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21-592: The city is located on the Nura River (the Samarkand Reservoir), northwest of Karaganda . The first groups of settlers to settle in the area were 40 families from Samara (see Stolypin reform ), who settled on the left bank of the Nura River on 15 June 1905. The settlement they founded was named Zhaur ( Жаур ), after a hill on the other side of the river. In 1909 the settlement was renamed Samarkandsky ( Самаркандский , or Samarkand for short). The first school and

42-550: A new Winter Garden was added to Vostok Park. In 1995 the Karaganda Steel Mill was transferred to Ispat International , renamed Ispat-KarMet and eventually became the current Mittal Steel Temirtau, controlled by the ArcelorMittal group. In January 2018, black snow fell in the city near the plant, and local citizens complained that the pollution was caused by emissions from the plant. A spokesperson for ArcelorMittal said that

63-461: A series of riots and insurrections among the workers, who were highly dissatisfied with the poor working and living conditions and the interruptions in the supply of water, food, goods, tools and other resources as a result of mistakes by the administration. 16 workers were killed in the clashes, and 27 wounded, with 70 arrested and convicted. 28 police were also wounded in the fighting. In 1960, blast furnace No. 1 yielded its first cast iron. In 1963

84-508: A total area of 4,526 square meters. Due to presence of large metallurgic plant in the city, Temirtau had been receiving significant sport infrastructure investments during soviet times in 1970-80-s. Sport and cultural facilities built at that time in Temirtau were exceeding level of facilities built in many regional ("oblast") centers of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic . Particularly, Metallurg stadium built in 1978 [1] with 15,000 seating places

105-547: Is 28.39 cubic metres per second (1,003 cu ft/s). The Irtysh–Karaganda Canal crosses the Nura at 50°05′26″N 73°22′40″E  /  50.09056°N 73.37778°E  / 50.09056; 73.37778 , in what appears to be a tunnel. Some of the canals water is directed into the Nura (a chute below the dam at 50°5′30″N 73°22′37″E  /  50.09167°N 73.37694°E  / 50.09167; 73.37694 ), replenishing this river. The Samarkand Reservoir

126-718: Is a major watercourse of northeast-central Kazakhstan . It is 978 kilometres (608 mi) long and drains an area of 60,800 square kilometres (23,500 sq mi). The river rises in the Kyzyltas mountains, a subrange of the Kazakh Uplands and flows initially north-northwestwards for about 100 kilometres (62 mi). It then turns to the west and flows in that direction for 220 kilometres (140 mi), then southwest for 180 kilometres (110 mi). The Nura turns north near Esengeldi for about 200 kilometres (120 mi), eventually turning southwest as it draws close to Astana near

147-448: Is constructed on the Nura downstream from the canal crossing (the dam is at 50°06′17″N 72°55′08″E  /  50.10472°N 72.91889°E  / 50.10472; 72.91889 ), providing a waterfront for the city of Temirtau . In 1972, an acetaldehyde factory in the city of Temirtau began to discharge large quantities of mercury waste into the river. Although the factory closed in 1997, large amounts of mercury remain in

168-572: Is the best result [5] ) and later played in the Kazakhstan First Division . The city is associated with the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev . In February 1962, the plant’s komsomol organization elected Nursultan Nazarbayev to be a delegate to the 10th Congress of the Komsomol of Kazakhstan. In 2010, President Nazarbayev attended the 50th anniversary celebration of Kazakhstan’s Magnitka. In his speech, he highlighted that

189-723: The "Vostok" recreational park, situated in the eastern part of the city and opened to the public. On 29 July 1978 a Warrior Monument with an Eternal Flame was dedicated to the soldiers from Temirtau who had been killed in World War II. In 1980, the German Drama Theater opened in the city, the first German-speaking theater in the USSR since the elimination of the Volga German ASSR and all its institutions in 1941 when most ethnic Germans were deported to Kazakhstan and Siberia. By legend,

210-490: The Karaganda Polytechnical Institute (now Karaganda Metallurgical Institute) was founded as a Higher Technical Educational Institution attached to the Karaganda Steel Mill. During the 1970s a new sports complex was built, including a 50m swimming pool, a 15,000 capacity stadium, and an indoor ice-skating and hockey rink. In 1972 the "Metallurgists' Palace of Culture" was opened in the town, followed in 1978 by

