Beskaragay (; ), known as ''Bolshaya Vladimirovka'' until 2007, is a settlement in

Abai Region Abai Region (, ) is a Regions of Kazakhstan, region of Kazakhstan. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on 16 March 2022 that the region would be created. The area split off from East Kazakhstan Region when Tokayev's bill came into force on 8 ...

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 ...

. It is the capital of

Beskaragay District Beskaragay (; ) is a district of Abai Region in eastern 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 ...

and the administrative center of the Beskaragay Rural District (KATO code — 633630100). Population:

Geography

Beskaragay lies about west of the Russia-Kazakhstan border, and to the northwest of

Semey Semey (; , formerly known as Semipalatinsk ( ) until 2007 and as Alash-Qala ( ) from 1917 to 1920, is a city in eastern Kazakhstan, in the Kazakh part of Siberia. When Abai Region was created in 2022, Semey became its administrative centre. I ...

city (Semipalatinsk), the regional capital.

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References

Populated places in Abai Region {{AbaiRegion-geo-stub