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42-655: Volkov was born in Ust-Kamenogorsk , Semipalatinsk Oblast , Russian Empire (now Oskemen, Kazakhstan ). At the age of 12 he graduated from the Ust-Kamenogorsk town school as valedictorian, where he would later teach. In 1907 he entered the Tomsk Teachers Institute . In 1909 he graduated with right to teach all subjects of the school curriculum, except for the Law of God . He began to work as

84-828: A fort and trading post named Ust-Kamennaya . It was established according to the order of the Russian Emperor Peter the Great , who sent a military expedition headed by major Ivan Vasilievich Likharev in the search of Yarkenda gold. Likharev's expedition directed up the Irtysh River to Zaysan Lake . There, at the confluence of the Ulba and the Irtysh rivers the new fortress was laid – the Ust-Kamennaya Fortress. The Ust-Kamennaya Fortress appeared on

126-519: A city with a lot of heavy industry, the atmosphere of the city holds the by-products of the heavy metals production: nitrogen dioxide , sulfur dioxide , Zn, Cd, Cl, As, C, Be, phenol , benzol , NaOH, NH3, radioactivity etc. in general there are about 170 polluting components found in the city. There are 3 impact points that are influenced in Oskemen. The atmosphere is hit most. With a poor urban ventilation (the average percentage of calm 48%), with

168-423: A large number of vehicles and stationary sources relevance of air pollution in Oskemen is not in doubt. The concentration of harmful substances in the air is increasing each year because of the nature of the companies which are looking for increases in the production and profits. As usual, the pollution is enhanced by the low quality of car fuels and an increase in the number of cars. As a result of all this, Oskemen

210-848: A major domestic tourist site. In 2013, UNESCO established the Alakol Biosphere Reserve , stating that the lake and its surroundings are an important part of the Central Asian Flyway . Birds native to the lake include the Dalmatian Pelican , the Eurasian Spoonbill , the Greater Flamingo , and the Ferruginous Duck . The lake's color changes during the day, from azure-blue in the morning to purple at sunset. On sunny days

252-469: A result of large production of uranium and presence of other radioactive elements such thorium, radon or radioactive dust the radioactive background of the city is remarkable with the zones of radioactive anomaly which are spread around the city. Oskemen is known to be the leader in Kazakhstan by the number of people having respiratory problems and the diseases of immune system. The statistics show that

294-642: A super-robot). Volkov's Magic Land series was translated into many languages and was popular with children all over the Eastern bloc . Volkov's version of Oz seems to be better known than Baum's in some countries, for example in China , in Germany (especially former East Germany ), and also in Arab countries such as Syria . In Germany, two authors have written their own set of sequels to Volkov's books. The books in

336-404: A supply mechanism of last resort for IAEA member states. The LEU bank is a physical stock of 90 metric tons of LEU hexaflouride, enough uranium to power a large city for three years. The facility was wholly funded by IAEA member states and other contributions for a total of $ 150 million. This is expected to cover costs for 20 years. Responsibility for safety, security, and safeguarding falls under

378-489: A teacher in Ust-Kamenogorsk. Starting in 1910, he worked as a mathematics teacher in the village of Kolyvan. In the 1920s he moved to Yaroslavl , where he worked as a school principal. He graduated in absentia from the mathematical faculty of the Yaroslavl Pedagogical Institute . In 1929 he moved to Moscow, where he worked as the head teacher of the rabfak . He completed coursework and passed

420-409: A value of ₸1.3 trillion, creating 17,600 jobs, including 3 projects of national significance. For the period from 2010 to 2019, 50 projects were commissioned for a total of ₸731.4 billion, creating 8,600 jobs, including 4 projects in 2019 for a total of ₸24.1 billion, creating 164 jobs. In 2020, the region plans to implement 5 projects totaling ₸16.0 billion, creating 610 jobs. From 2021 to 2025,

