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65-632: 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 a fort and trading post named Ust-Kamennaya . It was established according to the order of the Russian Emperor Peter

130-565: 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 the ice hockey club HC Torpedo (officially Kazzinc-Torpedo, commonly referred to as Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk). Torpedo's men's representative team plays in

195-544: A (sparse) chain of guard posts on both sides. In the summer of 1828, the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt visited the Irtysh region on his journey through Russia and Central Asia; he came face-to-face with Chinese and Mongol border guards. The situation in the borderlands in the mid-19th century is described in a report by A. Abramof ( ru ; 1865). Even though the Zaysan region was recognized by both parties as part of

260-517: 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

325-617: A few kilometres upstream from the mouth of the Tobol (where today's Tobolsk is situated). The Khanate of Sibir was conquered by the Russians in the 1580s. The Russians started building fortresses and towns next to the sites of former Tatar towns; one of the first Russian towns in Siberia (after Tyumen ) was Tobolsk , founded in 1587 at the fall of the Tobol into the Irtysh, downstream from

390-423: 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

455-484: 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 the city is very closely intertwined with the Soviet nuclear bomb project , and

520-635: A number of changes, with 2 teams joining the league and 2 teams leaving, each for different reasons. Due to the War in Donbass , the league stated that Molodaya Gvardia would miss this season. JHC Bars (then the junior team of Ak Bars Kazan ) left the league to join the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). Their place as Ak Bars Kazan's junior team would be taken by Irbis . New teams joining the league were an expansion team from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk called

585-463: A report published by Kazakhstan fishery researchers in 2013, the total Irtysh water use in China is about 3 cubic kilometres (0.7 cu mi) per year; as a result, only about 2/3 of what would be the river's "natural" flow (6 km out of 9 km ) reach the Kazakh border. Major cities along the Irtysh, from source to mouth, include: Seven railway bridges span the Irtysh. They are located in

650-468: 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

715-444: A small number of teams joining the league, but also with a huge number of teams leaving. Those teams leaving included MHC Khimik , who left the league to join the Supreme Hockey League (VHL), the junior team of EC Red Bull Salzburg , the junior team of HC Energie Karlovy Vary , Belye Tigry , Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar , Junior Kurgan , Dinamo-Shinnik and JHC Yunost (the junior team of Yunost Minsk ). Meanwhile, new teams joining

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780-512: A team composed of players playing in the MHL named the Red Stars toured North America and played 5 games there with the following results: The city of Omsk hosted the inaugural Junior Club World Cup from August 30 to September 3, 2011. Krasnaya Armiya won the tournament beating HC Energie Karlovy Vary 7–2 in the final. As in 2010, the Red Stars ( Russian : Красные Звезды, Krasnye Zvezdy ),

845-602: A team made of players who play in the MHL, toured North America. The opponents of the Red Stars were teams from NCAA Division I and the NAHL . MHL Red Stars participated in the 2012 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia , the U20 edition of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia . Red Stars won all 4 of their games, with a total of 57–0 goals. The MHL Red Stars participated in the 2013 IIHF U20 Challenge Cup of Asia . The tournament

910-465: 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 the responsibilities of local authorities in Osmeken. The city developed into

975-575: Is applied by some authors, especially in Russia and Kazakhstan, to the upper course of the river, from its source entering Lake Zaysan. The term White Irtysh , in opposition to the Black Irtysh, was occasionally used in the past to refer to the Irtysh below lake Zaysan; now this usage is largely obsolete. The largest tributaries of the Irtysh are, from source to mouth: In Kazakhstan and Russia, tankers , passenger ships, and cargo vessels navigate

1040-602: Is awarded annually as the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia 's official Junior Championship, following a 16-team playoff at the end of the regular season . ( KHL ) In the first MHL season, 22 teams participated, all from Russia . The MHL opened its doors on September 4, 2009 in Moscow , when the first ever MHL game was played between MHC Dynamo (then the junior team of Dynamo Moscow ) and CSKA-Red Army (the junior team of CSKA Moscow ) with Dynamo picking up

