Aksu

Aksu literally which means the white river, previously known as Yermak Russian: Ермак, till 1993, is a town in Kazakhstan, in Pavlodar Region, positioned 50 km to the south of Pavlodar on the left financial institution of the Irtysh River. The municipality borders Aktogay District in the north, Bayanaul District, May District, Lebyazhye District within the south, Pavlodar District in the west, and metropolis of Ekibastuz within the east. Population of the municipality: sixty seven,665 2009 Census outcomes 73,one hundred sixty five 1999 Census outcomes. Population of the town: 41,677 2009 Census effects; 42,264 1999 Census outcomes.

History of Yermak is related to discovery of coal deposits in the region of Ekibastuz. In 1897, creation of a 110 km railroad from Ekibastuz commenced. The Voskresensk railroad crossed the area of the destiny city. A wharf changed into erected wherein the railroad reached the Irtysh River, and settlements appeared: an administrative settlement and a workers settlement. The freshmen had to construct their houses the usage of nearby substances: clay, reed and thatch. In this manner, at the flip of the twentieth century a small village made from wattle-and-daub homes arose near Kazakh Aul No. 5 in the Kyzyl Shyrpy Stow.