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{{For|the urban-type settlement in [[Kemerovo Oblast]], Russia|Temirtau, Russia}}
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'''Temirtau''' ({{lang-kz|'''Теміртау''' / '''Temirtaw'''}}, {{lang-ru|Темиртау}}) is a city in the [[Karaganda Region]] of [[Kazakhstan]]. Population: {{Kz-census2015|210,590|punct=.}} {{Kz-census1999|170,481|punct=.}}

The city is located on the [[Nura River]] (the Samarkand Reservoir), northwest of [[Karaganda]].

==History==
{{Prose|date=January 2008}}
*1905, June, 15 - the first groups of settlers (see [[Stolypin reform]]) settled down on the left bank of the [[Nura River]]. There were 40 families, that had arrived from [[Samara, Russia|Samara]]. The settlement they founded was named Zhaur (''Жаур''), after a hill on the other side of the river.
*1909 - the Zhaur settlement was renamed Samarkandsky (''Самаркандский'', or Samarkand for short).
*1911 - the first school and the first hospital were built.
*1933 - the Samarkandsky-Karaganda [[Aqueduct (water supply)|water conduit]] was built to facilitate the development of the Karaganda coal field.
*1939 - a {{convert|20|x|300|m|ft|adj=on}} dam ({{coord|50|06|17|N|72|55|08|E|display=inline|type:landmark_region:KZ}}) was erected across the [[Nura River]]. Filling of the resulting Samarkand water reservoir was initiated, and continued up to 1961.
*1942 - the first turbine of the Karaganda State Regional Electric Power Station was started up. The construction of the power plant building was started in 1934
*1944 - still under construction, the Kazakh Steel Mill yielded its first steel, smelted in an open-hearth (Siemens-Martin) furnace.
*1945, October, 1 - the Samarkand settlement was granted city status and renamed Temirtau ("Iron Mountain" in Kazakh)
*1947-1949 - Japanese prisoners-of-war were kept in a camp near the town.
*1950 - the future Karaganda Steel Mill was founded. To build it the [[USSR]] announced a "Nationwide High-Intensive Construction Project", and a lot of youth "[[Udarnik|shock-worker brigades]]" were gathered from all parts of the Soviet Union and even from ally countries (mainly from [[Bulgaria]]).
*1959 - riots and insurrections among workers greatly dissatisfied with the poor working and living conditions and the interruptions in supply of water, food, goods, tools etc. - the result of numerous mistakes committed by the administration. Clashes took their toll. Workers: 16 fatalities, 27 wounded, about 70 arrested and convicted. Police: 28 wounded.<ref>ВЕБЕР, Елена. [http://rus.azattyq.org/content/riot_mine_workers_temirtau/2131877.html ''Восстание рабочих в Темиртау в 1959 году: воспоминания очевидца''] (in Russian). Радио Азаттык, 21.08.2010</ref><ref>БОРИСОВ, Сергей. [http://www.centrasia.ru/news2.php?st=1123049400 ''Как подавляли в 1959 году рабочее восстание в Темиртау. Очевидцы вспоминают''] (in Russian). [http://www.centrasia.ru/ ЦентрАзия], KZ - Среда, 03.08.2005</ref><ref>АСТАШИН, Никита Александрович. [http://otvaga2004.ru/voyny/wars-ussr/temirtau-1959 ''Темиртау-1959: опыт создания оперативно-войсковой группировк''] (in Russian). Военно-патриотический сайт [http://otvaga2004.ru «ОТВАГА»], 28.02.2013</ref>
*1960 - blast furnace No. 1 yielded its first cast iron.
*1963 - the Karaganda Polytechnical Institute (now Karaganda Metallurgical Institute) was founded as a Higher Technical Educational Institution attached to the Karaganda Steel Mill.
*1970s - a new sports complex was built, including a 50 m swimming pool, a stadium that seats 15,000 and an indoor ice-skating/hockey rink.
*1972 - the "Metallurgists' Palace of Culture" was opened.
*1978 - "Vostok" recreational park was laid out in the eastern part of the city and opened to the public.
*1978, July, 29 - the Warrior Monument with the Eternal Flame was dedicated to the honor of Temirtau soldiers killed in World War II.
*1984 - a new residential area, "Zenica", was established. It was named so in honour of [[Zenica]], Temirtau's [[List of twin towns and sister cities#Kazakhstan|twin-town]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (former [[Yugoslavia]])
*1993, January - the Winter Garden was opened in "Vostok" Park
*1995 - the Karaganda Steel Mill was transferred to ISPAT International, renamed Ispat-KarMet and eventually became the present Mittal Steel Temirtau, which now comes under the [[ArcelorMittal]] group.

==Sports==
Temirtau sent a [[bandy]] team to the Winter Sports Tournaments in [[Karaganda]].[http://caspionet.kz/eng/sport/Winter_Sports_Tournaments_begin_in_Karaganda_1328938863.html]<br />

There is a football club [[FC Bolat]] which is playing in [[Kazakhstan First Division]] of [[Football (soccer)|football]] in [[Kazakhstan]].<br />

==Sister cities==

*{{flag icon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Zenica]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://temirtau.kz/ Temirtau.kz]

{{Karaganda Region}}
{{Cities of Kazakhstan}}
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{{commons category|Temirtau}}

[[Category:Populated places in Karaganda Region]]
[[Category:Temirtau]]

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