Semey (kaz)

Semey

Semey ranks 4,064th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Deccan Plateau, Martin, Slovakia, and Považská Bystrica. Memorable people born in Semey include Wladimir Klitschko, Sergey Baburin, and Leticia. Memorable people who died in Semey include Abai Qunanbaiuly. Semey has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many writers. Semey is located in Kazakhstan.

Semey ), formerly known as Semipalatinsk until 2007 and as Alash-Qala from 1917 to 1920, is a city in eastern Kazakhstan, in the Kazakh part of Siberia. When Abai Region was created in 2022, Semey became its administrative centre. It lies along the Irtysh River near the border with Russia, 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) north of Almaty and 700 kilometers (430 mi) southeast of the Russian city of Omsk. Its population is 312,764 (stat.gov.kz). Read more on Wikipedia