1105-544: 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

1170-687: Is the chief tributary of the Ob and is also the longest tributary river in the world. The river's source lies in the Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern part of Xinjiang , China) close to the border with Mongolia . The Irtysh's main tributaries include the Tobol , Demyanka and the Ishim . The Ob-Irtysh system forms a major drainage basin in Asia , encompassing most of Western Siberia and

1235-958: The Omsk Hawks (the junior team of Avangard Omsk ) in the East and Almaz Cherepovets (the junior team of Severstal Cherepovets ) in the West. Omsk Hawks also made it to the Kharlamov Cup final, where they defeated the Red Army team from Moscow with a 4–1 series win. For their fourth season, the MHL expanded to Czech Republic and Hungary , with the junior team of HC Energie Karlovy Vary and Patriot Budapest joining. The two Russian teams Kristall Berdsk and HC Oktan Perm were promoted from MHL-B , while Ladya Togliatti (the junior team of Lada Togliatti ) and HC Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk were relegated. Slovak team Tatranskí Vlci withdrew from

1300-844: The Project 635 Dam . There are also the Burqin Chonghu'er Dam and the Burqin Shankou Dam on the Irtysh's right tributary, the Burqin River and the Jilebulake Dam and Haba River Shankou Dam on another right tributary, the Haba River . The Northern river reversal proposals, widely discussed by the USSR planners and scientists in the 1960s and 1970s, would send some of the Irtysh's (and possibly Ob's) water to

1365-583: The Qing empire , it had been annually used, by fishing expeditions sent by the Siberian Cossack Host . The summer expeditions started in 1803, and in 1822–25 their range was expanded through the entire Lake Zaysan and to the mouth of the Black Irtysh. Through the mid-19th century, the Qing presence on the upper Irtysh was mostly limited to the annual visit of the Qing amban from Chuguchak to one of

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1430-470: The Sakhalin Sharks as well as Berkuty Kubani Krasnodar from Krasnodar , who were promoted from MHL-B. Chaika (the junior team of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod ) won the Kharlamov Cup for the first time after defeating SKA-1946 (one of the junior teams of SKA Saint Petersburg ) with a 4–1 final series win. For the seventh season, the league once again went through some big changes, with both

1495-882: 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 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

1560-626: The dam at Ust-Kamenogorsk . Plans exist for the construction of several more dams. Three dams have been constructed on the Chinese section of the Irtysh as well: the Keketuohai (可可托海) Dam ( 47°10′51″N 89°42′35″E  /  47.18083°N 89.70972°E  / 47.18083; 89.70972 ), the Kalasuke (喀腊塑克) Dam ( 47°08′14″N 88°53′15″E  /  47.13722°N 88.88750°E  / 47.13722; 88.88750 ), and

1625-491: The (theoretical) possibility of a Chinese fleet sailing from Lake Zaysan down the Irtysh and into Western Siberia. A Russian expedition visited Lake Zaysan in 1764, and concluded that such a riverine invasion would not be likely. Nonetheless, a chain of Russian pickets was established on the Bukhtarma River , north of Lake Zaysan. Thus the border between the two empires in the Irtysh basin became roughly delineated, with

1690-553: The 6–2 victory. The 2010 Challenge Cup ( Russian : Кубок Вызова, Kubok Vyzova ), the all-star game of the MHL, was played on February 6 in the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg . The Western Conference team defeated the Eastern Conference team 6–4. The last matches of the regular season were played on March 8, 2010. Steel Foxes (the junior team of Metallurg Magnitogorsk ) won the Eastern Conference regular season and

1755-797: The Altai Mountains. From its origins as the Kara-Irtysh (Black Irtysh) in the Mongolian Altay mountains in Xinjiang , China , the Irtysh flows northwest through Lake Zaysan in Kazakhstan , meeting the Ishim and Tobol rivers before merging with the Ob near Khanty-Mansiysk in western Siberia, Russia after 4,248 kilometres (2,640 mi). The name Black Irtysh ( Kara-Irtysh in Kazakh, or Cherny Irtysh in Russian)

1820-612: The Cossacks' fishing stations ( Batavski Piket ). The border between the Russian and the Qing empires in the Irtysh basin was established along the line fairly similar to China's modern border with Russia and Kazakhstan by the Convention of Peking of 1860. The actual border line pursuant to the convention was drawn by the Protocol of Chuguchak (1864), leaving Lake Zaysan on the Russian side. The Qing empire's military presence in

