Brief information about Kara-Balta
The city of Kara-Balta, bordered by the Kara-Balta River (in the lane from the Kyrgyz Black River), is located in the Chui Valley, 62 km from the city of Bishkek. Built in 1825, received city status in 1975. The population is 44 thousand people. The city-forming enterprise - the Kara-Balta Mining Plant (KGRK) - is the largest in Central Asia enterprise for processing uranium-containing ore.
Karabalta park. A variety of trees and plants, and pretty squirrels run along them.
Monument to the older generation in the park.
In general, the Kyrgyz are very respectful of the older generation. The concept of gender is the main thing for them, and any Kyrgyz, wake him up in the middle of the night, will name his relatives up to the 7th generation. Each event (40 days since the birth of a child, buying a house, etc.) is accompanied by a wild celebration. The Kirghiz are affixed with toy (toy - a kind of ransom from relatives). On a holiday, one must not lose face, and at least slaughter a horse, a few sheep in order to feed all the numerous relatives. Maybe that's why the Kyrgyz live in poverty, since 1 holiday costs at least 60 thousand rubles, and with their average salaries (about 2-4 thousand rubles for our money), you only work for "that" one.
The Kara-Balta House of Culture is a recognizable building, isn't it, especially for residents of closed cities.)) The Kyrgyz people really appreciate the heritage of the USSR - a country in which they lived well.
Look at the next photo - see the generator?
Such appliances, noisy, but small in size, are located at almost every store, because in Kyrgyzstan there is a huge problem with electricity. AT winter time electricity is turned off from 14 00 to 18 00, and from 23 00 to 6 00. In the summer they turn off periodically. All shutdowns occur due to the fact that electricity is produced mainly only at the Toktogul hydroelectric power station, which simultaneously provides electricity to Uzbekistan. The newspapers constantly publish reports on the water level in the Toktogul hydroelectric power station, if the water level rises, people are glad that there will be more light in the houses.)
Due to power outages, the competitive advantages of organizations are posted in the form of signs on the door).
And here is the beauty itself - the Toktogul hydroelectric power station.
The Naryn River, on which the Taktagul HPP stands
Just beautiful views on the way to the hydroelectric power station. Susamyr valley
snowfields
Road. In yurts they sell koumiss, kurdak (cheese) and other products of national production.
National Kyrgyz costume. It is accompanied by a white felt hat, which the older generation wears everywhere. And in general, in terms of preserving traditions, the Kyrgyz are just great! National holidays are held, for example, catch up with the bride on a horse, cutting the bonds (children are held between the legs on the ground with a knife), and many others.
Simple Kyrgyz families eat mostly delicious tandoor cakes. More than once I saw the mother of the family buying 20 or more cakes a day. Flat cakes are inexpensive (8 rubles for our money), tasty and, most importantly, satisfying.
And this is how they prepare
And what do we see as a result? Beauties!
Just a character
And here is the Kyrgyz hat. You see fortune-telling on stones, they told me to be happy to obey my husband, to start all things on Tuesday and the fast road.) (Fortune-telling 50 soms - about 40 rubles for our money).
For the curious, I post the exchange rate
Pay attention to how the Kyrgyz are struggling with smoking. 50% of the pack is occupied by a warning, and even in 2 languages. We can learn.)
This is such a funny picture))
Machine for gas water.) Original design.
People go to the market. By the way, I really liked the Kyrgyz nation - there are practically no fat people, basically everyone is slender. There are a lot of beautiful girls, unfortunately it was not possible to photograph them. And what beautiful names the Kyrgyz have - Talent, Diamond ...
In Kyrgyzstan, all the water is used to irrigate fields and gardens. This is a river with almost no water left.
And this is a canal from this river for irrigation and other needs.
Original and inexpensive car wash).
This is the majestic Gumbez Batyr - one of national heroes. By the way, it was built by a local thief in law to atone for his sins.)
And we met this statue on the way to Issyk-Kul
I fell in love with Kyrgyzstan with all my heart for the beauty of nature, smiling people, warm climate and abundance of fruits. I hope you enjoyed my little tour too.
website - Kara-Balta is one of the youngest cities in Kyrgyzstan. The city is comfortably located at the foot of the northern slope of Ala-Too.
