New trends in global media reflected in Kazakh media development
Modern society’s intense technological development dictates new requirements in mass communication. Nurgul Mauberlinova, Kazakh Vice Minister of Information and Communications, spoke about the tasks currently facing the nation’s media. Today, experts unanimously affirm that journalism will never be the same – the high data transfer speed, mass ‘gadgetisation’ of society and overall development of new…
Young Archeologists Uncover Ancient Finds
EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION – Unique archaeological findings of the early nomads epoch discovered in recent years in the Altai mountains have substantially raised the prestige of the archaeologist’s profession in the eyes of East Kazakh students. This summer, 14 Amanzholov East Kazakhstan State University (EKSU) students participated in an archaeological expedition led by well-known scientist…
Cameras Reveal Bear Behavior in Altai Reserve
EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION – With the creation of the West Altai Reserve, local citizens, particularly mushroom hunters, more and more often share stories about their encounters with the master of the taiga. The suburbs of Ridder are a real backwater in Kazakhstan. According to experts, the population of bears here is at least 100 animals.…
East Kazakhstan Children’s Bike Race Honors History of Domestic Cycling
Schoolchild of Kazakhstan 2014, the 45th international multi-day bicycle race that started Aug. 4 in the East Kazakhstan region, was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of domestic cycling and supported by the national newspaper, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda. For eight days, 120 young bicycle racers, including athletes from Uzbekistan, overcame various distances on the mountain slopes. Shortly…
Competition Reviews Innovations in East Kazakhstan
UST-KAMENOGORSK – A group of professionals organised under the auspices of a project initiated by the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies and the National Agency for Technological Development (NATD) visited the East Kazakhstan region recently to select the best business ideas in the region. This event was an additional incentive for local manufacturers to…
East Kazakhstan Rallies Youth to Green Cause
UST-KAMENOGORSK – To promote its City of Youth project, a multifunctional youth complex that is to become a centre of energy-saving technologies in East Kazakhstan’s Natural Landscape Preserve, Association of Youth and Children’s Organisations has launched a broad informational campaign, Green Future for the City of Youth! The idea for the campaign, adopted from a…
Nazarbayev School Student Honoured for Research Work in Russia
EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION – Timur Serikbayev, a student in the eighth grade of the Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Ust-Kamenogorsk, received two awards at the seventh International Conference of School and University Students in Protvino in the Moscow region. The gifted teenager presented reports on linguistics and biology at the conference. Extensive practical material is attached…
DPM Issekeshev Reviews Industrial Development Programme Results and Future Projects in East Kazakhstan
UST-KAMENOGORSK – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev viewed State Programme of Accelerated Industrial-Innovative Development (SPAIID) projects on a working trip to the East Kazakhstan region in late February and said at least five joint projects with transnational companies will be launched in the region within the second five-year…
Customs Union Helps Local Industry Expand
UST-KAMENOGORSK – Vostok-Boilers in Ust-Kamenogorsk has been active in the development of the town and the region. Now, with the Customs Union (CU) and further Eurasian economic integration, the company is expanding even more. The first plant began producing small boilers in 2003. Today, it is involved in the construction of internal and external water…
Couple Creates Smart, Underground Greenhouses
UST-KAMENOGORSK – Husband and wife team Nikolai and Lyudmila Zemlyany have created a garden of unique underground greenhouses in their village of Ukraina, near Ust-Kamenogorsk. The greenhouses, which they have been building and maintaining for the past five years, provide them with produce to sell and give local students a chance to learn gardening and…
Additional Berel Burial Sites Excavated
ASTANA – Excavation work at three more ancient royal burial sites in Eastern Kazakhstan have been completed as part of a project to create an open-air museum and youth camp. The excavation work comes shortly before scientists from more than 15 countries were set to assemble on August 23-24 to discuss the development of cultural…
Beekeeping Centre Seeks to be Queen of Honey Production
EAST KAZAKHSTAN – The beekeeping centre of East Kazakhstan’s Institute of Agriculture launched an automated assembly line for printing and packaging honey from honeycombs. Head of the Apiculture Department at the Research Institute Alex Kasymbaev demonstrated the potential of the new line, which was paid for by funds from the regional budget. Finished units purchased…
New Book Uncovers Oskemen’s History
EAST-KAZAKHSTAN REGION – A new book chronicles the history of Oskemen, also known as Ust-Kamenogrosk, for more than 260 years to the beginning of the 20th century. The book, released by the Heritage private publishing house, is called “Annals of Ust-Kamenogorsk: 1654-1918.” It documents many previously unknown or forgotten events in the city’s history. It…
New Tourist Routes in Eastern Kazakhstan
EAST KAZAKHSTAN – East Kazakhstan is a land of peaks and valleys, with heights ranging from 145 to 4,500 metres above sea level. The highest point is the peak of the famous Mount Belukha at 4,506 metres. Due to its unique geographic features and diversity of flora and fauna, the ancient Altai area has always…