1885-723: 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 the map of the Russian Empire, the very southern end of the Irtysh line. In 1868

1950-537: The Irtysh basin crumbled during the 1862–77 Dungan Revolt . After the fall of the rebellion and the reconquest of Xinjiang by Zuo Zongtang , the border between the Russian and the Qing empires in the Irtysh basin was further slightly readjusted, in Russia's favor, by the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) . The Irtysh River serves as a backdrop in the epilogue of Fyodor Dostoyevsky 's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment . In Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The GULAG Archipelago ,

2015-568: The Irtysh water to the endorheic Lake Ulungur , whose level had been falling precipitously due to the increasing irrigation use of the lake's main affluent, the Ulungur River . In the last years of the 20th century and the early 2000s, a much more major project, the Irtysh–Karamay–Urümqi Canal was completed. Increased water use in China has caused significant concerns among Kazakh and Russian environmentalists. According to

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2080-434: The best-of-five series between these two clubs was played on April 21, 2010. Steel Foxes won the first ever Kharlamov Cup after defeating Kuznetsk Bears 3–2 on April 26, 2010 and winning the series 3–1. Belye Medvedi (the junior team of Traktor Chelyabinsk ) and Tolpar (the junior team of Salavat Yulaev Ufa ) lost the semi-finals series of the playoffs and played in a two-legged tie for the third place. The first match of

2145-814: The chapter "The White Kitten" details Georgi Tenno's escape from a camp along this river. Junior Hockey League (Russia) The Junior Hockey League (JHL) ( Russian : Молодежная Хоккейная Лига (МХЛ) , romanized :  M olodezhnaya H okkeinaya L iga ), sometimes translated as the Minor or Youth Hockey League , is a major junior ice hockey league in Eurasia , founded in 2009. It currently consists of 33 teams from 3 countries. Currently, all teams but one are subsidiaries (feeder teams) for their respective KHL or VHL professional counterparts. A player's age cannot be older than 20. The Kharlamov Cup , named after star ice hockey player Valeri Kharlamov ,

2210-615: The cities of Omsk in 1716, Semipalatinsk in 1718, Ust-Kamenogorsk in 1720, and Petropavlovsk in 1752. The Chinese Qing Empire conquered Dzungaria in the 1750s. This prompted an increase in the Russian authorities' attention to their borderland; in 1756, the Orenburg Governor Ivan Neplyuyev even proposed the annexation of the Lake Zaysan region, but this project was forestalled by Chinese successes. Concerns were raised in Russia (1759) about

2275-622: 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 the UMW's beryllium production line in 1990 led to

2340-501: 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 the world is the Oskemen Lock and lies at Ablaketka where it allows river traffic to pass around

2405-404: 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, is at

2470-694: 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 a supply mechanism of last resort for IAEA member states. The LEU bank

2535-491: The first team to ever repeat as Kharlamov Cup champions. For the fifth season, the league expanded to 40 teams, divided into two conferences with two divisions each. New teams are the junior team of EC Red Bull Salzburg from Austria , Molodaya Gvardia from Ukraine (the junior team of HC Donbass ) and Dinamo Saint Petersburg . Ladya Togliatti, Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk, Junior Kurgan (the junior team of Zauralie Kurgan ) and HC Chelny were promoted from MHL-B. Oktan Perm

2600-462: The following cities: As the Kuytun–Beitun Railway in China's Xinjiang is being extended toward Altay City , a railway bridge over the Irtysh at Beitun will need to be constructed as well. Numerous highway bridges over the Irtysh exist in China, Kazakhstan, and Russia. The last bridge downstream on the Irtysh, a highway bridge opened in 2004, can be found at Khanty-Mansiysk, right before

2665-644: The former Qashliq. Farther east, Tara was founded in 1594, roughly at the border of the taiga belt (to the north) and the steppe to the south. In the 17th century the Dzungar Khanate , formed by the Mongol Oirat people, became Russia's southern neighbor, and controlled the upper Irtysh. As a result of Russia's confrontation with the Dzungars in the Peter the Great 's era, the Russians founded

