The Burabay National Park ( Kazakh : Бурабай мемлекеттік ұлттық табиғи паркі , Burabai memlekettık ūlttyq tabiği parkı ) is a natural park located in Burabay District , in Aqmola Region , Kazakhstan , near Astana .
69-436: Kokshetau ( / ˌ k ɒ k ʃ ɪ ˈ t aʊ / ; Kazakh : Kökşetau [kɵkʃʲetɑw] ; lit. ' Blue Mountain ' ), formerly known as Kokchetav ( / ˌ k ɒ k tʃ ɪ ˈ t æ v / ; Russian : Кокчетав [kəktɕe'taf] ) between 1868 and 1993 , is a lakeside city in northern Kazakhstan and the capital of Akmola Region . It stretches along the southern shore of Lake Kopa , lying in
138-497: A cold semi-arid climate zone ( Köppen climate classification : BSk ) with extreme continental influences. The city has an extreme continental climate with long, very cold, frigid, snowy, dry winters and warm, dry, sunny summers (featuring occasional brief rain showers). Winter is frosty and long (more than 5 months). In spring, prevails clear and dry weather, with a large number of sunny days. Autumn begins in August or September, and
207-519: A Cyrillic script in the 1940s. Today, Kazakhs use the Cyrillic and Latin scripts to write their language, although a presidential decree from 2017 ordered the transition from Cyrillic to Latin by 2031. Kazakh exhibits tongue-root vowel harmony , with some words of recent foreign origin (usually of Russian or Arabic origin) as exceptions. There is also a system of rounding harmony which resembles that of Kyrgyz, but which does not apply as strongly and
276-406: A degree of mutual intelligibility with closely related Karakalpak while its Western dialects maintain limited mutual intelligibility with Altai languages . In October 2017, Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev decreed that the writing system would change from using Cyrillic to Latin script by 2025. The proposed Latin alphabet has been revised several times and as of January 2021 is close to
345-765: A liturgical language in the Western European cultural sphere. The Kazakhs used the Arabic script to write their language until approximately 1929. In the early 1900s, Kazakh activist Akhmet Baitursynuly reformed the Kazakh-Arabic alphabet, but his work was largely overshadowed by the Soviet presence in Central Asia. At that point, the new Soviet regime forced the Kazakhs to use a Latin script, and then
414-492: A population of roughly 165,153 residents, includes one settlement administration (which consists of the work settlement of Stantsyonny ) and the Krasnoyarsk rural district, which includes two rural settlements (the villages of Krasny Yar and Kyzyl-Zhuldyz ). The city is considered to have been founded in 1824 as a military fortress, while it was granted city status in 1895. It was the centre of Kokshetau Region , which
483-523: A system of 12 phonemic vowels, 3 of which are diphthongs. The rounding contrast and /æ/ generally only occur as phonemes in the first syllable of a word, but do occur later allophonically; see the section on harmony below for more information. Moreover, the /æ/ sound has been included artificially due to the influence of Arabic, Persian and, later, Tatar languages during the Islamic period. It can be found in some native words, however. According to Vajda,
552-574: A total population of 738,587 (2019 est.), down from 1,061,820 ( 1989 census ), making it the tenth most populous region in Kazakhstan. The city's history has been influenced by people of many nations and religions. Kokshetau retains multiethnic population, with 59% ethnic Kazakhs (up from 36%), the rest being mostly 28% ethnic Russians (down from 42%) and other ethnic groups such as Ukrainians , Tatars and Germans . Kokshetau City Administration (area of 425 km [164 sq mi]), with
621-724: A vast territory from the Tian Shan to the western shore of the Caspian Sea . Kazakh is the official state language of Kazakhstan, with nearly 10 million speakers (based on information from the CIA World Factbook on population and proportion of Kazakh speakers). In China, nearly two million ethnic Kazakhs and Kazakh speakers reside in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang. The Kipchak branch of Turkic languages, which Kazakh
690-565: Is Humid continental climate, warm summer ( Köppen climate classification (Dfb) ). This climate is characterized by large seasonal temperature differentials and a warm summer (at least four months averaging over 10 °C (50 °F), but no month averaging over 22 °C (72 °F)). The average temperature in the park in January is -16 °C, and +19 °C in July. Precipitation averages around 300 mm yearly. In winter, snow cover
