Akmol
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Akmol ({{langx|kk|Ақмол}}, Aqmol), formerly Malīnovka until 2007, is a rural locality (selo) and the administrative center of Tselinograd District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan, roughly {{convert|17|km}} west of Astana. Population: {{Kz-census2009|5,711|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|4,835|punct=.}} As of 2012, it had a population of 5769 people. As of 2015, Zhanat Beisekeyev is the local akim (mayor).{{cite news|title=Kazakh villagers ask to assess damages from flooding|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/kazakhstan/kazakh-villagers-ask-assess-damages-flooding|accessdate=11 May 2015|agency=Tengrinews|publisher=ReliefWeb|date=28 April 2015}}
Geography
The village is located on the bank of Lake Zhalanash,{{Cite news|url=http://i-news.kz/news/2013/07/02/7077747-nachalis_vstrechi_deputatov_mazhilisa_s.html|title= Начались встречи депутатов Мажилиса сизбирателями|language=Russian|newspaper=i-News Kazakistan|date=2 July 2013|accessdate=11 May 2015}} on the paved road which connects Astana and Korgalzhyn. Zhanazhol (5.4 km) and Rodionovka (5.7 km) are nearby. The closest railway station is in Astana. Akmol is east of the Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve, part of the UNESCO heritage site Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan.
History
The locality was founded in the 1930 as a settlement serving the prison camp. It was known as the 26-ya Tochka and was part of Akmolinsky District of Akmolinsk Region. In the 1960s, both the district and the region were renamed Tselinograd.{{cite web|url=http://82.200.130.64/print/1151716529 |title=Зола для Феникса |last1=Тараков |first1=Александр |first2=Игорь |last2=Бургандинов |date=1 July 2006 |publisher=Kazakhstan Today |language=Russian |accessdate=11 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518103129/http://82.200.130.64/print/1151716529 |archivedate=18 May 2015 }} In 1976, the settlement was officially renamed Malinovka. On 9 January 2007, the administrative center of the district was transferred into the selo of Malinovka, which was simultaneously renamed Akmol.{{cite web|url=http://celin.akmol.kz/a/54/content/orajone|title=Целиноградский район|publisher=Official website of Tselinograd District|language=Russian|accessdate=11 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420231232/http://celin.akmol.kz/a/54/content/orajone|archive-date=20 April 2015|url-status=dead}}
Economy
Traditionally the local economy has been based on the poultry industry, with the prominent Akmola-Phoenix firm employing some 500 people. The Tekeli mining firm is also operational in granite mining in the area and runs a processing plant. The Akmol village has a regional telecommunication center, a cultural center, and a new regional court house.{{Cite news|url=http://www.inform.kz/eng/article/2292381|title=Despite difficult weather conditions farmers of main grain-producing regions to harvest mean yield: N.Nazarbayev|accessdate=11 May 2015|date=5 August 2010|newspaper=Kazinform: International News Agency}}
Landmarks
During the Stalin era, the locality became notorious for the presence of a labor camp for "wives and children of men who were interned elsewhere as 'betrayers of the motherland'" ({{Interlanguage link|Akmol Labour Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland|ru|3=Акмолинский лагерь жён изменников Родины}}, abbreviated as ALZhIR).{{cite book|last1= Mayhew|first1= Bradley|last2= Bloom|first2= Greg|last3= Clammer|first3= Paul|author4= Kohn, Michael |title= Central Asia|url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781741791488|url-access= registration|year= 2010|publisher= Lonely Planet|isbn= 978-1-74179-148-8|page= [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781741791488/page/179 179]}} The Museum of the Victims of Repression in Akmol opened on 31 May 2007; it documents the events, and an arched monument commemorates the Great Patriotic War. A railway carriage depicting a deportation train stands alongside.{{cite web|last1= Hohenhaus|first1= Peter|title= ALZHIR memorial, Kazakhstan|url= http://www.dark-tourism.com/index.php/the-vatican/15-countries/individual-chapters/498-alzhir-memorial-kazakhstan|publisher= Dark Tourism|accessdate= 11 May 2015}} Two fountains stand on the square in front of this monument. An alleyway behind the museum displays the names of locals who fell in the war.
The local theatre or "house of culture" has around 630 seats, and hosts various events, such as the Russian Folk Choir. The Malinowski Folk Choir was established in 1973. There is also a dance group and an orchestra of Kazakh folk instruments.
The mosque in the town was completed between 1995 and 1998. The {{Convert|390.6|m2}} building has two towers and a dome height of {{Convert|9|m}}, and caters for more than 200 worshippers.{{Cite web|url= http://muftyat.kz/kz/map/mosque?act=view&id=79|title= "Ақмол" мешіті|accessdate= 11 May 2015|year= 2014|language= Russian|publisher= muftyat.kz|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150518074311/http://muftyat.kz/kz/map/mosque?act=view&id=79|archive-date= 18 May 2015|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}} There is also a Roman Catholic parochial church (Our Lady of the Rosary), within the Archdiocese of Astana.
{{cite web
|url=http://catholic-kazakhstan.org/Astana/index.htm
|title=Catholic Church in Kazakhstan, Astana. Apostolic Administrature
|accessdate=2015-10-27
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201000/http://catholic-kazakhstan.org/Astana/index.htm
|archivedate=2016-03-04
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