kk, Зырян, ''Zyrian'') or Zyryanovsk (russian: Зыряновск) is a town of regional significance in East Kazakhstan Region of ...

. Serebryansk has access to the paved road which follows he right bank of the Irtysh and connects Oskemen and Zyryanovsk.

References

{{East Kazakhstan Region Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region