759-441: Is a little over 43 miles (70 km) from Kokshetau. Kokshetau was awarded the title Kazakhstan City of Culture for the year 2021. The name Kokshetau ( Kazakh : Kökşetau ; pronounced [køkɕetɑw] ) is of Kazakh origin literally meaning a ( lit. ' smoky-blue mountain ' ), kokshe / " көкше ", meaning ( lit. ' blueish ' ) and tau / " тау ", meaning ( lit. ' mountain ' ) —
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#1732802294967828-454: Is an agglutinative language and employs vowel harmony . Kazakh builds words by adding suffixes one after another to the word stem, with each suffix expressing only one unique meaning and following a fixed sequence. Ethnologue recognizes three mutually intelligible dialect groups: Northeastern Kazakh—the most widely spoken variety, which also serves as the basis for the official language—Southern Kazakh, and Western Kazakh. The language shares
897-475: Is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. It has changed its demographics, nowadays having more ethnic Kazakhs in a city that formerly had a Slavic majority. It is the only regional center in Northern Kazakhstan where Kazakhs make up the majority. As of January 2022, the population of Kokshetau is 150,649, and the extended urbanized area has 165,153 inhabitants. Historically, Kokshetau
966-487: Is around 25–35 cm thick, and lasts from mid-November to April. The park contains 757 species of plant, of which 119 are protected, and 12 registered in the Red Book . The forest comprises 65% pines , 31% birches , 3% aspens and 1% shrubs . Many species of edible mushroom can also be found. Due to the diversity of the flora, the fauna is very abundant: 305 species of animal can be found, which represent 36% of
1035-663: Is borne out of, was mainly solidified during the reign of the Golden Horde . The modern Kazakh language is said to have originated in approximately 1465 AD during the formation of the Kazakh Khanate . Modern Kazakh is likely a descendant of both Chagatay Turkic as spoken by the Timurids and Kipchak Turkic as spoken in the Golden Horde. Kazakh uses a high volume of loanwords from Persian and Arabic due to
1104-400: Is divided into seven administrative districts ( Kazakh : аудандар ). Traditionally, Kokshetau was divided into seventeen administrative microdistricts ( Kazakh : шағын аудандар ) that today have no administrative function. These are administrative units that possess no independent governance structures. They are used for management of utilities and publicly owned housing. Kokshetau includes
1173-518: Is located about 300 kilometres (190 mi) north-west of the national capital of Astana . The city lay along low hills and by a kidney-shaped lake. There are numerous hills in the vicinity of the city ( Bukpa Hill ). The city is located in the flat part of the interfluve of the Kylshakty river, flowing in the eastern part of the city, and the Shagalaly river, flowing from the western side of
1242-639: Is located in the country of Kazakhstan and lies in the northern portion of Akmola Region . The city is located on the border of the West Siberian Plain , on the southeastern shore of Lake Kopa , at an altitude of 234 meters above sea level, in the Kokshetau Mountains , north part of the Kokshetau Hills , the foothills of which surround the city from the south and west. It covers an area of 234 km (90 sq mi). It
1311-699: Is not reflected in the orthography. This system only applies to the open vowels /e/, /ɪ/, /ʏ/ and not /ɑ/ , and happens in the next syllables. Thus, (in Latin script) jūldyz 'star', bügın 'today', and ülken 'big' are actually pronounced as jūldūz , bügün , ülkön . The following chart depicts the consonant inventory of standard Kazakh; many of the sounds, however, are allophones of other sounds or appear only in recent loanwords. The 18 consonant phonemes listed by Vajda are without parentheses—since these are phonemes, their listed place and manner of articulation are very general, and will vary from what
1380-464: Is one of the most religiously diverse cities of Kazakhstan with more than 56.65 per cent of its population adhering to Islam. Religious buildings are scattered around the city. Islam (primarily Sunni Islam ) is the predominant religion within Kokshetau, with 56.65% of residents identifying as Muslims in the 2009 Census. There were 83,436 Muslims reported in the 2009 census. Kokshetau's first Mosque
