Ishim


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I·shim

 (ĭ-shĭm′)
A river, about 1,820 km (1,130 mi) long, rising in the steppe region of Kazakhstan and flowing generally west then northeast to the Irtysh River in south-central Russia.
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The bridge will functionally connect two banks with a pedestrian and bicycle transport networt forming a new water station on the banks of the Ishim River.
(108) At a session of the Ishim City Duma on 23 February 1912, the local mayor, S.
Ishim Formation serves as a regional stratotype of the southwestern part of the West Siberian Plain (Tobol-Ishim interfluve), which recorded the sedimentation conditions close to Miocene-Pliocene boundary.
The deal to hold the event was signed at the Home Healthcare Centre in Budaiya yesterday between ISHIM general secretary and treasurer Dr Faisal Al Naser and UAE-based exhibition and conference organisers Index Holding president Dr Abdulsalam Al Madani.
If the new developments on the left bank of the Ishim River are the place where most of the economic and intellectual energies were and are focused, the old down-town, where government was temporarily settled in 1997, has been quickly renewed, and with an operation of cheap make-up "Astana's urban planners have concealed Khrushchev's pre-fabricated concrete high-rises behind white facades, creating space for pubs and nightclubs on their ground floors" (Neef 2006).
While the old town, located on the right bank of the River Ishim, reflect the history of the city, new construction in recent years has led to the development of a totally new city center on the left bank which includes Government offices, private housing and entertainment facilities.
The Ataturk Monument was constructed on the bank of River Ishim (Esil) in Astana.
Considering it's also part of Euroroute E22, linking Holyhead with Ishim in Russia via Amsterdam, Malmo, Riga and Moscow, I can't help but wonder what our European cousins feel about it.
In 1824, Siberian Cossacks from Omsk founded a fortress on the upper Ishim River named Akmolinsk, which is known today as Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Another option is the construction of a new gas pipeline connecting Ishim in Russia's western Siberia and Alashankou through the Kazakh cities of Astana and Karaganda.
A new kindergarten, park, cycling and pedestrian bridge across the Ishim river, light and music fountain in the Botanic Garden, pedestrian zone, monument and other sites were constructed by the regions as anniversary gifts.
The improvements to the A55 have been part funded with European money, under the Trans-European Networks programme, as the route is designated part of Euroroute E22 Holyhead - Leeds - Amsterdam - Hamburg - Malmo - Riga - Moscow - Perm - Ekaterinburg - Ishim).