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{{other uses|Aksu (disambiguation)}}
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'''Aksu''' ({{lang-kz|'''Ақсу''' / '''Aqsw'''}}), literally meaning ''the white river'', formerly known as ''Yermak'' ({{lang-ru|''Ермак''}}, until 1993), is a city in [[Kazakhstan]], in [[Pavlodar Region]], located 50 km to the south of [[Pavlodar]] on the left bank of the [[Irtysh River]]. The municipality borders [[Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region|Aktogay District]] in the north, [[Bayanaul District]], [[May District, Kazakhstan|May District]], [[Lebyazhye District]] in the south, [[Pavlodar District]] in the west, and city of [[Ekibastuz]] in the east. Population of the municipality: {{Kz-census2009|67,665|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|73,165|punct=.}} Population of the town: {{Kz-census2009|41,677|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|42,264|punct=.}}

== History ==

History of Yermak is related to discovery of coal deposits in the vicinity of [[Ekibastuz]]. In 1897, construction of a 110 km railroad from Ekibastuz commanced. The Voskresensk railroad crossed the area of the future town. A wharf was erected where the railroad reached the [[Irtysh River]], and two settlements appeared: an administrative settlement and a workers settlement. The newcomers had to build their houses using local materials: clay, reed and thatch. In this way, at the turn of the 20th century a small village made of wattle-and-daub houses arose close to Kazakh Aul No. 5 in the Kyzyl-Shyrpy Stow. The village was known under the name of Glinka (from [[Russian language|Russian]] 'глина' - clay).
The population of Glinka gradually increased, most intensively after the riots of 1906, when out-migrants poured into the Kazakh and Siberian steppe.

In 1911, the population of the workers settlement reached 1000. In 1913, by an order of the Governor of the [[Governor-Generalship of the Steppes|Steppe Krai]], Glinka was renamed as Yermak in memory of [[Yermak Timofeyevich]], the 16th-century Russian conqueror of Western [[Siberia]]. Both the Voskresensk Wharf and the Glinka village became parts of what was now called the Yermak settlement.

1917 brought new administration to Yermak. The first kommissar of the Ekibastuz Soviet, Stepan Tsaryov was murdered by rioters in Yermak, in the railway station square.

The Soviet power was firmly established in Yermak in November 1919, following the creation of the Pavlodar Soviet of People's Commissars. Until 1922, Yermak was a volost centre of the Pavlodar Uezd. According to the census, Yermak had 1289 inhabitants.
In 1938, Kaganovich District was formed with its capital in Yermak.


Decree of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet of Kazakh SSR dated October 23, 1961 granted the Yermak settlement the status of a town.

In the 1960s, Yermak became the starting point of the [[Irtysh–Karaganda Canal]], which takes water from one of the [[anabranch|branches]] of the Irtysh at {{coord|51|59|38|N|76|59|27|E|display=inline|type:landmark}},

By Decree No. TN 2189-ХП of the Praesidium of the Supreme Council of the Republic of [[Kazakhstan]] dated May 4, 1993, the town of '''Yermak''' was renamed the city of '''Aksu'''.

== Industries ==

Aksu today is an agroindustrial municipality in [[Pavlodar Region]].

Municipality population is about 70.000, including over 29.000 of rural population. The local economic mainstay is represented by the Aksu Ferroalloys Plant and a power plant owned by OJSC Eurasian Power Corporation.

Construction of a coal-fired electric power plant commenced in 1960; its first CEO was [[Vladimir Mikhailovich Novik|Vladimir Novik]]. The first 300MW unit was commissioned on December 17, 1968.
In December 1996, the enterprise was restructured into an open joint stock company, Eurasian Power Corporation (''ОАО Евроазиатская энергетическая корпорация'').

Construction of the facilities of the ferroalloys plant started in 1962. In January 1968, the first ton of ferroalloys was produced at the plant, and in July 1970 8 smelters were commissioned in Workshop No. 2. The first CEO of the Yermak Ferroalloys Plant was [[Pyotr Vassilievich Topilsky|Pyotr Topilsky]]. In 1995, the enterprise merged into the Kazkhrom Transnational Company.

6 religious associations operate in Aqsu, including a mosque, an orthodox church, Seventh-Day Adventists church, Evangelical Christian Baptists congregation.

50 educational institutions - 27 schools, vocational school No. 3, vocational school No. 19, Kazakh language upper secondary school, school-licee, and 11 elementary [[ungraded school]]s; 3 out-of-school institutions: Children's Creativity Center, art school, and young naturalists senter; 6 day care centers; Zhayau Musa College; a branch of Pavlodar private university.

Aksu has a central library with over 78.000 books.

Aksu health care institutions include Aksu Central Hospital, Kalkaman village hospital, TB dispensary, ambulance station, 11 rural outpatient clinics, including one private clinic.

Aksu enjoys a swimming pool, a sports and recreation center, a 5000-seat stadium, and a youth sports school.

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
[http://wiki.aksu-city.kz AksuWiki — a MediaWiki encyclopaedia in Russian]

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[[Category:Populated places in Pavlodar Region]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1897]]

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