During the Soviet era, the upper part of the city was a closed "post city" with secret industries, including the Kara-Balta mining plant, which is the largest enterprise in Central Asia for the processing of uranium-containing ore. Despite the fact that many of these enterprises are currently closed, have reduced production volumes, or have reoriented to the production of other products to continue their work, to date, Kara-Balta continues to provide 70% of the industrial output of the Chui region.
Nuzket - a chain connecting the Chui region with the outside world
The surviving various Arabic and Chinese sources testify that on the Great Silk Road in the 6th-7th centuries AD, trade and craft settlements arose in the Chui Valley. Their names are mentioned in Arabic sources: Taraz (Dzhambul), Kulan (Merke), Nuzket (Karabalta), Charon (Belovodskoye), Jul (Sokuluk), Saryg, Suyab, Navkat.
Nuzket (Kara-Balta) was one of the largest medieval settlements in the Chui valley. In order to protect themselves from robbers, merchant caravans found lodging for the night in this city. There was a stormy trade and exchange of goods in the bazaars of the city. And the works of Nuzket artisans went to distant countries along the Silk Road. It can be said that Nuzket was a strong link in the chain connecting the Chui region with the wide outside world.
First fortress
Archaeological excavations show that the city was not small, it consisted of a citadel and shakhristan with a total area of about 1 km2 and was located on the site of the current lower markets. Nuzket was the center of culture. Ceramics were made in the city both by hand and on the potter's wheel. The master artists of Nuzket were noted for their virtuosity. During archaeological sites objects with lid handles in the form of birds, animals, people were found. For more than six centuries, nomads bypassed Nuzket, since no settlements arose on the site of the city, and only after the formation of the Kokand Khanate under Madala Khan, the Shish-Debe (Shish-Tepe) fortress was built.
St. Uchitelskaya
The famous traveler V.V. Bartold visited Kyrgyzstan and in his report the traveler wrote the following: “Near the next two stations of Chaldybar and Karabalta there are remains of large Kokand fortifications. Both fortresses have a completely similar structure: the fortress is surrounded by a rampart in the form of an irregular quadrangle: inside it, precisely in the northwestern corner, there is still an elevation surrounded by a wall of mud bricks, among the mud bricks there are also whole burnt bricks and their fragments. There is only one entrance to the fortress - in the eastern side, in addition to this space, the fortress was surrounded on all sides by impenetrable swamps; the swamp near Karabalta has now partly dried up. The Kara-Balta fortress is called Shish-Tepe by the locals, its foundation is attributed to Solomon. There is no doubt that in both fortresses citadels with adobe walls were erected by the Sarts in the most recent time; but the fortresses themselves can be of a much more ancient origin ... in addition to the fortifications, we also examined stone women ... mounds are almost always located south of the road, towards the gorges, at the very entrance to the gorge there are almost always mounds - a phenomenon that we later had to meet and in Semirechye. Stone women of the usual type are located near the road, 5 versts from Chaldovar and near peasant houses in Nikolaevka and Karabalta.
Industrial production of the city
By 1912, the population of the village of Kara-Balta was about two thousand people. In the village there were adobe houses, covered with reeds and surrounded by adobe duvals. Slowly, small handicraft enterprises with two or three workers developed: mills, shoemakers, tailoring workshops. And the formation of the village, as a future city, began in 1924 with the completion of the construction of the Pishpek-Lugovaya railway line passing through the city. By the way, in construction railroad many Karabaltas participated. With the completion of this railway, industrial production began to develop. People began to make horse carts, wheels, nails, carpentry, barrels, or rather everything related to agriculture. On March 8, 1933, a large sugar factory began to operate with all auxiliary services, a thermal power plant, and a residential village. The plant gave a powerful impetus to the development of beet growing, animal husbandry and other industries Agriculture. In the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War the plant provided sugar for the army of workers. During the war years, a glycerin factory was built at the sugar factory. The front needed glycerin as the basis for the production of rubber. At the same time, the construction of a distillery was going on. The first spirit in the city was produced in 1943. In 1972, a powerful bakery plant with a storage capacity of 56,000 tons of grain was built, now SE Buudai-Karabalta.
