Exclusive tourist excursions on cities of Kazakhstan.

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” 

Augustine of Hippo.

Duration of excursion: 6 hours.
Season: year round.
Advanced reservation: for 48 hours.

Detailed program of an excursion trip in Uralsk:

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Uralsk City Tour:

Visit to the West Kazakhstan Regional Museum of History and Local Lore, one of the oldest museums in Kazakhstan. The museum was founded in 1832. Renowned scholars of the time, G.S. Karelin and L.S. Berg, were directly involved in its founding.
The museum is currently housed in a historical and architectural building constructed in 1879 in an oriental style for the Russian-Kazakh school.

Visit to St. Michael Archangel Cathedral in Uralsk.

This Orthodox cathedral is the oldest building in Uralsk. Built in the 1740s, it bears witness to all the city's historical events. A fortress wall once surrounded the cathedral. During the Pugachev Rebellion, rebellious Cossacks besieged a detachment of government troops stationed in the fortress, sent after the suppression of the 1772 uprising, but were unable to take it.
Not far from the cathedral is the house of the "Tsar's Bride's" father, the wealthy Cossack Kuznetsov, now home to the Pugachev Museum.

Visit to Cathedral of Christ Savior in Uralsk.

The cathedral is also popularly known as the "golden" church. It was built in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Ural Cossack Host's service to the Moscow Tsar, celebrated in 1891.

Visit to main mosque of Uralsk.

A new three-story mosque opened in Uralsk in November 2005. The majestic dome over the main hall of the mosque is made of stained glass windows brought from Italy and crafted using German technology.

Visit to Ataman's House in Uralsk.

The oldest building in Uralsk, once the residence of the Cossack ataman. The building's façade is decorated with memorial plaques indicating that Pushkin, Zhukovsky, Dahl, and Tolstoy stayed here during their visits to Uralsk. Only historical documents indicate that the Tsareviches and future Emperors Alexander and Nicholas also stayed here.
The building was constructed in 1825 according to the designs of the Italian military architect M. Delmedino for the acting ataman D.M. Borodin.

A tour of regional akimat building in Uralsk.

This building formerly housed the Russian Industrial and Commercial Bank. The building's main decoration is the lion statues in the niches of the entrance. Built in 1896 by the architect A. Bunkin, the building's sides were decorated with sculptures of Cossacks holding huge sturgeons, followed by the traditional Soviet worker and collective farm woman.

A tour of merchant Karev's house in Uralsk.

Karev's house is today one of the most famous architectural landmarks in Uralsk, built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For a long time, it was considered the largest building in the city. Rumor has it that Karev decided to build this house as revenge against his acquaintance, the merchant Ovchinnikov, who loved to drink tea on his balcony while watching the sunrise.
After an argument, Karev promised the tea lover he would never see the sunrise again. And indeed, he never did. Across from Ovchinnikov's house, a new, enormous house appeared, blocking the merchant's entire view of the picturesque rising sun.

A tour of Vanyushin merchant house in Uralsk.

This house became the very building that surpassed Karev's house in size. This remarkable building, built in the 1870s, later housed a commercial club, an agricultural technical school, and during the war, a military school evacuated from Odessa.
A Pioneer House was then moved here, and it currently houses one of the city's secondary schools.

Visit Yemelyan Pugachev House Museum in Uralsk.

A monument to the history and wooden architecture of the 18th century. Since 1967, this building has housed a library. In 1991, this unique historical monument was transferred to the regional history and local history museum. Authentic Cossack household items and weapons, banners, cannons, and valuable royal gifts are on display. Visit the memorial dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.

Sightseeing tour of Uralsk.

Short information on town of Uralsk.

Uralsk is the administrative center of the oblast (was founded in 1613) and the ancient town of Kazakhstan. It is situated on the right bank of the Ural River in the place of the Chagan River flowing into the Ural River with its forests and pastures was suitable for the camp of nomads, Scythian, and others.
Yaitsky town was founded as one of the military posts, which were called to guard borders of the Russian State from nomads’ raids. The river full of fish, beautiful water meadows and fertile soil attracted kazaks. The ancient part of the town is “kurenei”. Uralsk – the ancient town of the North-Western Kazakhstan was founded in 1613 - 1622 on the European bank of the Ural River under the name of Yaitsky town.
The industry of Uralsk is closely connected with refining of agricultural row-materials. There are the most largest tannery and felt factory in Kazakhstan, the fourth powerful meat-tinned factory in Kazakhstan, and one of the largest flour- milling and cereals factory in CIS.
Also there is developing of metal refining industry. There are many interesting memorials, which are invaluable properties as: the building of former Russian-Kazakh school (now it is a museum of historical and regional studies); the architectural monument of the XVIII century – Mikhailo-Arkhangelsky Cathedral (was built in 1751) – the witness of the Peasant’s war 1773 - 1775 by the leading of Pugachev E. The temple of the Christ Savior – an architectural monument of the XIX century; the building of the troop’s school, where the leaders of the western section of Alash Orda Khalel and Zhansha Dosmukhamedov had studied.
Studying the history of the town one can often hear the words “the ancient in Kazakhstan” theatre, museum, library, school, etc. In the chronicle of the town were such names as: Krylov I.A., Pushkin A.S., Zhukovsky V.A., Dal V.A., Shevchenko T.G., Makhambet Utemisov, Plesheev A.N., Tolstoi L.N., Korolenko V.G., Saken Seifulin, Sabit Mukanov, PravdukhinV.P., Gabdulla Tukai, Sholokhov M.A., and others.

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Author program is Alexander Petrov. Copying and introduction -  from sanction of author.

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