Pavlodar

History

One of the oldest cities in northern Kazakhstan, Pavlodar was founded in the 9th century as the settlements of Khakan-Kimak and Imakia, the capitals of the Kimek–Kipchak confederation.

Koryakovsky fort was founded in 1720 as an Imperial Russian outpost. The settlement was created to establish control over the region's salt lakes, an important source of valuable salt. In 1861 the settlement was renamed Pavlodar and incorporated as a town. Pavlodar's significance was due in large measure to the substantial agricultural and salt-producing industries that had developed there despite the town's relatively small population. Pavlodar's population numbered only about 8,000 in 1897. The name Pavlodar means The Gift of Paul, and was chosen to commemorate the birth of the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia.

After 1955, the Soviet Government's Virgin Lands Campaign provided the impetus for the rapid growth and development of modern Pavlodar. Under the program, large numbers of young men and women from throughout the Soviet Union were relocated to the city; industrial and commercial activity was increased; and from the mid-1960s on, Pavlodar grew to become a major industrial centre of both the Kazakh SSR and of the Soviet Union because of a major arms and armour manufacturing facility located in the city.

On April 1, 2020, the city was subject to quarantine in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Geography

Climate

Pavlodar has a warm-summer humid continental climate that borders on the hot summer one (Köppen Dfb but only ½ a degree below Dfa) with long, cold winters and hot summers.

The average temperature in January is -15.8 °C with absolute observed lows reaching -45 to. In July the temperature averages 21.5 °C. Yearly precipitation amounts to 303 mm.

|Jan record high C = 4.2 |Feb record high C = 5.3 |Mar record high C = 24.6 |Apr record high C = 33.9 |May record high C = 38.0 |Jun record high C = 40.8 |Jul record high C = 42.0 |Aug record high C = 40.6 |Sep record high C = 36.1 |Oct record high C = 29.2 |Nov record high C = 17.9 |Dec record high C = 7.2 |year record high C = 42.0 |Jan record low C = −45.0 |Feb record low C = −42.8 |Mar record low C = −37.2 |Apr record low C = −27.2 |May record low C = −7.2 |Jun record low C = −2.2 |Jul record low C = 4.2 |Aug record low C = 0.2 |Sep record low C = −9.0 |Oct record low C = −21.5 |Nov record low C = −40.0 |Dec record low C = −45.2 |year record low C = -45.2 |Jan snow depth cm = 17 |Feb snow depth cm = 24 |Mar snow depth cm = 17 |Apr snow depth cm = 0 |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 = 12 |year snow depth cm = 24 | access-date = 5 January 2022

Demographics

The city's population is 331,119 (as of January 1, 2018), and the extended urbanized area has 342,321 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups are as follows (as of January 1, 2018):

• Kazakhs — 166,835 (46.54%)
• Russians — 152,032 (41.63%)
• Ukrainians — 15,184 (4.69%)
• Germans — 9,058 (2.73%)
• Tatars — 7,752 (2.34%)
• Belarusians — 2,852 (0.86%)
• Ingushetians — 1,279 (0.39%)
• Moldovans — 954 (0.29%)
• Azeris — 802 (0.24%)
• Chechens — 800 (0.24%)
• Koreans — 594 (0.18%)
• Polish — 574 (0.17%)
• Bulgarians — 475 (0.15%)
• Chuvash — 425 (0.14%)
• Bashkirs — 415 (0.13%)
• Others — 5,470 (1.65%)
• Total — 331,710 (100.00%)

Economy

The largest local industries are aluminum, industrial chemicals, and farm machinery. An oil refinery was completed in 1978. In 2012 Polish rolling stock manufacturer Pesa Bydgoszcz announced its intentions to build a tram assembly plant in Pavlodar in conjunction with the city's plans to buy up to 100 new trams from the manufacturer to shore up its aging public transport infrastructure. The pharmaceutical company Romat is based in Pavlodar.

Sports

FC Irtysh was a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Another notable club formerly based in Pavlodar, FC Energetik, has since relocated to Ekibastuz.

The Chess Federation of Pavlodar organizes frequent citywide competitions such as «Pavlodar Open 2007» and «The Pavlodar Regional Cup», a fast chess competition.{{cite web | access-date = March 29, 2008 | archive-date = November 24, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191124214502/http://www.chesspavl.kz/news/?page=news | url-status = dead

Ice hockey team Irtysh play in Nur-Sultan Ice Palace (capacity 2,800). Pavlodar hockey players were the champions of Kazakhstan three times in the row in the seasons 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015.