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2730-572: The junior team of Dinamo Minsk ) and MHC Yunost (the junior team of Yunost Minsk )) and Latvia ( HC Riga (the junior team of Dinamo Riga )), thus making the league international. Both conferences were divided into 2 divisions each. The regular season started on 4 September 2010 in Magnitogorsk with a match for the Opening Cup between last year's Kharlamov Cup playoff finalists Steel Foxes and Kuznetskie Medvedi . Steel Foxes won

2795-450: The junior team of HC MVD in the inaugural season, was moved to Tver and would serve as the junior team of UHC Dynamo in the second season. Phoenix was renamed to MHC Khimik . MHC Krylya Sovetov was reunited with PHC Krylya Sovetov (playing in the VHL ) and the MHL team of the newly reunited club was moved to Dmitrov . Among the new teams were teams from Belarus ( Minskie Zubry (then

2860-430: The league after being inactive for five years. While Reaktor (the junior team of Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk ) dominated both the regular season and the first three rounds of the playoffs, they were not able to continue their success in the Kharlamov Cup final, with the Red Army team taking the series in a 4–0 sweep, winning their second Kharlamov Cup. Season nine featured some minor changes with only 2 teams joining

2925-625: The league included the Russia U18 squad as well as Sarmaty from Orenburg (the junior team of Yuzhny Ural Orsk ) and Dinamo-Raubichi (then the junior team of Dinamo Minsk ) from Minsk , Belarus . Chaika returned to the Kharlamov Cup final, but were not able to repeat as champions, with Loko Yaroslavl (the junior team of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ) winning the series, 4–1. The first ever (and so far only) Super Cup ( Russian : Суперкубок, Superkubok ) took place on 30 April 2016 in Uchaly . It

2990-444: The league were Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk, Dinamo-Raubichi, Russia U18 and the Sakhalin Sharks. Meanwhile, the teams that joined the league were Sputnik Almetyevsk (the junior team of Neftyanik Almetyevsk ), expansion club Taifun from Ussuriysk (the junior team of Admiral Vladivostok ), Altay Oskemen from Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakhstan (the junior team of Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk ) as well as Krylya Sovetov who were returning to

3055-409: The league, while 4 new teams joined: Tatranskí Vlci from Spišská Nová Ves , Slovakia (the junior team of Lev Poprad ), Kapitan Stupino from Stupino , Snezhnye Barsy from Astana , Kazakhstan (the junior team of Barys Astana ) and Mamonty Yugry from Khanty-Mansiysk (the junior team of Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk ). Minskie Zubry were renamed to Dinamo-Shinnik and moved to Babruysk . Sheriff

3120-418: The league. These changes brought the number of teams up to 33, representing 6 countries. The Omsk Hawks once again made it to the Kharlamov Cup final, where this time they defeated MHC Spartak (the junior team of Spartak Moscow ) from Moscow in 7 games, winning the seventh game in overtime thanks to Kirill Rasskazov . Omsk Hawks also became the first team ever to not only win 2 Kharlamov Cups, but also

3185-432: The league. Those teams were KRS Junior (the junior team of Kunlun Red Star ) from Beijing , China (though they play their home games in Riga , Latvia) and returning Kapitan Stupino (which became the junior team of HC Sochi ), thus bringing the number of teams in the league up to 33 once again, this time representing only 4 countries. Meanwhile, MHC MVD was renamed to MHK Dynamo . In December 2010 and January 2011,

3250-417: The match with 8 goals to 1. The 2011 Challenge Cup took place in Ufa on 12 February 2011. As in 2010, the match pitted the best players of the Western Conference on one side against the best players of the Eastern Conference on the other side. In the West, MHC Khimik won the regular season, while in the East, Tolpar Ufa was the winner. The playoffs were for the first time separate in each conference, with

3315-432: 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 Irtysh The Irtysh / ɜːr ˈ t ɪ ʃ , ˈ ɪər t ɪ ʃ / is a river in Russia , China , and Kazakhstan . It

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3380-424: The overall MHL regular season with 135 points in 54 games. Soviet Wings won the Western Conference regular season with 119 points in 66 games. The playoffs started on March 13, 2010. No teams of the Western Conference made it past the round of 16 of the playoffs. Steel Foxes and Kuznetskie Medvedi (the junior team of Metallurg Novokuznetsk ) reached the playoff finals for the Kharlamov Cup . The first game of

