Shchuchinsk (, ; , ) is a city in northern-central Kazakhstan, located 75 kilometres south-east of Kokshetau on Lake Shchuchye. It is the seat of Burabay District (formerly Shchuchinsk District) in Akmola Region and is the centre of a large agricultural area.
History Shchuchinsk was founded as a Cossack settlement called firstly as vyselok Shchuchinskiy in 1850. Several years later it became stanitsa Shchuchinskaya.
Geography Shchuchinsk is located at the feet of the Kokshetau Massif, in the Kokshetau Hills, northern part of the Kazakh Uplands. Burabay spa town lies nearby to the northeast.Google Earth
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Sport A notable sports center of the city is the National Ski Center, with two modern olympic ski jumping hills, large (K125) and normal (K90), 16 FIS cross-country ski courses and a biathlon stadium, which was opened in July 2018.
Shchuchinsk is known for its many notable athletes. That includes: Nikolay Chebotko (1982–2021), Kazakh cross-country skier, bronze medalist World Ski Championship 2013. Svetlana Kapanina (born 1968), Russian world women's aerobatic champion, most celebrated woman pilot in history. Yevgeniy Koshevoy (born 1984), Kazakh cross-country skier. Alina Raikova (born 1991), Kazakh biathlete Vladimir Smirnov (born 1964), Kazakh cross-country skier, Olympic champion 1994. Yevgeniy Velichko (born 1987), Kazakh cross-country skier.
Notable people Other notable people of Shchuchinsk include: Alexander Chudakov (1938–2005), Russian philologist and writer. Sergei Odintsov (born 1959), Russian astrophysicist. (1904–1980), Soviet Ukrainian architect.
Twin towns Jermuk, Armenia
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