Kostanay or Qostanai ( Kazakh : Қостанай , pronounced [qostɑˈnɑj] ( listen ) , Russian: Костанай , IPA: [kəstɐˈnaj] ) is a city located on the Tobol River in northern Kazakhstan . It is the administrative center of the Kostanay Region . As of 24 March 2022, the city's governor is Marat Zhundubayev .
11-577: Kostanay was founded by Russian settlers in 1879 and named Nikolaevsk, in honor of Tsar Nicholas II . In 1888, the town had more than 3,000 inhabitants involved in the building of a mill and a brewery, which are still operational. In 1893, Kustanay was granted city status. The Red Army took control in 1918 and changed the city's name to Kustanay. The Kustanay Region was established in 1936 with its administrative center in Kustanay. Six years after fall of Soviet Union, Kazakhstan renamed it to Kostanay. In 2009,
22-476: A warm-summer humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification : Dfb ), with very warm, dry summers and frigid, snowy winters. The average July temperature is 20.9 °C or 69.6 °F and that in January −14.5 °C or 5.9 °F, although sharp changes in temperature during the day are characteristic. Average wind speed is 3.2 metres per second (12 km/h; 7.2 mph; 6.2 kn), mainly from
33-670: A team participated in the national bandy championship in Khromtau for junior players born in 1999–2000. Kostanay is twinned with: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 951588865 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:51:45 GMT Khromtau Khromtau ( Kazakh : Хромтау , Hromtau )
44-549: Is a town in Aktobe Region of Kazakhstan , the administrative center of Khromtau District . It was formed in 1967. Population: 21,740 (2009 Census results); 24,089 (1999 Census results). Khromtau has important Chromium deposits, which are currently exploited in underground mines by Kazchrome, a subsidiary of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC). Previously, Chromite ore was mined in open cast mines, which left enormous pits behind. The newly built mosque and
55-660: Is connected by road with the following cities in Russia: Chelyabinsk , Magnitogorsk , Troitsk , Yekaterinburg , Kurgan and Tyumen . It is also connected to Kokshetau , Astana and Almaty in Kazakhstan. Fifty-three railway stations carry passengers and cargo from the city. Oil is delivered by rail from Russia as well as oil refineries in Kazakhstan. Kostanay International Airport handles common and charter flights to many cities in Kazakhstan, former Soviet republics , Germany ( Frankfurt and Hanover ),
66-553: Is the focus. The town sent a bandy team to the Spartakiade 2009. Aktobe Region, made up by players from Khromtau, won the Spartakiade in 2013. [2] For the 2014-15 season, two youth teams were allowed to participate in the leagues of Sverdlovsk Oblast . [3] Two players from Khromtau, Sultan Kadyrzhanov [4] and Kuanysh Tiemiralin [5] has played in Kazakhstan's only professional club, Akzhaiyk [6] from Oral . Sultan
77-803: The United Arab Emirates , Turkey , and other countries. The airport also functions as a local port of entry and customs checkpoint. Kostanay is home to the FC Tobol football club, based in the Kostanay Central Stadium , which participates in the Kazakhstan Super League . Kostanay also has a basketball team, BK Tobol Kostanay, which participates in the Kazakhstan Basketball Cup . The city has an ice rink for winter sports, and in 2016,
88-886: The Kazakh Drama Theatre, Central Square and a railway station. Historical monuments include the Ybyrai Altynsarin monument, the Akhmet Baitursynov monument, a memorial dedicated to victims of the Second World War, the "Execution wall" (where Alexander Kolchak 's army officers were executed by Red Army soldiers), and the Alexander Pushkin monument. The city has 173 monuments of historical and cultural significance. Of these, 3 are of republican significance, 48 local, 25 obelisks and busts and 97 memorial plaques. [3] Kostanay
99-486: The also new Russian orthodox church are juxtaposed on the main square of town. FC Gornyak soccer team played in the Kazakhstan First Division . They are now defunct. The colours of the bandy team Gornyak are green and white. They played a test match against Akzhaiyk at Medeu before the 2011 Asian Winter Games, but have no adult team in league as they used to. [1] Nowadays young players
110-972: The city population was 214,916 (2009 Census results). The city is located in the steppe zone in the north of the Turgay plateau, in the south-eastern part of the West Siberian Plain, on the Tobol River, 571 km north-west of Astana city (704 km along the highway). The nearest city with at least a million inhabitants is Chelyabinsk in Russia, located 260 km north-west of Kostanay. In Kostanay, there are five institutions of higher education. There are also 22 high schools, which educate over 12,200 students. The state network of culture lists 381 libraries, 201 club establishments, 8 museums, and 2 theatres. Athletic facilities include 2 sports arenas, 26 stadiums, 10 sports complexes and 567 sports halls. Kostanay has
121-621: The south in winter and from the north in summer. Precipitation averages around 335 millimetres or 13.2 inches with a summer maximum. The average annual humidity is 71 percent and the growing season averages about 170 days. Kostanay has a rich historical-cultural heritage. The regional center includes a Sunni mosque , the Regional Administration Building, Kostanay State University, the Kostanay Regional Memorial Museum of Altynsarin ,
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