Semey
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
Voskresenskiy Sobor
Semipalatinsk was the centre of the Soviet atomic weapons testing program.
Get in
By plane
Semey Airport (PLX IATA) has flights to Almaty and Astana.
By train
Train connections include Almaty, Astana via Pavlodar and Novosibirsk.
By bus
Get around
See
- "Silnee Smerti" (Stronger than death) Memorial to the victims of nuclear testing, Polkovnichiy Island.
- The Semipalatinsk Bridge
Religious buildings
Abai Qunanbaiuli Literature Museum
Museums
- Abai Museum (Abai Qunanbaiuli Literature Museum).
- Dostoyevsky Museum (Fyodor Dostoyevsky Literature Museum).
- East Kazakhstan Regional Museum of Fine Arts. The largest art museum in Kazakhstan, over 3500 artworks.
Do
Enlik-Kebek cinema
- Enlik-Kebek cinema
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
Connect
Go next
- Omsk and Novosibirsk in Russia
- Oskemen
- Pavlodar
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