Monument to V. Lenin in the Central Park of Culture and Culture
Formation of the city of Kara-Balta
The presence of a huge industrial potential required the status of a city for the village of Kara-Balta. In 1974, the chairman of the executive committee of the district council, Mukhamed Turgunovich Ibragimov, and the first secretary of the district committee of the party, Asan Kamalovich Kamalov, sent a reasoned letter to the republican authorities. Turdakun Usubaliev supported the initiative, and on September 9, 1975, the Supreme Council of the republic issued a decree on the formation of the city of Kara-Balta.
The city was to become a satellite of the capital
At the very beginning, Kara-Balta was supposed to become a satellite of the capital. Under the leadership of the chief architect of the Institute "Kyrgyzpromstroy" Karpenko N.V. its master plan was developed until the year 2000 with a calculation of 100,000 population. But, unfortunately, during the years of perestroika, another city plan began to be developed at the Institute "Kyrgyz NIIP Urban Planning" under the guidance of architect Tugova T.A. per 56,000 population.
The population of the city in 2013 is 46,596 people. Kara-Balta is a multi-ethnic city inhabited by Kyrgyz, Russians, Uighurs, Uzbeks, Koreans, Kazakhs, Germans and Tatars. In 1991-1993 the population was 54,200. The rapid outflow from the republic has led to this figure. Today, the migration process is significantly reduced.
Monument to Zhaiyl Baatyr
Sports complex "Manas". Football, basketball, volleyball and other competitions of the district and republican level are held here.
Kara-Balta (Kirg. Karabalta - “black ax”) is a city in Kyrgyzstan, the administrative center of the Zhaiyl district of the Chui region. Until 1992, it was a city of regional subordination of the Kalininsky district.
Population - 37.8 thousand people (2009).
Story
Already in the 5th-8th centuries, agricultural settlements arose in the Chui valley. After the invasion of Genghis Khan, tribes of nomads and pastoralists lived here from the 14th-19th centuries. After the subjugation of the region to the Kokand Khanate in early XIX century, a fortification was erected in the Chui valley.
Geography
Located on the northern slope of the Kyrgyz Range in the western part of the Chui region, 62 km from the city of Bishkek in the temperate latitudinal zone. The terrain is calm, with a slight decrease in elevation from south to north. The city is bordered by the river Kara-Balta.
Economy
Kara-Balta is a city of regional subordination, which has its own public institutions and associations, business entities, administrative structures of ministries and departments, which is one of the most important transport hubs of the Chui region. During the existence of the USSR, Kara-Balta was a closed city with several secret industries, including the main enterprise of the city - the Kara-Balta Mining Plant (KGRK) - the largest enterprise in Central Asia for processing uranium-containing ore. These productions are located in a special area with high-quality industrial infrastructure, housing stock and social facilities in the southern part of the city. Despite the fact that many of these enterprises are currently closed, have reduced production volumes or repurposed to produce other products to continue their work, until now, Kara-Balta provides 70% of the industrial output of the Chui region. There are 32 joint-stock companies, 93 LLCs, 12 enterprises providing services to the population, 22 small and medium-sized enterprises for processing agricultural products, 39 cafes and canteens operating in the city.
Education
In 2002, the city became fully responsible for the management of kindergartens and secondary schools, although teachers and tutors' salaries are paid from categorical grants. The oblast level is responsible for vocational training and the republican level for providing higher education. Currently, the problem of education is acute in this city. Teachers have to work ten hours a day to fill the shortage of teachers.
Russian military base
338th communication center of the Russian Navy. Located in the village of KaraBalta (Chaldovar) of the Chui region of Kyrgyzstan, it provides communication between the General Staff of the Russian Navy and submarines and surface ships on combat duty in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The node also carries out electronic intelligence in the interests of the Main Staff of the Russian Navy.
