Oral, Kazakhstan

Sport

FC Akzhayik are a Kazakhstani football club based in Petr Atoyan Stadium.

Bandy is the principal sport in the city. Akzhayik Sports Club, based in the Yunost Stadium, is the only professional team in the country and plays in the second highest division of Russia. In September 2017, the Kazakhstan Bandy Federation bought the club.

The city sent a team to the Spartakiade 2009 and the finished second. All the players of the Under-23 national team in the 2013–14 season came from Oral. After the Kazakhstan national bandy team took the gold medal at the 2011 Asian Winter Games, the team came back to Oral in triumph.

Geography

Climate

The climate of Oral (Uralsk) is humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa, Trewartha Dcac) with long cold winters and warm, often hot summers. Summers are extremely hot considering its position north of the 51st parallel, but winters are more reminiscent of continental climates further east than Europe.

| Jan record high C = 6.6 | Feb record high C = 6.9 | Mar record high C = 22.1 | Apr record high C = 31.1 | May record high C = 37.8 | Jun record high C = 41.8 | Jul record high C = 42.0 | Aug record high C = 42.3 | Sep record high C = 38.8 | Oct record high C = 28.0 | Nov record high C = 18.0 | Dec record high C = 8.2 | year record high C = 42.3 | Jan record low C = −43.1 | Feb record low C = −40.5 | Mar record low C = −35.2 | Apr record low C = −24.3 | May record low C = −6.8 | Jun record low C = −1.1 | Jul record low C = 4.3 | Aug record low C = 0.4 | Sep record low C = −7.6 | Oct record low C = −19.2 | Nov record low C = −32.6 | Dec record low C = −39.2 | year record low C = −43.1 | Jan snow depth cm = 20 | Feb snow depth cm = 29 | Mar snow depth cm = 23 | Apr snow depth cm = 2 | May snow depth cm = 0 | Jun snow depth cm = 0 | Jul snow depth cm = 0 | Aug snow depth cm = 0 | Sep snow depth cm = 0 | Oct snow depth cm = 0 | Nov snow depth cm = 3 | Dec snow depth cm = 10 | year snow depth cm = 29 | script-title=ru:КЛИМАТ ОРЕНБУРГА | access-date = 8 November 2021 | access-date = September 17, 2016}}

Notable people

Arts, literature, and entertainment

• Bayan Maksatkyzy (1974), a Kazakh producer, television presenter, actress, and singer.

References

References

1. (2024-10-01). "New akim of Oral named". inform.kz.
2. "Алматы қаласыАлмалы ауданыӘкімінің аппараты".
3. (August 2025). "Akzhayik / LiveTV".
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5. [http://akghaik.ucoz.ru/photo/9-1-0-0-2]{{dead link. (September 2018)
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7. [http://kaztrk.kz/kaz/news/sport/Dopti_hokkej_sheberleri_Oralga_oraldi.html Video from the triumphant homecoming] {{webarchive. link. (2013-12-02)
8. (May 2012). "Uralsk (Oral) Climate Normals 1961-1990". [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]].