1449-458: Is possible to think that different categories of aspect govern the choice of auxiliary, it is not so straightforward in Kazakh. Auxiliaries are internally sensitive to the lexical semantics of predicates, for example, verbs describing motion: Suda water- LOC balyq fish jüzedı swim- PRES - 3 Suda balyq jüzedı Burabay National Park The park was selected as one of
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#17328022949671518-642: Is served by Kokshetau Airport (KOV). The akim (mayor) is Bauyrzhan Gaisa from the Amanat Party . Kokshetau is an important economic, educational, and cultural centre of the Akmola Region. Attractions in and around Kokshetau include Akmola Regional Museum of History and Local Lore , Bukpa Hill , Kokshetau City Park, Kokshetau City History Museum, Museum of Literature and Art. The northwest entrance to Burabay National Park ( Kazakh : Burabai memlekettık ūlttyq tabiği parkı ) and Burabay spa town
1587-560: Is shown. ( /t͡s/ rarely appears in normal speech.) Kazakh has 19 native consonant phonemes; these are the stops /p, b, t, d, k, ɡ, q/ , fricatives /s, z, ɕ, ʑ, ʁ/ , nasals /m, n, ŋ/ , liquids /ɾ, l/ , and two glides /w, j/ . The sounds /f, v, χ, h, t͡s, t͡ɕ/ are found only in loanwords. /ʑ/ is heard as an alveolopalatal affricate [d͡ʑ] in the Kazakh dialects of Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, China. The sounds [q] and [ʁ] may be analyzed as allophones of /k/ and /ɡ/ in words with back vowels, but exceptions occur in loanwords. Kazakh has
1656-652: Is the Russian Imperial Census ; 1959 , 1970 , 1979 and 1989 are the Soviet Census . Throughout its history Kokshetau has been a city of many languages. The state and official language in Kokshetau, as in all Kazakhstan , is the Kazakh language . Kazakh is one of the Turkic languages and the mother tongue of Kazakhs living in Kokshetau. Despite Kokshetau's Kazakh majority, Russian language
1725-540: Is the chief authority in the city of Kokshetau. The position was established in 1992. The mayor is responsible for the administration of government services, the composition of councils and committees overseeing Kokshetau City Administration departments and serves as the chairperson for the meeting of the Kokshetau City Mäslihat. The mayor also functions to help devise long-term development plans in consultation with other stakeholders and bodies to improve
1794-766: Is the most-widely spoken native language in the city, although Kazakh is understood as well. Russian language is used as official language and as one of mediums of instruction and media administration. Russian is used in theaters and newspapers from Kokshetau. It is also common to find the Kazakh being spoken in the city, mainly by Kazakhs and other Turkic people, while many elderly people speak Kazakh or Russian, depending on their upbringing. Russians , Ukrainians , some Tatars , Germans , Poles , Ingush , Belarusians , Koreans , Azerbaijanis , Armenians , Bashkirs , Moldovans , Mari in Kokshetau speak Russian. Substantial numbers of people also use Shala Kazakh (a Russo-Kazakh mixed language) in their everyday lives. Kokshetau
1863-726: Is the official language of Kazakhstan , and has official status in the Altai Republic of Russia . It is also a significant minority language in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang , China , and in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia . The language is also spoken by many ethnic Kazakhs throughout the former Soviet Union (some 472,000 in Russia according to the 2010 Russian census ), Germany , and Turkey . Like other Turkic languages, Kazakh
1932-607: The Kazakh Uplands . The first step towards the protection of this natural space was the establishment of the State Forest in 1898. In 1920, Burabay was nationalized and declared a spa town of national importance. In 1935, the "National Nature Reserve of Burabay" was organized. In 1951, the nature reserve was dissolved, replaced by the Burabay Forest. The governmental motion N° 787 of May 6, 1997, transformed
