Fort-Shevchenko ( kk, Форт-Шевченко) is a military-base town and administrative centre of
Tupkaragan District
Tupkaragan District ( kk, Түпқараған ауданы, Tüpqarağan audany) is a district of Mangystau Region in south-western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Fort-Shevchenko
Fort-Shevchenko ( kk, Ф ...
in
Mangystau Region
Mangystau ( kk, Маңғыстау облысы, Mañğystau oblysy; russian: Мангистауская область, Mangistauskaya oblast) is a Regions of Kazakhstan, region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Aktau (a seaport), which has a popula ...
of
Kazakhstan
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on the eastern shore of
Caspian Sea
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. Primary industries include fishing and the extraction of stone. Population: 5,559 (2016 estimate).
History
The city was founded as a military stronghold by the Imperial
Russian Navy in 1846 after nearby New Alexander Fort, built in 1834 overlooking
Dead Kultuk
The Dead Kultuk ( kk, Өлі қолтық шығанағы ''Ölı qoltyq şyğanağy''; russian: Мёртвый Култук) is a bay of the Caspian Sea in the coast of Kazakhstan, west of the Ustyurt desert.
The bay was known as 'Tsesarevich ...
, was deemed too remote.
Travel Guide to Fort Shevchenko and Bautino – Planet Esoterica
/ref> Until 1857, Fort Shevchenko was known as ''Novopetrovskoye'' (Новопетровское) and from 1857 to 1939 as ''Fort-Aleksandrovskii'' (Форт-Александровский). It was named for Ukrainian
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poet
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