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Oral (Kazakh: Орал, pronounced ⓘ), known in Russian as Uralsk (Russian: Уральск, IPA: [ʊˈralʲsk]), is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chagan rivers close to the Russian border.
Uralsk overview. Uralsk (also spelled Oral) is a city and administrative center of West Kazakhstan oblast of western Kazakhstan located along Ural River. Uralsk has the population of about 211,000 (2009). The phone code is +7 71122; postal codes - 090000-090013. Local time in Uralsk city is October 10, 6:20 pm (+5 UTC). Uralsk city coat of arms.
Uralsk is the oldest town in the current territory of Kazakhstan but the city has changed a lot recently. The city was originally built by Cossacks in 1584 at the junction of two rivers, the Ural’s the Yaik and the Chagan and it was originally named Yaitskiy Gorodok.
Jun 30, 2023 · Uralsk (Oral in Kazakh) is a city in Kazakhstan, but in many ways, only by name. Its location at the far northwestern edge of Kazakhstan means it is closer to Helsinki and Warsaw than it is to Almaty.
Oral (Kazakh: Орал ()), known in Russian as Uralsk, is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chagan rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western bank of the Ural river, it is considered geographically in Europe.
Oral, city, western Kazakhstan, along the Ural (Zhayyq) River. Founded in 1613 or 1622 by Cossacks fleeing a tsarist punitive campaign, it was known as Yaitsky Gorodok until 1775, when its name was changed following the Pugachov Rebellion. The town was a centre of both the Stenka Razin (1667) and.
Ural Cossacks founded Oral (aka Uralsk in Russian) in 1584, although other sources officially date the city’s start as 1613. Establishing it may have involved encounters with the Mongol-Turkic Nogai Horde, who controlled extensive areas of western Kazakhstan and parts of the Lower Volga River Basin.
The center of the region is located in the city of Uralsk. It borders on five regions of the Russian Federation: Astrakhan, Volgograd, Saratov, Samara, Orenburg and two regions of Kazakhstan: Aktobe and Atyrau, and is connected to them by rail, road, water and air transport.
Oral is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chagan Rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western side of the Ural river, it is considered geographically in Europe. It has a population of 330,000 (2019).
Its administrative centre is Oral (also known as Uralsk or Ural'sk), a city of about 250,000 inhabitants. The Region was created as West Kazakhstan Oblast in Kazakh SSR of Soviet Union. Between 1962 and 1992 it was named Ural’sk Oblast and was renamed in 1993 to the old name following the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union.
