Shchuchinsk
City in Kazakhstan
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Shchuchinsk (Kazakh: Щучинск, Şuçinsk; Russian: Щучинск, IPA: [ɕut͡ɕɪnsk]) 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.
Shchuchinsk | |
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City | |
| Щучинск | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Shchuchinsk Location within Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 52°56′N 70°12′E | |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Region | Aqmola Region |
| District | Burabay District |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 45 253 |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (UTC + 6) |
| Postal code | 021700 |
History
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.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Shuchinsk (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
8.7 (47.7) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.9 (3.4) |
−14.8 (5.4) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
12.3 (54.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
10.4 (50.7) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
2.0 (35.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.0 (−5.8) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
5.1 (41.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−3.6 (25.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.6 (0.57) |
11.9 (0.47) |
15.7 (0.62) |
22.3 (0.88) |
32.4 (1.28) |
41.6 (1.64) |
82.1 (3.23) |
41.9 (1.65) |
26.0 (1.02) |
25.8 (1.02) |
21.4 (0.84) |
16.5 (0.65) |
352.2 (13.87) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 72.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 99.7 | 132.0 | 187.5 | 236.6 | 300.5 | 315.4 | 302.5 | 273.3 | 205.8 | 139.3 | 83.0 | 73.2 | 2,348.8 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization,[2] | |||||||||||||
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.[3]
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.
- Dmytro Vasyliev (1904–1980), Soviet Ukrainian architect.
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