Semey
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Semey (Kazakh: Семей), formerly known as Semipalatinsk (Russian: Семипала́тинск, until 2007) and Alash-kala (Kazakh: Алаш-қала / Alaş-qala, 1917–1920), is a city in Kazakhstan with population of around 300,000 people.
Understand
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Get in
By plane
Semey Airporthas flights from Almaty and Astana.
By train
Train connections include Almaty, Astana via Pavlodar and Novosibirsk.By bus
See
- "Silnee Smerti" (Stronger than death) Memorial to the victims of nuclear testing, Polkovnichiy Island.
- The Semipalatinsk Bridge
Religious buildings
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Museums
Abai Museum
Dostoyevsky Museum
East Kazakhstan Regional Museum of Fine ArtsThe largest art museum in Kazakhstan, over 3500 artworks.
Do
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- Enlik-Kebek cinema
Go next
- Omsk and Novosibirsk in Russia
- Oskemen
- Pavlodar