A city of northeast Kazakhstan on the Irtysh River south of Novosibirsk, Russia. Founded as a military outpost in 1720, it is now a metallurgical center. Population: 295,000.
Öskemen
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Ös·ke·men (ʊs'kə-mĕn', œs'-)  or Ust-Ka·me·no·gorsk
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Öskemen (ös'kĭmĭn') , formerly Ust-Kamenogorsk (ʊst'-kəmyĭnəgôrsk') , city (1989 pop. 324,478), NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River and in the foothills of the W Altai Mts. It is a river port and an industrial center with zinc, lead, and titanium-magnesium smelters. There is a large hydroelectric station nearby. The city was founded in 1720 as the Russian military outpost of Ust-Kamennaya.
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