462-449: Is Vostok Stadium . Oskemen hosted the national rink bandy championship in 2014 and the national amateur bandy championship in 2018. With ethnic Russians comprising the demographic majority of the population, Orthodox Christianity is the dominant religion of Oskemen. There are 32 religious unions, presenting 15 religious confessions, including Muslim , Christian , and non-traditional religions. There are 21 cultural buildings in

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504-590: Is a region of Kazakhstan . It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, and includes parts of the Irtysh River , Lake Markakol , and Lake Zaysan . Its administrative center is Öskemen (also known as Ust'-Kamenogorsk). The region borders Altai Krai and Altai republic in Russia in the north and northeast and the People's Republic of China , via Xinjiang , in the south and southeast. The easternmost point of

546-498: Is administratively divided into eleven districts and the cities of Öskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Ridder , and Altai . The following localities in East Kazakhstan Region have town status: Öskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Ayagoz , Shar , Ridder , Serebryansk , Shemonaikha , Zaysan , and Altai (Zyryan). East Kazakhstan Region's economy is dominated by industry, particularly the metallurgy industry, although

588-747: Is at the railway station, which is located by the Sports Palace on Novoshkolnaya Street. From this station, buses not only serve cities within Kazakhstan, but also Russian cities such as Krasnoyarsk. The route network at the second station covers a smaller area with 17 lines. Oskemen has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ). The coldest months are November through March. Record low temperatures range from −49 °C in January to 4 °C in July, and record highs range from 8 °C in January to 43 °C in July. As expected in

630-545: Is often recognized as one of the most polluted regional centers of Kazakhstan. The most polluted rivers of the Republic are those flowing through the territory of the East Kazakhstan region, where the highest index of surface water pollution is observed in the mining areas and enrichment of polymetallic ores. Mostly the water is affected through the industrial wastes and the storages of waste. Contamination of

672-593: Is renamed "Magic Land", and Toto can talk when in Magic Land), and several characters given personal names instead of generic ones. Baum's name is mentioned in the first of Volkov's books, but the publisher paid no royalties to the Baum estate. First published in 1939 in the Soviet Union , the book became quite popular; and in the 1960s Volkov also wrote his own sequels to the story. He liberally borrowed from some of

714-561: Is the largest city in the east of Kazakhstan and the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan . The city has two official names. In the Kazakh language, its name is Өскемен/ Oskemen and in the Russian language it is known as Усть-Каменогорск. Both names appear on the seal of the city. The city was founded in 1720 at the confluence of the Irtysh and Ulba rivers as

756-621: The ice hockey club HC Torpedo (officially Kazzinc-Torpedo, commonly referred to as Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk). Torpedo's men's representative team plays in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL), of which it was a founding member, and the women's representative team plays in the Kazakh Women's Ice Hockey League. The men's farm team , Altay-Torpedo , competes in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship and

798-582: The metallurgy industry accounted for ₸489.5 billion, the machine-building industry accounted for ₸120.4 billion, the chemicals industry accounted for ₸10.9 billion, woodworking accounted for ₸2.5 billion, light industry accounted for ₸2.3 billion, and another ₸185 billion came from other industries. The bulk of the region's metallurgical products are exported. The region's machine-building industry mostly produces mining equipment, equipment for mineral processing , oil and gas production, industrial capacitors, cables and wires, and vehicles. As of 2019,

840-453: The Oblast is within about 50 kilometres of the westernmost tip of Mongolia ; however, Kazakhstan and Mongolia do not share a common border, the two countries being separated by a small part of Russia and China. The region was created by the merger of two Soviet-era Kazakhstan oblasts : the old Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya (East Kazakhstan) Oblast and Semipalatinsk Oblast . On 17 March 2022, it

882-779: The UMW's beryllium production line in 1990 led to the diffusion of a highly toxic beryllium-containing "cloud" over the city. The health effects of this incident are not entirely known, partly because the incident was kept secret by the Soviet authorities. In 2017, the Ulba Metallurgical Plant was inaugurated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the home of the Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) bank - which serves as

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924-453: The Volkov version are notably different from the original Baum version in their political tones. The situations, while still maintaining a childlike clarity of good versus evil, often involve the characters encountering very mature political and ethical decisions. The heroes are repeatedly called upon to defend Magic Land against invasions or topple feudalistic or aristocratic governments to free