Infrastructure

Public transportation

Tram

Pavlodar has an 89 km streetcar (tram) network, which began service in 1965 with, as of 2012, 20 regular and 3 special routes. The network has a 60% share of the local public transport market. However, its fleet of 115 trams is due to be replaced by 100 new trams produced locally by Polish manufacturer PESA SA.

River Port

Currently, Pavlodar River Port JSC is operating — a large transport and industrial enterprise engaged in cargo transit, extraction and sale of river sand, sells and transports crushed stone, coal, performs work on cleaning hydrological facilities.

Pavlodar River Port JSC is one of the active ports on the Irtysh River.

The project of the modern Pavlodar river port was developed in 1955 by the design institute "Giprorechtrans" on the instructions of the Ministry of the River Fleet of the USSR. Since 1965, the former wharf of Pavlodar, by the decree of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR, was renamed the Pavlodar River Port. Since that moment, a river port equipped with the latest transshipment equipment has been functioning in Pavlodar. By the mid-1980s, the Pavlodar River Port had become the largest transshipment hub. At that time, the Pavlodar River Port was in first place among forty river ports of the Soviet Union in terms of cargo transshipment volumes. During this period, on average, about 6.5 million tons of various cargoes were transported per year. Since 2001, Pavlodar River Port JSC has been a private enterprise.

Bus service

There are 21 bus routes and 13 minibus (marshrutka) routes in the city.

Education

Several universities are located in Pavlodar, among them:

• Pavlodar State University (named after S. Toraigyrov)
• Pavlodar State Pedagogical University
• Innovative University of Eurasia

Pavlodar is also the location of S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar Regional Universal Scientific Library.

Sister cities

• [[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|20px|Poland]] Bydgoszcz, Poland
• [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px|Russia]] Omsk, Russia
• [[Image:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px|Turkey]] Denizli, Turkey
• [[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|20px|Ukraine]] Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine

Notable people

• Terenty Dmitrievich Deribas - a Bolshevik and member of the VChK, headed the Pavlodar revolutionary committee in 1920.
• Kanysh Imantayuli Satbayev - a Soviet geologist, studied at the Russian-Kyrgyz school in Pavlodar from 1911 until 1914.
• Maira Valievna Shamsutdinova - a native Kazakh singer and composer, was born in Pavlodar.
• Sergey Aleksandrovich Zaikov - a Kazakhstani gold medalist in the 4 × 400 metres relay, was born in Pavlodar.
• Mariya Agapova - a Kazakhstani mixed martial artist
• Vsevolod Ivanov - a Russian writer
• Maxim Kuznetsov - a Russian ice hockey player, Stanley Cup winner with Detroit Red Wings

Gallery

File:Pavlodar Theatre Ayimautov.JPG|Ayimautov Theatre (Kaz. J. Aımaýytov atyndaǵy oblystyq qazaq mýzykaly drama teatry; Rus. Казахский драматический театр имени Аймаутова) File:KazTransOil Pavlodar headquater building.jpg|KazMunayGaz (Kaz. QazMunaıGaz-dyń ǵımaraty) File:Pavlodar Friendship House.JPG|House of Friendship (Kaz. Dostyq úıi; Rus. Дом дружбы) File:Pavlodar train station. Main hall building.JPG|Train station (Kaz. Pavlodar temir jol bokzaly; Rus. Вокзал) File:Pavlodar Tsentralny stadium 2009 May 20 001.JPG|Central stadium (Kaz. Ortalyq stadıon) Image:Республика Казахстан, г. Павлодар. Салют. Центральная набережная. Ночной снимок.JPG|Fireworks in Pavlodar (Central Embankment) File:Merchant Bizhan' mosque. Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. May 20, 2009.jpg|Old city mosque (Kaz. Jóndelgen Pavlodardyń eski meshiti) File:Irtysh river view. Pavlodar, June 1, 2009.JPG|Irtysh river view File:Белая мечеть, Павлодар, Казахстан.JPG|Abdulfattah Ramazanov mosque Image:Blagoveschenskij sobor Pavlodar 001.JPG|Blagoveschensky cathedral (Russian Orthodox Church) Image:Catholic church of Saint Thereza in Pavlodar.JPG|Catholic church of Saint Thereza

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