Theme Week Kazakhstan – Oskemen

21 November 2018 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Theatre © Iskanderov Damir/cc-by-3.0

Theatre © Iskanderov Damir/cc-by-3.0

Ust-Kamenogorsk or Oskemen is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region with a population of 310,000. It is served by Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport. The city has two official names. In the Russian language, its name is Усть-Каменогорск; in the Kazakh language, its accepted name is Өскемен/Óskemen. Both names appear on the seal of the city. The city has three cinemas (although during the Soviet era, there were a lot more), three museums, a drama theater with Russian and Kazakh (since 2000) troupes, the Boris Alexandrov Sports Palace.   read more…

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