Official Name: | Serebryansk |
Native Name: | Серебрянск |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Kazakhstan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | East Kazakhstan |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Zyryan District |
Leader Title: | Akim |
Leader Name: | Nurgul Bakynova[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2009 |
Population Total: | 10,129 |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 49.6819°N 83.2847°W |
Postal Code: | F42**** |
Serebryansk (Серебрянск, Serebriansk; Russian: Серебрянск) is a town in Zyryan District in East Kazakhstan Region of eastern Kazakhstan. Population: The town is located on the right bank of the Irtysh River, downstream of the Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant.
Serebryansk was founded in 1953 as the urban-type settlement of Serebryanka. The purpose of the settlement was to host workers employed in the construction of the Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant. Previously, the village of Novo-Alexandrovka was located on the site of the settlement. On July 9, 1962 Serebryanka was granted town status within Zyryan District.[2]
Serebryansk mainly serves the hydropower plant. There is also a chemical plant.[2]
The town is served by Serebryanka railway station on the railway connecting Oskemen and Zyryanovsk.
Serebryansk has access to the paved road which follows he right bank of the Irtysh and connects Oskemen and Zyryanovsk.