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'''Akmol''' (formerly '''Malīnovka''' until 2007) ({{lang-kk|Ақмол}}) is a rural locality ([[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]]) and the administrative center of [[Tselinograd District]], [[Akmola Region]], [[Kazakhstan]], roughly {{convert|17|km}} west of [[Astana]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|5,711|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|4,835|punct=.}} As of 2012, it had a population of 5769 people. As of 2015, Zhanat Beisekeyev is the local ''akim'' (governor).<ref name=Tengrinews2015>{{cite news|title=Kazakh villagers ask to assess damages from flooding|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/kazakhstan/kazakh-villagers-ask-assess-damages-flooding|accessdate=11 May 2015|agency=Tengrinews|publisher=ReliefWeb|date=28 April 2015}}</ref>

==Geography==
The village is located on the bank of [[Lake Zhalanash]],<ref name=Meeting>{{Cite news|url=http://i-news.kz/news/2013/07/02/7077747-nachalis_vstrechi_deputatov_mazhilisa_s.html|title= Начались встречи депутатов Мажилиса сизбирателями|language=Russian|newspaper=i-News Kazakistan|date=2 July 2013|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> on the paved road which connects Astana and [[Korgalzhyn]]. [[Zhanazhol]] (5.4&nbsp;km) and [[Rodionovka]] (5.7&nbsp;km) are nearby.  The closest railway station is in Astana. Akmol is east of the [[Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve]], part of the UNESCO heritage site [[Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan]].<ref name=MayhewBloom2010 />

==History==
The locality was founded in the 1930 as a settlement serving the prison camp. It was known as the ''26-ya Tochka'' and was part of Akmolinsky District of Akmolinsk Region. In the 1960s, both the district and the region were renamed Tselinograd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://82.200.130.64/print/1151716529|title=Зола для Феникса|last=Тараков|first=Александр|first2=Игорь |last2=Бургандинов|date=1 July 2006|publisher=Kazakhstan Today|language=Russian|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> In 1976, the settlement was officially renamed Malinovka. On 9 January 2007, the administrative center of the district was transferred into the ''selo'' of Malinovka, which was simultaneously renamed Akmol.<ref name="dist">{{cite web|url=http://celin.akmol.kz/a/54/content/orajone|title=Целиноградский район|publisher=Official website of Tselinograd District|language=Russian|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref>

==Economy==
Traditionally the local economy has been based on the poultry industry, with the prominent Akmola-Phoenix firm employing some 500 people. The Tekeli mining firm is also operational in [[granite]] mining in the area and runs a processing plant.<ref name=Meeting/> The Akmol village has a  regional telecommunication center, a cultural center, and a new regional court house.<ref name=Grains>{{Cite news|url=http://www.inform.kz/eng/article/2292381|title=Despite difficult weather conditions farmers of main grain-producing regions to harvest mean yield: N.Nazarbayev|accessdate=11 May 2015|date=5 August 2010|newspaper=Kazinform: International News Agency}}</ref>

==Landmarks==
During the Stalin era, the locality became notorious for the presence of a labor camp for "wives and children of men who were interned elsewhere as 'betrayers of the motherland'" ({{Interlanguage link multi|Akmol Labour Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland|ru|3=Акмолинский лагерь жён изменников Родины}}, abbreviated as ALZhIR).<ref name="MayhewBloom2010">{{cite book|last1= Mayhew|first1= Bradley|last2= Bloom|first2= Greg|last3= Clammer|first3= Paul|author4= Kohn, Michael |title= Central Asia|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=B9m-hrsrtfYC&pg=PA179|year= 2010|publisher= Lonely Planet|isbn= 978-1-74179-148-8|page= 179}}</ref> The Museum of the Victims of Repression in Akmol opened on 31 May 2007; it documents the events, and an arched monument commemorates the [[Great Patriotic War]]. A railway carriage depicting a deportation train stands alongside.<ref name=Hohenhaus>{{cite web|last1= Hohenhaus|first1= Peter|title= ALZHIR memorial, Kazakhstan|url= http://www.dark-tourism.com/index.php/the-vatican/15-countries/individual-chapters/498-alzhir-memorial-kazakhstan|publisher= Dark Tourism|accessdate= 11 May 2015}}</ref> Two fountains stand on the square in front of this monument. An alleyway behind the museum displays the names of locals who fell in the war.<ref name=Meeting/>

The local theatre or "house of culture" has around 630 seats, and hosts various events, such as the [[Russian Folk Choir]]. The Malinowski Folk Choir was established in 1973. There is also a dance group and an orchestra of Kazakh folk instruments.<ref name=Meeting/>

The mosque in the town was completed between 1995 and 1998. The {{Convert|390.6|m2}} building has two towers and a dome height of {{Convert|9|m}}, and caters for more than 200 worshippers.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://muftyat.kz/kz/map/mosque?act=view&id=79|title= "Ақмол" мешіті|accessdate= 11 May 2015|year= 2014|language= Russian|publisher= muftyat.kz}}</ref> There is also a Roman Catholic [[Parish church|parochial church]] (Our Lady of the Rosary), within the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana|Archdiocese of Astana]].<ref>
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==References==
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{{Akmola Region}}

[[Category:Populated places in Akmola Region]]