2001-685: The Russian Empire [REDACTED] Border control of the Siberian Kirghiz 1838–1854 ∟ part of the Russian Empire [REDACTED] Siberian Kirghiz Oblast 1854–1868 ∟ part of the Russian Empire [REDACTED] Akmolinsk Oblast 1868–1917 ∟ part of the Russian Empire [REDACTED] Alash Autonomy 1917–1918 [REDACTED] The Ufa Directory 1918–1918 [REDACTED] Russian Government 1918–1919 [REDACTED] Kirghiz Territory 1919–1920 ∟ part of
2070-747: The Russian SFSR [REDACTED] Kirghiz ASSR 1920–1922 ∟ autonomous part of the Russian SFSR [REDACTED] Kirghiz ASSR 1922–1925 ∟ part of the Russian SFSR in the USSR [REDACTED] Kazakh ASSR 1925–1936 ∟ part of the Russian SFSR in the USSR [REDACTED] Soviet Kazakhstan 1936–1991 ∟ constituent republic of the Soviet Union [REDACTED] Kazakhstan 1991–present Kokshetau past incorporates all
2139-466: The grey partridge and the capercailie can be found. Many legends evoke Burabay. One of them explains that the Creator only left arid steppes to the nomads of Kazakhstan. Feeling aggrieved, the Kazakh people prayed to God, who gathered all the remaining mountains, forests, lakes and rivers, and threw them towards the steppes. Burabay National Park is also known as "Kazakhstan's pearl". Kenesary Cave
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2208-513: The Forest of Burabay into the "Natural and Well-being Complex of the Forest of Burabay", managed by the State. In 2000, the motion N°1246 of August 12 created the "National nature park of Burabay", which covered an area of 83,511 ha, of which 47,600 ha was covered in forest. In 2010, the area of the park was expanded to 129,935 ha. In 2012, 370 ha was converted into spare lands. The climate of Burabay
2277-475: The Krasnoyarsk rural district, which includes two rural settlements, served by the city public transport system. Kokshetau was the centre of a region covering seventy-eight thousand square kilometres of the Virgin Lands ; it administered 15 agricultural districts and connected 4 other towns, 116 state farms, and 25 collective farms, and that region encompassed a population of more than 600,000. Kokshetau
2346-399: The Latin script by 2025. Cyrillic script was created to better merge the Kazakh language with other languages of the USSR , hence it has some controversial letter readings. The letter У after a consonant represents a combination of sounds і /ɘ/ , ү /ʉ/ , ы /ə/ , ұ /ʊ/ with glide /w/ , e.g. кіру [kɪ̞ˈrɪ̞w] , су [so̙w] , көру [kɵˈrʏ̞w] , атысу [ɑ̝təˈsəw] . Ю undergoes
2415-728: The Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the city of Kokchetav (Russian: Кокчета́в , IPA: [koktɕɪˈtav] ) was renamed to the more Kazakh sounding Kokshetau as part of the government's campaign to apply Kazakh names to cities, but the city's airport still retains KOV as its IATA code . In Russian it became known as Kokshetau. Historically, several names in various languages have identified Kokshetau. Kokshetau
2484-428: The action is carried out and also interact with the lexical semantics of the root verb: telic and non-telic actions, semelfactives, durative and non-durative, punctual, etc. There are selectional restrictions on auxiliaries: motion verbs, such as бару ' go ' and келу ' come ' may not combine with otyr . Any verb, however, can combine with jat ' lie ' to get a progressive tense meaning. While it
2553-529: The center of Akmola Region . Kokshetau is the eighteenth-largest city in Kazakhstan. Kokshetau ranks fourth in terms of population in Northern Kazakhstan, ranking after Pavlodar , Kostanay and Petropavl . Residents of Kokshetau are referred to as "көкшетаулықтар" ( kökşetaulyqtar ) in Kazakh and "кокшета́уцы" ( kokshetautsy ) in Russian . Histogram of population evolution of Kokshetau from 1959. Note: 2020 and 2018 are population estimates; 1897
2622-465: The city. The city has several parks and gardens. Also, within the city limits can be found small forests, mostly consisting of birches and pine plantations. The Kokshetau area is known for its two national parks, Burabay and Kokshetau . The village of Krasny Yar lies adjoined directly to the west of Kokshetau, on the bank of the River Shagalaly . Also contiguous with Kokshetau, directly to
2691-454: The coldest month is January, with a daily mean of −14 °C (7 °F). Snow and ice are dominant during the winter season. July is the wettest month (averaging 68.5 mm (2.7 in) of precipitation) while March is the driest (averaging 10.5 mm (0.4 in) of precipitation). Yearly precipitation amounts to 313 mm (12.3 in). Typically, the city's Lake Kopa and rivers of Kylshakty and Shagalaly are frozen over between