Kara-Balta (Kirg. Kara-Balta - “black ax”) is a city in Kyrgyzstan, the administrative center of the Zhaiyl district of the Chui region. Until 1992, it was a city of regional subordination of the Kalininsky district. The population of the city in 2009 was 37.8 thousand people (2009). As of 2015, 47,000 people are registered in the city, and more than 70,000 people actually live
Geography
Located on the northern slope of the Kyrgyz Range in the western part of the Chui region, 62 km from the city of Bishkek in the temperate latitudinal zone. The terrain is calm, with a slight decrease in elevation from south to north. The city is bordered by the river Kara-Balta.
Already in the 5th-8th centuries, agricultural settlements arose in the Chui valley. After the invasion of Genghis Khan, tribes of nomads and pastoralists lived here from the 14th to the 19th centuries. After the region was subjugated to the Kokand Khanate at the beginning of the 19th century, a fortification was erected in the Chui valley. In 1974, the Russian resettlement village of Kara-Balta was founded.
Economy
Kara-Balta is a city of regional subordination, which has its own public institutions and associations, business entities, administrative structures of ministries and departments, which is one of the most important transport hubs of the Chui region. During the existence of the USSR, the upper southern part of the city was a closed "mailbox" with several secret industries, including the main enterprise of the city - the Kara-Balta Mining Plant (KGRK) - the largest enterprise in Central Asia for processing uranium-containing ore. These productions are located in a special area with high-quality industrial infrastructure, housing stock and social facilities in the southern part of the city. Despite the fact that many of these enterprises are currently closed, have reduced production volumes or repurposed to produce other products to continue their work, until now, Kara-Balta provides 70% of the industrial output of the Chui region. There are 32 joint-stock companies, 93 LLCs, 12 enterprises providing services to the population, 22 small and medium-sized enterprises for processing agricultural products, 39 cafes and canteens on the territory of the city. The largest enterprise of the post-Soviet period is the oil refinery.
Education
The city has a Food College, a branch of the Kyrgyz technical university, as well as a medical school and 13 general education schools with instruction in Kyrgyz and Russian, there is also a network of pre-school institutions.
Transport
Kirghiz station railway The main highways Bishkek-Tashkent and Bishkek-Osh pass through the city. Within the city there are several city bus routes represented by buses of small capacity. Numerous private fixed-route taxis in the form of cars are also very popular.
Notes
Information about the city of Kara-Balta on the website of the Association of Cities of the Kyrgyz Republic Blog about the city of Kara-Balta. Photo…
This wonderful city is located in Kyrgyzstan. Until 1992, it was a city of regional subordination of the Kalininsky district. Located on the northern slope of the Kyrgyz Range in the western part of the Chui region and just an hour's drive from Bishkek. The terrain is quite calm with some depression. A river called Kara-Balta flows along the perimeter of the city. The first mention of a settlement in these territories dates back to the 5th century AD. The city has modern ones, where public institutions are located, including those related to infrastructure, and their architecture is also worth looking at.
Attractions
Here is the Russian military base, but it is unlikely that you will be allowed to admire its interiors and exteriors.
Natural attractions should not be forgotten either. One of these is the hydrographic network of the city, represented by the Kara-Balta River, bordering the city from the east for about 7 kilometers and originating in the glaciers of the mountains at the confluence of the mountain streams Abla, Kol, Tuyuk. The length of the river as a whole is 133 km, the river is fed by snow and ice. In the area of the city, the channel of the Kara-Balta River is dry, because in the upper zone at the exit of the river from the mountain gorge there is a watershed with diversion irrigation canals, one of which runs through the city. The riverbed and floodplain are used for quarrying. On the way here you can stop by.
There is an amazing amount of greenery in the city: majestic pine trees on the main street of the city - Turar Kozhomberdiev Street, two perennial parks, forest plantations along all highways. On the eve of the 30th anniversary of their city, the residents of Kara-Balta planted over 30,000 fruit and ornamental trees. Now they have beauty and no excess of carbon dioxide. There would be so many green spaces everywhere and many would refuse to pass a couple of stops, but would walk with pleasure!
How to get there?
There are airports in Kyrgyzstan, and then you can get there by rail or highway by bus or taxi. Kara-Balta is one of the largest transport hubs in the Chui region: it is crossed from west to east by the Tashkent-Taraz-Bishkek-Balykchy railway line and the Tashkent-Bishkek-Almaty highway, which are of interstate importance. You will not be left indifferent