Lisakovsk
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Lisakowsk - a city in Kostanai region of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

. Located on the right bank of the Tobol River
Tobol River
Tobol is a river in Kurgan and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia and Kazakhstan, left tributary of the Irtysh. The length of the Tobol River is 1591 km. The area of its drainage basin is 426,000 km². Average discharge at mouth is 805 m³/s. The lower reaches of the river freeze up in late October -...

 (a tributary of the Irtysh River).

Blazon

Coat Lisakovsk adopted in 1995. The emblem depicts a blue sky with the sun. Beneath it runs the fox
Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...

 - the symbol of the city. Under the fox is dark brown stripe, blended with the frame emblem symbolizes the fertile, rich in various minerals ground.

History

His emergence city owes Lisakovsk iron ore deposit, discovered in 1949. The city and the GOK began to build from scratch in the wilderness and ten years later, in 1971 the village became a city Lisakovsk.

In the mid-eighties the construction of chemical plant
Chemical plant
A chemical plant is an industrial process plant that manufactures chemicals, usually on a large scale. The general objective of a chemical plant is to create new material wealth via the chemical or biological transformation and or separation of materials. Chemical plants use special equipment,...

, but construction was interrupted after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

In the early 90's Lisakovsk mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...

 and processing plant was in a critical situation due to a sharp fall in demand for iron concentrate in the metallurgical industry in Kazakhstan and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. City authorities had to take extraordinary steps to maintain the economy Lisakovsk and development of new industries.

In 1992, by decision of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan city acquires the status of free economic zone
Free economic zone
Many countries have, or have had at some time, designated areas where companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage development or for some other reason...

. The search for new methods of work in a market economy
Market economy
A market economy is an economy in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system. This is often contrasted with a state-directed or planned economy. Market economies can range from hypothetically pure laissez-faire variants to an assortment of real-world mixed...

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Economy

During January-May 2010 industrial enterprises of all forms of ownership produced goods worth 8,289.3 million tenge, which is 148,5% in January-May 2009.

In the mining industry during this period produced products to 6292.7 million tenge, which is higher than the corresponding level last year in 1,75 times. In comparison with January-May 2009 iron ore (in kind) increased by 0,8%, bauxite
Bauxite
Bauxite is an aluminium ore and is the main source of aluminium. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al3, boehmite γ-AlO, and diaspore α-AlO, in a mixture with the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of anatase TiO2...

 - by 9,5%, zinc ore extraction increased by 4,5 times. The share of mining in the citywide level was 75.9%. In the manufacturing industry in January-May 2010 produced products to 1307, million tenge, which is lower than the corresponding period last year to 4,6%. In volume manufacturing industry 80,1% is the production of food (including beverages and tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

): food products produced at 1046.7 million tenge share of manufacturing industry in the city-wide volume reached 15.8%. In the machinery industry in January-May of this year 4, agricultural harvesters. Assembling the reapers made when receiving the order. In the garment industry of garments produced 1,716 units. amounting to 4,5 million tenge. The production of polyethylene film (139,1%), corrugated cardboard (104,1%), furniture and wood products-on 2,2% (in monetary terms). In the area of distribution of electricity, gas and water production volume amounted to 689.6 million tenge.

Archeology

In 1984, the territory of the modern city were discovered settlements and cemeteries of the Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...

. The complex dates from the 15th-18th centuries BC, and belongs to the tribes Andronovo. Over the years of research had revealed more than two thousand meters ² settlements and excavated more than a hundred and fifty burial structures in the form of burial mounds and stone walls. These findings characterize the basic life-support systems and religious ideas of Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian can refer to:* Indo-Iranian languages* Prehistoric Indo-Iranians * Indo-European languages* Proto-Indo-Iranian religion* Proto-Indo-Iranian language...

 tribes of the mid second millennium BC, lived in the steppe zone of the Upper Pritobolya. The collection of the city museum, which houses the bulk of the finds included more than 200 ceramic vessels, 30 of gold jewelry in the form of rings, more than 40 bronze ornaments (rings, bracelets, ornaments of the braid), stone, bone and bronze tools. At Lisakovsk cemetery was found and studied more than a hundred funerary structures. Results Details of the funeral rite, affecting its preservation: the remains of wooden structures, fragments of textiles, weaving, felt making. One of the rare finds an idol, an anthropomorphic form. The excavations of Kurgan leader "demonstrate the complex cosmogonic idea, inherent in the architectural design of the mound. The city administration supports research archeologists around the city and a logical extension of this work considers the establishment of ecological and cultural center "Tumar" as the pilot complex of tourist, educational, ethnographic objects.

Schools

Schools of the city Lisakovsk constantly working 7 schools.
  • GUSSH № 1 (with a sporty bias)
  • GUSSH № 2 (with in-depth study of English language)
  • GUSSH № 3 (for the Kazakh-speaking children)
  • GUSSH № 4
  • Research School Gymnasium (with in-depth study of mathematics)
  • GUSSH № 6
  • PG Boarding city Lisakovsk
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