2760-476: The condition, livability, and sustainability of the city. The city council ( Kokshetau City Mäslihat ) of Kokshetau is made up of 17 representatives that are elected every four years. The Kokshetau City Mäslihat governs the city alongside the Akim (Mayor). The 2023 local government elections for Kokshetau City Mäslihat in Kokshetau yielded the following results: [REDACTED] Omsk Oblast 1827–1838 ∟ part of
2829-552: The east, with no natural border, is the smaller village of Stantsyonny . Nearby cities Nearby towns Nearby villages The time offset from the UTC used by Kokshetau is 5 hours after UTC, or UTC+5:00 (Kazakhstan Time) . This is also used by all of Kazakhstan . This time apply throughout the year as Kazakhstan does not observe Daylight saving time (DST). According to the Köppen climate classification , Kokshetau lies in
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2898-535: The fauna diversity of Kazakhstan. 40% of them live at the border of their habitat , and 13 species are registered in the Red Book. Currently, Burabay's forests host a variety of deer including roe deer , moose , wild boar , squirrels , stoats , weasel and marten . Amongst the predators, wolves and lynx might be encountered. In the steppes and wooded areas, fox species, weasels and European and mountain hares might be present, as well as badgers in
2967-488: The following microdistricts: The city administration and Kokshetau City Mäslihat is in the Kokshetau Akimat building on Mukhtar Auezov Street. Kokshetau City Mäslihat is a representative body of the city, elected every four years and holds its sessions in Kokshetau Akimat. The Mayor of Kokshetau is Amanat Party member Bauyrzhan Gaisa. The bodies of local self-government of Kokshetau are: Most key buildings of
3036-400: The forests. There are a variety of birds, particularly ducks and waders which include common goldeneye , mallard , gadwall , northern pintail , ruddy shelducks , plovers , northern lapwings , common sandpipers and green sandpipers . Ducks numbers rise massively during autumn and during migration periods. In the dry stony pine forests, and along the forests, the birch wooden steppes,
3105-567: The form of agglutinative suffixes. Kazakh is a nominative-accusative, head-final, left-branching, dependent-marking language. Kazakh has no noun class or gender system. Nouns are declined for number (singular or plural) and one of seven cases: The suffix for case is placed after the suffix for number. Forms ' child ' ' hedgehog ' ' Kazakh ' ' school ' ' person ' ' flower ' ' word ' There are eight personal pronouns in Kazakh: The declension of
3174-412: The frequent historical interactions between Kazakhs and Iranian ethnic groups to the south. Additionally, Persian was a lingua franca in the Kazakh Khanate , which allowed Kazakhs to mix Persian words into their own spoken and written vernacular. Meanwhile, Arabic was used by Kazakhs in mosques and mausoleums , serving as a language exclusively for religious contexts, similar to how Latin served as
3243-424: The front/back quality of vowels is actually one of neutral versus retracted tongue root . Phonetic values are paired with the corresponding character in Kazakh's Cyrillic and current Latin alphabets. Kazakh exhibits tongue-root vowel harmony (also called soft-hard harmony), and arguably weakened rounding harmony which is implied in the first syllable of the word. All vowels after the first rounded syllable are
3312-521: The inventory of the Turkish alphabet , though lacking the letters C and Ç and having four additional letters: Ä, Ñ, Q and Ū (though other letters such as Y have different values in the two languages). Over one million Kazakh speakers in Xinjiang still rely on the Perso-Arabic script for writing. It is scheduled to be phased in from 2023 to 2031. Speakers of Kazakh (mainly Kazakhs) are spread over
3381-409: The land of Kokshetau Region. As Russia's hand stretched southwards , Kokshetau was initially founded on 29 April 1824 as an administrative outpost at the foot of the southern side of Mount Kokshe on the shores of Lake Ulken Shabakty . The Middle Horde signed treaties of protection with Russia. The local population strongly opposed the fact that the new settlement was placed in the chosen place. In
