Taldykorgan

**Taldykorgan** (, ; ) is a city in Kazakhstan. It is the capital (main city) of the Jetisu Region.

About 143,000 people live in Taldykorgan.

The city was first a small village called _Gavrilovka_ in the 19th century. It grew slowly at first. When the railway was built, more Russian farmers came to live there. Today, Kazakhs are the biggest group in the city, and Russians are the second biggest. People from about 70 different nationalities live in Taldykorgan.

Taldykorgan was the capital of Taldykorgan Region from 1944 to 1997. Then it was the capital of Almaty Region from 1997 to 2022. In 2022, the president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, said Taldykorgan would be the capital of the new Jetisu Region. This became official on 8 June 2022. At the same time, the capital of Almaty Region was moved to the city of Qonaev.

During World War II, many people from the west of the Soviet Union came to Taldykorgan. Many women and children from southern Ukraine, including many Jewish people from Odessa, traveled by ship to Novorossiysk and then by train to places like Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to be safe.

## Facilities

Taldykorgan has many places for education. There is a university, some institutes, technical colleges, secondary schools, and kindergartens.

The city also has 27 public health centers, a cinema, a theatre, libraries, amusement parks, a stadium, a sports complex, and swimming pools. Some of these places have not been well cared for since the end of the Soviet Union.

## Demographics

According to the 2010 Kazakh Census, the people in Taldykorgan belong to these ethnic groups:
|Ethnicity|Population|Percentage of Population|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Kazakhs|93,156|64.96%|
|Russians|36,532|25.47%|
|Koreans|5,172|3.61%|
|Tatars|2,783|1.94%|
|Germans|1,581|1.10%|
|Ukrainians|1,071|0.75%|
|Uyghurs|962|0.67%|
|Chechens|354|0.25%|
|Uzbeks|302|0.21%|
|Belarusians|177|0.12%|
|Azerbaijanis|130|0.09%|
|Poles|123|0.09%|
|Kyrgyz|102|0.07%|
|Other/Unknown|962|0.67%|
|**Total**|**143,407**|**100%**|

## Climate

Taldykorgan has a hot, dry-summer continental climate (_Dfa_ in the Köppen system). Most rain falls in spring and autumn. Winter and summer are usually dry.

The average yearly temperature is 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The city gets about 370 mm (14.6 in) of rain each year.

## Transport

Taldykorgan Airport has flights to Astana. The city’s train station has trains to Central Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Russia, the Baltic States, and China.

## Sport

The city has a football club, FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan.

## Famous people

- Andrei Kivilev (1973 - 2003) - professional bicycle racer.
- Sergey Vodopyanov (born 1987) - Russian amateur boxer, winner gold in bantamweight Class at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
- Alibek Buleshev (born 1981) - Kazakh football player (forward).
- Mirat Sarsembayev (born 1986) - Kazakh amateur boxer, won flyweight bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.
- Victor Sydorenko (born 1953) - painter, teacher, and curator from Ukraine, also writes scientific and public texts.
- Marian Handwerker (born 1944) film director born in Taldykorgan

## Sister cities

- Antalya, Turkey.
- Manchester, United Kingdom.

## Further reading

- _Bozdaqtar. Taldyqorghan oblysy_, 1995,

## Other websites

- Taldykorgan
- 2007 Soccer team

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Taldykorgan
- **native name**:

- **image skyline**: Кадыргали Жалайыр.jpg
- **image flag**: Flag of Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan.gif
- **image seal**: Taldykorgan_seal.png
- **pushpin map**: Kazakhstan
- **pushpin label position**: bottom
- **pushpin mapsize**: 280
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Kazakhstan
- **settlement type**: City
- **subdivision type**: Countries of the world, Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Kazakhstan, Region
- **subdivision name**: Kazakhstan
- **subdivision name1**: Jetisu Region
- **established title2**: Founded
- **established date2**: 1868
- **established title3**: City status
- **established date3**: 1944
- **leader title**: Akim
- **leader name**: Yernat Basil
- **area total km2**: 74
- **population as of**: 2013
- **population total**: 129,960
- **population metro**: 146,844
- **population density km2**: 1184
- **timezone1**: East
- **utc offset**: +5
- **elevation m**: 600
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 040000 - 040012
- **area code**: 72822
- **registration plate**: B, V, 05