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13-555: The Koyandy Fair opened in 1848 when merchant Barnabas Botov first began buying cattle on the banks of the Taldy north of Karkaraly . The following year, new buyers arrived and soon people from Kazakhstan , Siberia , the Urals , Central Asia and western China were visiting the fair. Because of the nomadic nature of the people’s lives, they waited until summer to sell their livestock and purchase necessary goods. It has been reported that

26-550: A two-year-old ram was worth 2 silver rubles. In 1869, the Karkaraly regional administration filed an application to officially recognize the trade fair. By 1900 the Koyandy Fair had 30 stores, 276 shops and 707 yurts in the area of 55 square kilometres (21 sq mi). The fair was organized in four long rows. In the two central rows were Russian and Siberian merchants trading iron and copper goods, textiles and tea. In

39-565: Is a lake in Karkaraly District , Karaganda Region , Kazakhstan . The lake is located 42 km (26 mi) to the NNE of Karkaraly city. The nearest inhabited places are Karabulak 10 km (6.2 mi) to the southeast, Yegindybulak 30 km (19 mi) to the east by Mount Ku , and Koyandy village 25 km (16 mi) to the NW of the northwestern lakeshore. The lake

52-405: Is a 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long and 0.7 km (0.43 mi) wide peninsula in the southeast dividing the southern part into two bays. The bottom of the lake is sand and mud. The water of Balyktykol is fresh but hard . The lake is fed by snow, rainfall and underground water. The Ozdenbay River flows into the lake from the north and the Taldy flows from the south and bends westwards close to

65-522: Is an Important Bird Area under threat. Balyktykol is a heart-shaped lake in the central/eastern Kazakh Uplands . It lies at the eastern end of the Karasor Basin , about 20 km (12 mi) to the east of lake Karasor and 24 km (15 mi) to the south of Saumalkol , surrounded by low hills. The lakeshores are low and gently sloping in the northwest and in the east, but in the remaining stretches they are rocky, with steep cliffs. There

78-646: Is the Sarybulak from the right. Near Balyktykol lake it bends westwards close to the northwestern lakeshore and heads straight towards lake Karasor , flowing roughly parallel to the Karasu to the north. Finally it enters the eastern end of the lake 4 km (2.5 mi) downriver from Koyandy village. The valley is wide and the river channel is steep in some stretches. The river is fed by precipitation and groundwater. Balyktykol (Karasor Basin) Balyktykol ( Kazakh : Балықтыкөл ; Russian : Балыктыколь )

91-610: Is the main river of the Karasor Basin . It freezes between November and April. The main settlements near its banks are Koyandy , Burkitti (Taldinka), Karagaily and Akkora . The Taldy has its sources in the Kent Range , to the SSE of the southern slopes of the Karkaraly Range , central Kazakh Uplands . It heads roughly northwards along a wide intermontane basin bound by mountains all along its course. Its main tributary

104-581: The NW lakeshore heading towards lake Karasor. The highest water level is in April during the spring floods, and the lowest usually in October. The lake freezes in November and thaws in April. There is steppe vegetation around Balyktykol, with wormwood and sedges . In some areas meadows are fringing the banks with fescue , spear grass , Neotrinia splendens and Caragana growing tall. Every year at

117-568: The fair had grown dramatically. There was a newspaper, library, playground, and a health center. Radios were present and for the first time, people were able to listen to broadcasts from Moscow . A “bureaucratic corner” was created, where a post-office, bank and courthouse were all built. The fair was a celebration for all. Wrestlers, circus performers, magicians, orators were all common. Visiting Akyns , singers and dombra players included Maira Ualukyzy , Kalybek Kuanyshpaev and paluan Hadzhi Mukana . Land disputes and claims cases were settled at

130-408: The fair was closed in 1930. Today, all that is left are a few dilapidated buildings, warehouses, shops and a chapel. For 80 years the fair played a major role in the development of the region as a center of business and entertainment. Taldy The Taldy ( Kazakh : Талды ) is a river in Karkaraly District , Karaganda Region , Kazakhstan . It is 159 kilometres (99 mi) long. The Taldy

143-449: The fair. Many famous people of the day visited the fair. Abai Kunanbaev (the father of Kazakh literature) and Baluan Sholak (composer and famous wrestler) are known to have visited the fair. At the age of 49, Sholak accepted a fight from a well-known fighter named Carona, at the Koyandy Fair and during the fight broke several ribs. Kazakh society was changing though and people were less nomadic than in previous years. Largely due to this,

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156-408: The other two rows were merchants from Kazakhstan, Central Asia and China. They traded silks, oriental sweets, carpets, drinks, bread, leather , grains, textiles, and much more. However, the main product of the fair was livestock. Every year over 200,000 horses, cows, sheep and goats were sold. For the years of its operation, the Koyandy Fair was the largest of its kind in the steppe region. By 1913,

169-425: The turnover at the fair approached five million rubles. Anything could be found at the fair: English clothes, Belgian lace, Paris perfumes, and more. One merchant raised so much money that upon his death, his children made a headstone of black marble for him, something that was unprecedented in this area of the world. In the years of revolution and civil war, the fair stopped. But it was revived again in 1923. By then,

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