3450-457: The letters В, Ё, Ф, Х, Һ, Ц, Ч, Ъ, Ь, Э are only used in loanwords—mostly those of Russian origin, but sometimes of Persian and Arabic origin. They are often substituted in spoken Kazakh. Kazakh is generally verb-final, though various permutations on SOV (subject–object–verb) word order can be used, for example, due to topicalization . Inflectional and derivational morphology , both verbal and nominal, in Kazakh, exists almost exclusively in
3519-581: The main stages and turning points of the history of Kazakhstan . For many centuries, nomadic Kazakh tribes lived on the territory of the former Kokshetau Region. The territory of Kokshetau was part of the Middle Horde , the clans of the tribal union of the Argyns that occupied vast regions of Northern and Central Kazakhstan. In the 18th – 19th centuries, the headquarters of famous khans , such as Abylai Khan , Kasym Khan , Kenesary Khan , were located on
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#17328022949673588-510: The migration of the peasants from Russia ( Povolzhye ) and Ukraine who were driven to migrate by starvation and poverty to farm the steppe. In 1868, when the Akmolinsk Oblast was formed, Kokshetau became a district city in this region, which further developed as a center of agricultural and animal husbandry and as a resort town . In 1876, the city lost its military significance. The line and fortress were abolished. In 1895, Kokshetau
3657-562: The name of always turning blue, as if in a deep haze of mountains, thus "Blueish Mountain/Smoky-Blue Mountain" in English . That is how from ancient times Kazakhs were calling the highest mountain in Akmola Region " Mount Kokshe " (947 m), located 60 miles away from the city. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union , Kazakhstan declared its independence on 16 December 1991 ( Kazakhstan Independence Day ), and on 7 October 1993, by
3726-401: The newly created Kokchetav Oblast . Relatively rapid growth and development of Kokshetau took place during the years of development of virgin lands , especially in the second half of the 1950s. On 3 May 1997, Kokshetau Oblast was abolished, the city was deprived of the status of a regional center. On 8 April 1999, after Akmola and North Kazakhstan regions were reorganized, Kokshetau became
3795-952: The north of Kokshetau Hills , a northern subsystem of the Kokshetau Uplands ( Saryarka ) and the southern edge of the Ishim Steppe . It is named after Mount Kokshe . It was the administrative center of Kokshetau Region ( oblast ) from 1944 to 1991 as part of the Soviet Union and from 1991 as part of Kazakhstan to 1997 when it was abolished. It is also situated at the junction of the Trans-Kazakhstan and South Siberian railways. Kokshetau lies at an elevation of approximately 234 m (768 ft) above sea level . The climate of Kokshetau features hot summers and cold winters. It has 150,649 inhabitants (2022 est.), up from 123,389 (1999 census), while Akmola Region had
3864-437: The noun that they modify. Kazakh has two varieties of adjectives: The comparative form can be created by appending the suffix -(y)raq/-(ı)rek or -tau/-teu/-dau/-dau to an adjective. The superlative form can be created by placing the morpheme eñ before the adjective. The superlative form can also be expressed by reduplication. Kazakh may express different combinations of tense , aspect and mood through
3933-418: The pronouns is outlined in the following chart. Singular pronouns exhibit irregularities, while plural pronouns do not. Irregular forms are highlighted in bold. In addition to the pronouns, there are several more sets of morphemes dealing with person. Adjectives in Kazakh are not declined for any grammatical category of the modified noun. Being a head-final language, adjectives are always placed before
4002-504: The regional government are along Abai Street and Mukhtar Auezov Street. Abai Street is named after a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher Abai Qunanbaiuly . On the eastern side of Abai Street on Abylai Khan Square sits the Akmola Regional Akimat, in a modern cream and brown-toned building. The bodies of local self-government of Akmola region are: The Akim ( Kazakh : әкім, äkım) of Kokshetau
4071-516: The same process but with /j/ at the beginning. The letter И represents a combination of sounds: i /ɘ/ (in front-vowel contexts) or ы /ə/ (in back vowel contexts) + glide /j/ , e.g. тиіс [tɪ̞ˈjɪ̞s] , оқиды [wo̞qəjˈdə] . In Russian loanwords, it is realized as /ʲi/ (when stressed) or /ʲɪ/ (when unstressed), e.g. изоморфизм [ɪzəmɐrˈfʲizm] . The letter Я represents either /jɑ/ or /jæ/ depending on vowel harmony. The letter Щ represents /ʃː/ , e.g. ащы [ɑ̝ʃ.ˈʃə] . Meanwhile,