966-477: The city is very closely intertwined with the Soviet nuclear bomb project , and the city was therefore kept closed to outsiders. The number of enterprises in Oskemen is very high relative to the number of people living there. There are about 169 firms according to the data from 2002. Most of them are industrial firms, working in mining and processing of raw materials, mostly heavy metals . The highest lock in

1008-400: The city: among them Orthodox Christian churches and mosques . However, in 2017 a court fined and banned Oskemen's New Life Protestant Church for singing religious songs at a summer camp. The city has an international airport, Oskemen Airport . Oskemen's tram system has 4 lines. Intercity bus service is available at two bus stations. The most extensive network, with more than 35 lines,

1050-407: The existing sulfide factory run by KAZ Minerals Aktogay LLP in 2021. In January–February 2020, ₸59.7 billion was invested in the regional economy, with an increase of 105.4%. During the first half of 2020, the region's agricultural output totaled ₸157.1 billion, of which, ₸155.9 billion came from cattle breeding, and ₸1.1 billion came from crop growing. Investments in agricultural fixed assets in

1092-765: The external examinations at the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow University in seven months. Starting in 1931 he worked as teacher, and later as Docent of the Department of Higher Mathematics of the Moscow Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals and Gold. The first of these books, The Wizard of the Emerald City ( Russian : Волшебник Изумрудного города ), is a loose translation of the first Oz book, with chapters added, altered, or omitted, and some names changed (for example, Dorothy becomes "Ellie", Oz

1134-449: The first half of 2020 totaled to ₸14.7 billion. In the first half of 2020, 1.371. million hectares of crops were sown. During that time, the region recorded 1.2777 million heads of cattle, 477.4 thousand heads of horses, and 2.1759 million heads of sheep and goats. In the first half of 2020, the region's industrial output totaled ₸1.0973 trillion. During this period, the region's mining industry accounted for ₸286.7 billion in output,

1176-450: The lake has a notably bright color, and on cloudy days the water is dark grey. The improvement of infrastructure near the lake, as well as its alleged medicinal properties, have led to increased tourism in recent years. The Altai Alps ski resort , in the town of Tawlı Ülbi  [ kk ] approximately 24 kilometres east of Öskemen , serves as a popular skiing destination. The Raxman Spring Sanatorium  [ kk ] and

1218-667: The map of the Russian Empire, the very southern end of the Irtysh line. In 1868 the city became the capital of the Semipalatinsk Oblast . It was the site of Georgy Malenkov 's 30-year internal exile , during which he managed a local hydroelectric plant. One of the main industrial enterprises, the Ulba Metal Works (UMW) which produced and still produces uranium products, was kept entirely secret despite it employing thousands of workers. An explosion at

1260-784: The men's under-20 team, Altay , plays in the Eastern Conference of the Junior Hockey League (MHL). Torpedo is the alma mater of NHL players Nik Antropov , Vitali Kolesnik , Evgeni Nabokov , Alexander Perezhogin , and Konstantin Pushkaryov . The football club FC Vostok Oskemen was a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League and currently plays in the Kazakhstan First Division . The team's home ground

1302-551: The most frequent diseases are respiratory diseases and urogenital system diseases. In the last years, the number of people having cancer has been also increasing. Oskemen is twinned with: 49°59′N 82°37′E  /  49.983°N 82.617°E  / 49.983; 82.617 East Kazakhstan Region East Kazakhstan Region ( Kazakh : Шығыс Қазақстан облысы , romanized :  Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy ; Russian : Восточно-Казахстанская область , romanized :  Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast )

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1344-515: The originals, such as using the "Powder of Life" idea from The Marvelous Land of Oz , but mostly created a divergent universe. From 1963 to 1970, four more books in the series were published, with the sixth and final story published posthumously in 1982. Other authors such as Yuri Kuznetsov, Sergei Sukhinov, and Leonid Vladimirsky (Volkov's original illustrator) have recently written additional sequels in Russian, creating in effect an alternative series of Oz books . The context and situations found in

