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Semey (), formerly known as Semipalatinsk (, until 2007 ) and Alash-kala ( Kazakh: Алаш-қала / Alaş-qala, 1917 – 1920 ), is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.
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Semey and Semipalatinsk
The gravest environmental threat to Kazakhstan comes from radiation, especially in the Semey ( Semipalatinsk ) region of the northeast, where the Soviet Union tested almost 500 nuclear weapons, 116 of them above ground.
* in Kazakhstan: Öskemen ( Ust-Kamenogorsk ), Semey ( Semipalatinsk ), Pavlodar.
The Semipalatinsk Bridge, a suspension bridge across the Irtish River, connects two major parts of Semey.
He was awarded with an honorary doctorate in Science from the Semey State Medical Academy, State Medical Academy in Semipalatinsk in recognition of his efforts and on his third visit to Kazakhstan in 2003, he was made an honorary citizen of Semipalatinsk.
The scientific buildings for the test site were located around 150 km west of the town of Semipalatinsk ( later renamed Semey ), near the border of East Kazakhstan Province and Pavlodar Province with most of the nuclear tests taking place at various sites further to the west and south, some as far as into Karagandy Province.
In 1864, having reached the rank of Major-General, Chernyayev made his famous march with 1000 men across the steppes of Turkestan to Chimkent ( Shymkent ) in the Khanate of Kokand, to meet another Russian column from Semipalatinsk ( Semey ), in Siberia, in conjunction with which he successfully stormed Chimkent, and then unsuccessfully attacked Tashkent, 130 km farther south.
Semey and Kazakh
Its proximity to the border, and the large expatriate scientific community attached to the university and the STS labs, gives Semey a more Russian character than other Kazakh cities.
* Abay Qunanbayuli, father of modern Kazakh poetry, received his Russian schooling at Semey.
Semey and –
* link = European route E127-: Omsk – Pavlodar – Semey – Georgiyevka – Maikapshagai
Semey and is
Modern Semey is a bustling university town with a population exceeding 300, 000.
Semey and city
Semey has suffered serious environmental and health effects from the time of its atomic prosperity: nuclear fallout from the atmospheric tests and uncontrolled exposure of the workers, most of whom lived in the city, have given Semey and neighboring villages high rates of cancer, childhood leukemia, impotence and birth defects.
After the annex of former Semey Province to East Kazakhstan Province, the city of Semey was no longer a province capital.
Semey and Kazakhstan
Semirechye Cossask Host () was a Cossack host in Imperial Russia, located in Semirechye Oblast ( today comprising most of Kyrgyzstan as well as Almaty oblysy, Taldy-Korgan ( Taldyqorghan ) oblysy, and parts of the Taraz oblysy and Semey oblysy in Kazakhstan ) with the center in Verny.
* Semey, Kazakhstan
* " The Polygon ", a nuclear test site near Semey, Kazakhstan
She has been involved in Aid International projects highlighting the effects of Soviet nuclear testing in Semey, Kazakhstan.
Semey and near
It remained in force in 1996, although in 1995 at least one unexploded device reportedly was still in position near Semey.
Semey and border
There it turns northward to Semey before crossing the Russian border.
Semey and with
c. Simshehal's name also appears as " Semey " in a list of governors with the title Ma ' ikele-Bahr ( lit.
Semey and Almaty
In 1990, Aktogay station, roughly midway between Almaty and Semey, became an important junction.
Semey and .
New bridge in Semey.
NASA satellite photo of Semey.
Residents claim the details of particular descriptive passages in Dostoyevsky's subsequent books, including his highly acclaimed The Brothers Karamazov, are recognizable as taken from his time in Semey.
FC Spartak Semey are a Kazakhstani football club based in Semey.
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