3445-572: 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

3510-460: The river during the ice-free season, between April and October. Omsk , home to the headquarters of the state-owned Irtysh River Shipping Company, functions as the largest river port in Western Siberia. On the Kazakhstan section of the river there are presently three major hydroelectric plants, namely at Bukhtarma , Ust-Kamenogorsk and Shulbinsk . The world's deepest lock , with a drop of 42 metres (138 ft), allows river traffic to by-pass

3575-429: The river's confluence with Ob. A number of Mongol and Turkic peoples occupied the river banks for many centuries. In 657, Tang dynasty general Su Dingfang defeated Ashina Helu , qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate , at the Battle of Irtysh River , ending the Tang campaign against the Western Turks . Helu's defeat ended the Khaganate, strengthened Tang control of Xinjiang , and led to Tang suzerainty over

3640-409: The tie was played on April 20, 2010 on Belye Medvedi's home ice and the second leg on April 24 on Tolpar's home ice. Tolpar won both games, first 4–2, second 5–2 and clinched third place of the first season of the MHL. The number of teams was expanded from 22 in the inaugural season to 29 in the second season. 8 new teams joined the league while Dynamo Moscow 's junior team left the league. Sheriff ,

3705-449: The two winners meeting in the Kharlamov Cup final. In the final, the Red Army team from Moscow defeated the Steel Foxes from Magnitogorsk with a 4–0 sweep. For the 2011–12 season, a second division named MHL-B was established, which features mostly junior teams of VHL teams. A relegation and promotion system is in place between the MHL and MHL-B. The number of MHL teams was expanded from 29 to 32. One team, Krylya Sovetov , left

3770-416: 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

3835-426: The water-deficient regions of central Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan . Some versions of this project would have seen the direction of flow of the Irtysh reversed in its section between the mouth of the Tobol (at Tobolsk ) and the confluence of the Irtysh with the Ob at Khanty-Mansiysk, thus creating an "Anti-Irtysh". While these gigantic interbasin transfer schemes were not implemented, a smaller Irtysh–Karaganda Canal

3900-407: The western Turks. In the north-east of Irtysh, there is the Yenisei Kingdom , ruled by the Melig family from the Ögedei dynasty of the Yuan dynasty , which ruled until 1361. It was destroyed by the Oirats . In the 15th and 16th centuries the lower and middle courses of the Irtysh lay within the Tatar Khanate of Sibir ; its capital, Qashliq (also known as Sibir ) was located on the Irtysh

3965-583: Was a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League and currently plays in the Kazakhstan First Division . The team's home ground 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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4030-457: Was built between 1962 and 1974 to supply water to the dry Kazakh steppes and to one of the country's main industrial center, Karaganda . In 2002, pipelines were constructed to supply water from the canal to the Ishim and Kazakhstan's capital, Astana . In China, a short canal was constructed in 1987 (water intake at 47°26′31″N 87°34′11″E  /  47.44194°N 87.56972°E  / 47.44194; 87.56972 ) to divert some of

4095-406: Was renamed to MHC MVD and moved from Tver to Balashikha . The 2012 Challenge Cup took place in Magnitogorsk on 11 February 2012. The first ever Future Cup ( Russian : Кубок Будущего, Kubok Budushchego ) took place in Chelyabinsk on 13 March 2012 and featured the best under-18 players (not born before 1 January 1994) of both the MHL and the MHL-B division . The regular season winners were

4160-413: Was renamed to "Molot". In September, after the season had already started, Patriot from Hungary withdrew from the league, leaving only 39 teams to play the season. MHC Spartak achieved redemption this season after falling just short the season before by winning the Kharlamov Cup defeating their rivals, the Red Army team from Moscow , 4–3 in the final. For the sixth season, the league went through

4225-406: Was the trophy awarded to the winner of the game between the winner of the Kharlamov Cup (the MHL champions) and the winner of the Regions Cup (the MHL-B champions) and was won by Loko Yaroslavl 5–1 against Gornyak Uchaly . For the eighth season, the number of teams in the league was at 31 teams, representing 3 countries (28 from Russia, 2 from Kazakhstan and 1 from Latvia). Teams that left

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