4140-414: The second week of November and the beginning of April. Kokshetau is the capital (administrative centre) of the Akmola Region (oblys, county, area). Kokshetau city administration ( Kazakh : Kökşetau qalasy äkımdıgı , Russian : Городская администрация Кокшетау ) (area of 425 km [164 sq mi]), with a population of roughly 165 153 residents, includes one settlement administration and
4209-568: The subject to this harmony with the exception of /ɑ/ , and in the following syllables, e.g. өмір [ø̞mʏr] , қосы [qɒso] . Notably, urban Kazakh tends to violate rounding harmony, as well as pronouncing Russian borrowings against the rules. Most words in Kazakh are stressed in the last syllable, except: Nowadays, Kazakh is mostly written in the Cyrillic script, with an Arabic-based alphabet being used by minorities in China. Since 26 October 2017, via Presidential Decree 569, Kazakhstan will adopt
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#17328022949674278-426: The summer of 1827, the district order was transferred to the new place where the city of Kokshetau is now located. The settlement began to be called Kokchetav. The construction of the settlement began at the foot of Bukpa Hill , on the southern shores of Lake Kopa , and a picket was set up to protect the district order. By the middle of 19th-century, the population of the settlement was significantly increasing due to
4347-586: The top 10 tourist destinations in Kazakhstan . The park is under the direct jurisdiction of the President of Kazakhstan . In the protected area of the national park, economic and leisure activities are prohibited, as the park is under the regulation of nature reserves . The Burabay National Park is located in the Kokshetau Massif , part of the Kokshetau Hills , in the northern sector of
4416-406: The use of various verbal morphology or through a system of auxiliary verbs , many of which might better be considered light verbs. The present tense is a prime example of this; progressive tense in Kazakh is formed with one of four possible auxiliaries. These auxiliaries otyr ' sit ' , tūr ' stand ' , jür ' go ' and jat ' lie ' , encode various shades of meaning of how
4485-487: The weather is observed from clear at the beginning of the season, to cloudy in October–November. The average annual temperature in Kokshetau is 3.6 °C (38.5 °F). Summer temperatures occasionally reach 35 °C (95 °F) while −30 to −35 °C (−22 to −31 °F) is not unusual between mid-December and early March. The warmest month is July with daily mean temperature near 20.5 °C (68.9 °F), and
4554-523: Was abolished in 1997. It is well known for its nature and tourist sites, such as Burabay and Zerendi , among others. The city's main football team is FC Okzhetpes . Kokshetau is about 185 km (115 mi) from Petropavl , 300 km (190 mi) northwest of the national capital Astana along the A1 , 318 km (198 mi) from Omsk along the A13 , and 384 km (239 mi) from Kostanay . The city
4623-526: Was established by Ablay (Abilkhair) Gabbas in 1846. Kokshetau has a mosque constructed in the beginning of the 20th century. A new mosque for 1,200 people named after Nauan Hazrat opened in 2015. Mosques: Kazakh language China Kazakh is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia by Kazakhs . It is closely related to Nogai , Kyrgyz and Karakalpak . It
4692-426: Was ethnically diverse. As of the 2020 Census, ethnic Kazakhs made up (~58%) of the city population, representing an increase from 36% in 1999. The ethnic makeup of the city's population as of year 2020 was: In 1989, Kokshetau had a population of 136,757. The ethnic mix was about 18.5% Kazakh , 54.5% Russian and 27.0% other ethnic groups. Kazakh and Russian are both the main spoken languages. Kokshetau
4761-523: Was granted city status . By that time the population in the town was above 5 thousand people. In 1928, Kokshetau District was divided into several boroughs and until 1944 Kokshetau's territory was part of Karaganda Region and later part of North Kazakhstan Region . On 16 March 1944, according to the Decree of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of Kazakh SSR , Kokshetau became the administrative center of
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