Karazhal

In the summer of 1911, hydrogeologist A. A. Kozyrev discovered iron ores located on the surface of the earth. But only in 1931, the Omsk Geological Exploration Party, under the leadership of I. G. Nikolaev, conducted exploratory drilling on a hill located west of the Bestobe Hill, which later became known as Karazhal.

Karazal from Kazakh is translated as “black mane”. Thus, a new, richest deposit of iron-manganese ores appeared on the map.

The working village of the Karazhal ore deposit in the Karaganda region began to form in the early 1930s . On July 31, 1949, the Directorate of the Atasu Mine was organized in the village of Atasu ^[5] . In 1950, the working village received the name "Karazhal." In 1955, the Atasurudstroy Trust was organized in Karazhal to develop the Atasuysky ore district , the iron ore base of the future Karaganda Metallurgical Plant , which was under construction at that time. In the same year, the Western Karazal quarry was commissioned ^[6] .

After the construction of the Atasu-Karazhal railway line, and the completion of the construction of the first stage of the Western Karazal and Big Ktai mines, as well as after the commissioning of the crushing and screening plant from the city-type working village of the same name, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR dated January 8, 1963, the city of Karazhal was formed ^[6] .

June 30, 1971 in the Karazhal area - less than 90 km from the city (a little more than 30 km from the village of Shalginsky, now part of the Karazhal City Administration), a tragic event occurred: the catastrophe during the landing of the Soyuz-11 manned spacecraft , which caused the death of his crew - astronauts G. T. Dobrovolsky , V. N. Volkov and V. I. Patsaev ^[7] . On October 4, 1974, at the site of the tragic landing of the descent vehicle, the obelisk dedicated to the dead astronauts ^[8] was discovered, which was subsequently completely destroyed by vandals in the 2000s . In 2016, a new memorial was erected on the site of the old obelisk in honor of the dead crew of Soyuz-11 ^[9] :

In 1973, after the formation of the Dzhezkazgan region , the city of Karazhal became a part of it, in the same status as a city of regional subordination. In 1997, after the abolition of the Zhezkazgan region (the former Zhezkazgan, renamed in 1992), the city of Karazhal again returned to the Karaganda region.

The population of the city with subordinate settlements is 18 355 people (as of January 1, 2018) ^[2] .

National composition (as of January 1, 2018) ^[2] :

• Kazakhs - 13 673 people (74.49%);
• Russians - 3654 people. (19.91%);
• Ukrainians - 251 people. (1.37%);
• Tatars - 191 people (1.04%);
• Germans - 140 people (0.76%);
• Koreans - 97 people (0.53%);
• Belarusians - 68 people (0.37%);
• Bashkirs - 46 people. (0.25%);
• others - 235 people. (1.28%).
• In total - 18 355 people. (100.00%).

The industry is represented by mining enterprises:

• Orken LLP, formerly Atasuruda (a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC) - mining of ferromanganese ore of the Karazhal deposit of the Atasuysky ore district (Zapadny Karazhal mine) ^[12] ;
• JSC Zhairemsky GOK ^[12] ( Kazzinc LLP);
• Karazhal TPP .

There are 4 general education schools in the city (including all settlements of the Karazhal City Administration - 8 secondary schools: 4 schools with the Kazakh language of instruction, 1 school with the Russian language of instruction, 3 schools - mixed) ^[4] , 1 college, 2 kindergartens (1 in the village of Zhairem and 1 in the city of Karazhal) ^[4] , “House of Culture”, “Children's Music School”, centralized library system, “City Hospital”, “Specialized Children and Youth School of Olympic Judo Reserve”.

Near the city there used to be an AK-159/22 high-security penal colony ^[13] .

Transport

The settlements included in the Karazhal City Administration are connected by single-track railway lines with the Karaganda – Zharyk – Zhezkazgan railway ^[4] :

• Atasu - Karazhal (to the Karazhal railway station, and then to the industrial site of the Western Karazhal mine);
• Zhomart - Zhairem (to the industrial site of JSC Zhairemsky GOK).

Once a day there are two-way bus services ^[4] :

• Karazhal - Jairem - Karaganda;
• Zhezkazgan - Jairem - Karaganda;
• Jairem - Karaganda.

In the area of ​​the village of Zhairem of the Karazhal City Administration, the airport of the same name is located with a concrete runway . Near the city of Karazhal there is a dirt runway (formerly Karazhal airport) ^[4] .

• Turysov Karatay Turysovich
• Lepikhin Alexander Fedorovich
• Schurov Nikolai Ivanovich
• Aitbaev Kusain
• Zhanakbaev Zeynul Omarbekovich
• Bedash Ivan Ivanovich
• Mustafin Zhumash Khasenovich
• Murzin Vitaliy Mikhailovich
• Kardashin Victor Romanovich
• Shabalin Vladimir Mikhailovich
• Dauletkerimov Abi Dauletkerimovich
• Artyushkina Lyudmila Sergeevna
• Shaposhnikov Vladislav Evgenievich
• Kopeev Mukhambet Zhumanazarovich
• Kenzhebaev Amanzhan Konkakovich
• Akhpanova Gulbarshin Saurbekovna
• Yesenov Usein Baysynovich
• Ibragimov Altynbek Bazarbaevich
• Korgambaev Yesenali Kurmanalievich
• Kargin Erbulat Beisembekovich
• Mukashev Galym Meirzhanovich
• Ashimov Galym Abikhanovich
• Shormanbaev Kairat Gosmanovich ^[14]

• Passport of the region . Passport of the city of Karazhal (Russian) . Information portal of the Office of the Akim of the city of Karazhal . - Karazhal.gov.kz. Date of treatment May 21, 2018. Archived on November 13, 2017.
• Happy anniversary, the city of Karazhal! . Presentation (Russian) . Web service "Calaméo" . Central mountains bk them. S. Seifullina, the city of Karazhal . Date of treatment July 11, 2018.