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

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

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

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

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