Ushkonyr ( kk, Үшқоңыр, ''Üşqoñyr''), formerly known as Shamalgan ( kk, Шамалған, ''Şamalğan'') or Chemolgan (russian: Чемолган), is a rural community near
Almaty in
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 ...
. It is notable as the birthplace of former
Kazakh president
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( kk, Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев, Nūrsūltan Äbişūlı Nazarbaev, ; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician and military officer who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in off ...
.
The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
Embassy of Kazakhstan in Israel
References
Populated places in Almaty Region
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