Barshyn (), also known as Barsen (),Площадь озер Казахстана (Таблица) is a lake in Astrakhan District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5

The lake is located to the west of Astrakhanka, the district capital. The now abolished village of Kainarskoye (), part of the Uzynkol Rural District, was located by the southern shore. Three fishermen on a boat were lost in the lake in 2020. After a 3-day long search the bodies of two of them were located, but the body of the third was found only two weeks later.Восьмые сутки ищут рыбака в Акмолинской области (in Russian)В Акмолинской области нашли тело мужчины, пропавшего 23 октября (in Russian)

Geography Barshyn is a freshwater lake part of the Ishim river basin. It is located about to the southwest of the Ishim river channel. The lake is exorheic; a watercourse flows from the southwestern end and the lake water drains through an intermittent riverbed towards the east.

The water of lake Barshyn is fresh. The lake is relatively deep. It usually freezes at the beginning of November and thaws by the end of April. Lake Uzynkol lies to the southeast and Alakol in the same direction.Google Earth

Flora and fauna The lakeshore is covered with reeds and there is much submerged aquatic vegetation. The reeds are harvested by local people. Fish and birds caught in the lake are important for the economy of nearby villages.P. P. Filonets, T. R. Omarov; Lakes of Northern, Western and Eastern Kazakhstan. GUGMS - under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, KazNIGMI, SG AN Kazakh SSR. - Leningrad: Gidrometeoizdat, 1974. - p. 29.

See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan

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Тело пропавшего рыбака нашли в Акмолинской области (in Russian)