Uralsk - (until 1775 - the city of Yaitsky) - a city in Western Kazakhstan, on the Ural River. This is the administrative center of the West Kazakhstan region, located on the northern outskirts of the Caspian basin. The population of the city is 253,117 people, 83 different nationalities and ethnic groups.
Officially, the city of Uralsk is located entirely in Europe. The climate of the city is sharply continental: dry hot summers and little snow, cold winters.
Uralsk, its attractions - this is an annual collection of the life and life of the Yaik Cossacks, a very attractive tourist center. Time has adorned Uralsk with bright and interesting monuments. The city has theaters, philharmonic societies, museums, house-museums, including the house-museum of Yemelyan Pugachev, the museum of Zhangir Khan. Architectural monuments include the Red Mosque, Mikhailo-Arkhangelsky Cathedral, St. Nicholas Church, Intercession Monastery, Ural, etc.
There are 4 universities in the city, where 112 foreign students study.