Kotyaevka (, ''Kotiaevka'') is a small village situated on the right bank of the Kigash River in the Kurmangazy District of

Atyrau Region Atyrau Region (; ) formerly known as Guryev Region () until 1991, is one of the regions of Kazakhstan, in the western part of the country around the northeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Atyrau, with a population of 355,117; t ...

, Kazakhstan. Geographical coordinates are: Latitude (DMS): 46° 32' 40 N, Longitude (DMS): 48° 45' 20 E. It is located in 30 kilometers from

Ganyushkino Kurmangazy or ( ), known before 2018 as Ganyushkin(o) (; ), is the administrative center of the Kurmangazy District, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan. Kurmangazy is situated at 46°38'N, 49°08'E with an elevation of . Kurmangazy is in the west of Atyra ...

, administrative centre of Kurmangazy district. Kotyaevka is situated on the Kazakhstan's western border with Russia. From October 2007 Kurmangazy single check-point has started to operate for all those crossing Kazakhstani-Russian border. The opening ceremony of the check point was held in September 2007 and was attended by Russian Prime Minister

Viktor Zubkov Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov ( rus, Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, p=ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ zʊpˈkof; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the List of h ...

and his Kazakh counterpart

Karim Massimov Karim Qajymqanuly Massimov (, , ; born 15 June 1965)Kazakhstan moves to ...

Sources

*KazIndex, Atyrau Province Book
Government of Kazakhstan website
{{Atyrau Region Populated places in Atyrau Region