Akmol (, ''Aqmol''), formerly Malīnovka until 2007, is a rural locality (
selo) and the administrative center of
Tselinograd District,
Akmola Region
Akmola Region (, ; ) is a centrally located regions of Kazakhstan, region of Kazakhstan. It was known as Tselinograd Oblast during Soviet Union, Soviet rule. Its capital is Kökşetau. The national capital, Astana, is enclosed by the region, but ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
, roughly west of
Astana
Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...
. Population: As of 2012, it had a population of 5769 people. As of 2015, Zhanat Beisekeyev is the local ''akim'' (mayor).
Geography
The village is located on the bank of
Lake Zhalanash,
on the paved road which connects Astana and
Korgalzhyn
Korgalzhyn (, ''Qorğaljyn'') is a village in the Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. It serves as the administrative center of Korgalzhyn District. The Nura River slowly flows around the selo. It is situated 120 km south-west of Astana. Population: ...
.
Zhanazhol (5.4 km) and
Rodionovka (5.7 km) are nearby. The closest railway station is in Astana. Akmol is east of the
Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve
Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve (, ''Qorğaljyn memlekettık tabiği qoryğy'') is a protected area in Akmola Region, Aqmola and Karaganda Region, Karaganda regions of Kazakhstan, located west of the city of Astana. It is part of the UNESCO herita ...
, part of the UNESCO heritage site
Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan.
History
The locality was founded in the 1930 as a settlement serving the prison camp. It was known as the ''26-ya Tochka'' and was part of Akmolinsky District of Akmolinsk Region. In the 1960s, both the district and the region were renamed Tselinograd. In 1976, the settlement was officially renamed Malinovka. On 9 January 2007, the administrative center of the district was transferred into the ''selo'' of Malinovka, which was simultaneously renamed Akmol.
Economy
Traditionally the local economy has been based on the poultry industry, with the prominent Akmola-Phoenix firm employing some 500 people. The Tekeli mining firm is also operational in
granite
Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...
mining in the area and runs a processing plant.
[ The Akmol village has a regional telecommunication center, a cultural center, and a new regional court house.]
Landmarks
During the Stalin era, the locality became notorious for the presence of a labor camp for "wives and children of men who were interned elsewhere as 'betrayers of the motherland'" (, abbreviated as ALZhIR).Great Patriotic War
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War (term), Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a Theater (warfare), theatre of World War II ...
. A railway carriage depicting a deportation train stands alongside.[
The local theatre or "house of culture" has around 630 seats, and hosts various events, such as the Russian Folk Choir. The Malinowski Folk Choir was established in 1973. There is also a dance group and an orchestra of Kazakh folk instruments.][
The mosque in the town was completed between 1995 and 1998. The building has two towers and a dome height of , and caters for more than 200 worshippers. There is also a Roman Catholic parochial church (Our Lady of the Rosary), within the Archdiocese of Astana.][
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References
{{Akmola Region
Populated places in Akmola Region