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 Samat Smakov. Memorable people who died in Semey include Abai Qunanbaiuly. Semey has been the birth place of many soccer players, and boxers and the death place of many writers. Semey is located in Kazakhstan.

Semey ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk and between 1917–1920 as Alash-Qala, 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 350,967. Read more on Wikipedia