Uralsk: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Uralsk can then continue their accommodation search. Oral is located on the right bank of the Ural River and the left bank of the Chagan River. Oral’s historic urban complex developed along the main avenue from the Yaik River towards Pugachev Square.

Culture

The Pushkin Museum, the former house of the military ataman in Uralsk, is located approximately in the vicinity of the centre of Oral. Other historic buildings include the former Russian-Kyrgyz/Kazakh vocational school, built in 1879 and now home to the West Kazakhstan Regional Historical and Local Lore Museum, as well as the former military administration building on Oral’s historic avenue. It was built around 1838 and now houses the Kh. Esenzhanov Library. The former Karev merchant’s house, now the G. Kurmangaliyev Regional Philharmonic, was built in 1901.

The Jangir Khan Historical-Ethnographic Museum presents the material and spiritual culture of nomadic peoples through authentic ethnographic exhibits.

Spirituality

Oral’s Red Mosque was built in the 1870s and is locally protected as a monument of 19th-century religious architecture. The former madrasa next to Oral’s Red Mosque was attended by G. Tukay from 1895 to 1905.

Orientation

The regional tourism portal provides a city map for tourism in Oral, an interactive regional 3D tourism map, and virtual tours of tourist and sacred sites. The Yevgeny Pugachev House Museum is listed as open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00; the Old Uralsk Folk Museum is listed as open on weekdays from 10:00 to 17:00.

Leisure

The city park is designated as a locally protected monument of history and culture. The park’s waterfront area features viewing platforms and moorings for catamarans, boats, and two-storey river trams. The park’s history began in 1840 with the planting of the Voiskovoy Garden.

For the higher-level travel overview: Zelenov District.