KAZAKHSTAN - Oskemen
Ust Kamenogorsk
Oskemen, also called Ust-Kamenogorsk in russian, is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan and was founded as a Russian fort in 1720. Ust-Kamenogorsk later became a center of trade with Mongolia and China and the gateway to the mineral wealth of the Rudny Altay mountains.
Today Ust-Kamenogorsk city is Kazakhstan major center of nonferrous metallurgy (lead, zinc, titanium, and magnesium) and various industries (food, cars, machines..). The city is not really attractive and just a hub to Altai.
BEST TIME to VISIT Ust Kamenogorsk
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to OSKEMEN
From May to September
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - Svyato-Zinovjevskij temple
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - Horse statues in a park to remind horses in the steppe
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - Svyato-Zinovjevskij temple
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - Holy Trinity Monastery
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) -Andreevskij Cathedral
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) -Andreevskij Cathedral
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) -Tram - Cable car
shopping mall
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - Official building - Soviet style
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - old house
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - city view with factories
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - old style house
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) -old house
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - old style house
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - old car and new car
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - old house
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - city view
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - ancient house
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - Mosque
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - Ancient building
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - - Ancient Building
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian) - War Memorial
river crossing the city
Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian name) is a modern city