231-561: The capital Almaty in the late 1980s. In 1984 a new residential area was developed, named Zenica in honour of Temirtau's twin-town of that name in Bosnia and Herzegovina . On December 28, 1992, Alexander Svichinsky, the general director of the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant, was assassinated on the plant’s premises. The murder caused a major public outcry, and the perpetrators were sentenced to capital punishment. In January 1993

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252-501: The creation of a new German theater was the product of the general geopolitical détente at the time. West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt is supposed to have asked Leonid Brezhnev about visiting a national theater of the German minority, who then ordered the re-establishment himself. There were only few Germans in the city of Temirtau, however, and the troupe often toured through many smaller towns and villages. The theater finally moved to

273-507: The discoloration of the snow was caused by a lack of wind, which would otherwise blow the pollution away. In 1995, the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant was transferred to Ispat International , renamed Ispat-KarMet, then Mittal Steel Temirtau, and from 2007, ArcelorMittal Temirtau . In 2011, Temirtau inaugurated the First President’s Museum. The structure is a three-level building with a 48-meter diameter, 15.59 meters in height, and

294-926: The first hospital were built in 1911. In 1921, Samarkandsky became а part of the Akmolinsk Governorate within the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , an autonomous republic established in 1920 as part of the RSFSR (renamed the Kazak ASSR in 1925). In 1933 the Samarkandsky-Karaganda water conduit was built to facilitate the development of the Karaganda coal field. In 1939 a 20-by-300-metre (66 ft × 984 ft) dam ( 50°06′17″N 72°55′08″E  /  50.10472°N 72.91889°E  / 50.10472; 72.91889 )

315-444: The production of the first pig iron marked the foundation not only of the Karaganda plant but of Kazakhstan’s entire iron and steel industry. The president awarded a Golden Star, honoring the veteran steelworker Arghyn Zhunyssov as a Hero of Labor of Kazakhstan. 50°03′N 72°57′E  /  50.050°N 72.950°E  / 50.050; 72.950 Nura River The Nura ( Kazakh : Нұра , Nura ; Russian : Нура )

336-462: The river Irtysh . From there, it flows southwest for almost 300 miles (480 km) through a series of lakes, including Sholakshalkar and Korgalzhyn , finally ending in the endorheic Lake Tengiz . The river's largest tributaries are the Sherubainura , Ulken Kundyzdy , Akbastau and Ashchysu . It is heavily used for irrigation and municipal water supply. The average discharge at the mouth

357-481: The river and the area around it. Most of the mercury is spread in alluvial soils for a 25-kilometre (16 mi) stretch from Temirtau to the Intumak Reservoir, where most of the pollution was trapped. Despite that, significant levels of mercury are still found as far as 70 kilometres (43 mi) downstream and during high water, contaminants are spread all over the floodplain , creating a widespread problem. There

378-663: Was constructed across the Nura River, creating the Samarkand water reservoir, which would remain until 1961. Construction of the Karaganda State Regional Electric Power Station began in 1934, and the first turbine came online in 1942. In 1944, despite being still under construction, the Kazakh Steel Mill yielded its first steel, smelted in an open-hearth Siemens-Martin furnace. The Samarkand settlement

399-624: Was granted city status on 1 October 1945, and renamed Temirtau ("Iron Mountain" in Kazakh). From 1947 to 1949 Japanese prisoners-of-war were kept in a camp near the town. In 1950 the Karaganda Steel Mill was founded. To build it the Soviet Union announced a "Nationwide High-Intensive Construction Project", and many young " shock-worker brigades " were brought from all over the Soviet Union and ally countries, including many from Bulgaria . In 1959 there were

420-760: Was matching infrastructure required to play in the USSR Soviet First League , the Indoor Ice Palace was built in 1974 [2] even though many Regional Centers at that time didn't have such a venue. But the most remarkable venue built at that time is the indoor Zhastar swimming pool (initially opened as "Dolphin"), which has 50-m length main pool with 8 tracks. At least until 2012 Kazakhstan winter championships had been taking place in this venue [3] : despite multimillion investments in sport in Kazakhstan largest cities, Zhastar swimming pool even at 40-years old state

441-738: Was still unmatched in terms of infrastructure. As a consequense of such massive modern infrastructure for relatively small population (about 200,000 inhabitants by 1980-s), Temirtau became one of the most successful sport cities in Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic . Particularly: Temirtau sent a bandy team to the Winter Sports Tournaments in Karaganda . The town was home to FC Bolat football club, which played in Kazakhstan Premier League in 1990-s (7th place

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