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8 February 2010, 6:22
Ekibastuz GRES-2 chimney is the highest one in the world

Stack emissions into the atmosphere goes through a stack height of 420 meters. It entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the highest in the world. In 2007-2009, the station will carry out the following important phase: the installation of high-efficiency electrostatic firm «Alstom». This will significantly reduce plant emissions into the atmosphere, which, in turn, will significantly improve the ecological situation in the region of Pavlodar region.

8 February 2010, 6:19
Medeo is the most high skating rink in the world.

Medeo ice rink is located at an altitude of 1,691.2 meters above sea level, and is known around the world. It was erected in 1972. The surface of ice is 10.5 thousand square kilometers, which allows holding competitions in skating, hockey and figure skating.

The mild climate in the gorge, the optimal level of solar radiation, low atmospheric pressure, low wind and clear glacial water - all this provides the high-mountain skating rink wide popularity.

More than 120 world records were established here by famous athletes. In recent years, been improved skating rink after modernization.

8 February 2010, 6:16
Kok-Tube, counting from the sea level, is the highest TV tower in the world

Almaty Tower - television and radio broadcasting tower in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, built during the period from 1975 to 1983. The tower is one of the most earthquake-resistant and high building in the world.

The tower is located on the slopes of the Kok-Tube, south-east center of the city. The height of the tower is 371.5 m, its antenna height of 114 m rises to 1,130 meters above sea level. There are two observation platforms - at a height of 146 m and 252 m in the tower , where you can get by using two high-speed elevators. However, the tower is closed to tourists.

8 February 2010, 6:13
Russian word "Dengi" comes from the Turkic word "Tenge" - the name of the modern currency of Kazakhstan.

In the most common version, the Russian word «money» (singular, mouth. «Denga») is derived from the Turkic «Tenge», or «denge». Nowadays tenge is a monetary unit in Kazakhstan, as well as a bargaining chip in Turkmenistan.

In «Journey Beyond Three Seas» Athanasius Nikitin (XV century), Indian and Chinese money is called Tenko, Tenko, for example, «when child is born, foreign visitor fees 300 tenek», «Kidney new diamond mines in five Kenny, black - for four six-Kenny, and white diamonds - one Tenko ». Russia's money in the same source called rubles.

8 February 2010, 6:09
• Genghis Khan’s mother hailed from a tribe which later became part of the Kazakh people.

8 February 2010, 6:08
• Kazakhstan is home to the Karagiye Depression at the Mangyshlak peninsula located 132 m below sea level, the lowest point in the world after the Dead Sea.

8 February 2010, 6:07
• Recent archaeological excavations give rise to speculation that Kazakhstan is also the homeland of the Amazons, the bold, brave women warriors described 2,500 years ago by Greek historian Herodotus.

8 February 2010, 6:06
• Say it in Kazakh

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