1386-458: The populace. Both themes are often found in Soviet sci-fi and adventure literature (see the Strugatsky brothers ' novels Hard to be a God and Inhabited Island ). Volkov had faith in the omnipotence of the man-made technique, so the wizardry of his heroes was usually won with the help of various technical inventions (a cannon designed by Charly Black, a mechanical drill, and Tilly-Willy;

1428-485: The region also has a significant energy industry , forestry industry, food industry , and various light industries . ₸619.4 billion was invested in the regional economy, an increase of 23.0%. A significant increase in investment was observed in industry (30.6%), transport and warehousing (36.2%), agriculture (13.8%), and construction (7.2%). Investments in fixed assets increased by 5.4% to ₸59.7 billion. Since 2010, 74 investment projects have been implemented, at

1470-656: The region has 312 libraries, 10 museums, and 1 "institution for the protection of historical and cultural heritage". As of 2019, the region has 301 culture clubs, 2 theaters, a zoo, 9 "houses of friendship", 6 cinemas, and 3 parks. In 2018, the Kazakhstan Ministry of Culture has funded archaeological excavations into the Shilikty Mounds  [ ru ] and other nearby sites in the region to uncover cultural artifacts. The East Kazakhstan Region and neighboring Almaty Region share Lake Alakol ,

1512-446: The region plans to implement 19 projects with a total investment of ₸555.0 billion and the creation of 8.4 thousand new jobs. Significant industrial projects planned by the region include the construction of an automobile plant and industrial park for the production of automotive components in Öskemen under the joint-stock company "Asia Auto Kazakhstan" in 2021, and the expansion of processing capacities of Aktogay GOK by duplicating

1554-488: The responsibilities of local authorities in Osmeken. The city developed into a major mining and metallurgical center during the Soviet period. Processing of non-ferrous metals , especially uranium , beryllium , tantalum , copper , lead , silver and zinc remain important. It is a center for the construction industry producing manufactured housing and ferroconcrete articles. The post-war industrial history of

1596-484: The series have been translated into English by Peter L. Blystone, and were published by Red Branch Press in three volumes (two books per volume) in 1991, 1993, and 2007. A revised edition of the first two-book volume was published in 2010. Ust-Kamenogorsk Oskemen ( Kazakh : Өскемен , romanized :  Öskemen [ʉ̯ɵskʲeˈmʲen] ( listen ) ) or Ust-Kamenogorsk (Russian: Усть-Каменогорск , IPA: [ˌʊsʲtʲ kəmʲɪnɐˈgorsk] )

1638-472: The water with lead, selenium , cadmium, nitrates spreads on many kilometers as a consequence of which a few drinking water intakes in the Western part of the city are closed or to be closed. The soil close to the industry territories holds the solid wastes of the firms and becomes less suitable for planting. An increasing number of industrial waste requires a large area for the storage of waste. As

1680-566: The west, Russia's Altai Krai and Altai Republic to the north and China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to the south and east. The region occupies a very diverse range of geographic and climatic regions with the Altai Mountains in the east and the eastern margins of the Kazakh Steppe in the west of the region. As of 2020, the East Kazakhstan Region has a population of 1,369,597. Ethnic groups (2020): The region

1722-460: The world is the Oskemen Lock and lies at Ablaketka where it allows river traffic to pass around a hydroelectric dam on the Irtysh river. It has a drop of more than 40m. The city has three cinemas (although during the Soviet era, there were a lot more), three museums, and a drama theater with Russian and Kazakh (since 2000) troupes. Boris Alexandrov Sports Palace serves as home arena to

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1764-463: Was announced that East Kazakhstan region would be divided, creating the Abai Region . This came into force on 8 June 2022, with eight districts of East Kazakhstan Region being transferred to the new region. The new border dividing Abai Region and East Kazakhstan region roughly corresponds to the border that existed between the two Soviet-era Oblasts. East Kazakhstan Region borders Abai Region to

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