Pavlodarskaya Oblast.
Kazakhstan Oblasts and Regions
This area of Kazakhstan is famous for its remarkable Bayan-Aul National Park, one of the most picturesque places of the country. It is set within a hundred kilometers from Ekibastuz, a city with developed industry. This Nation al Park features four types of vegetation: forest, shrubby, steppe and meadow.
At the northwest outskirts of Pavlodar City, on the right bank of the Irtysh, there is one of the world's unique places - the natural memorial called the Geese Passage.
Paleontologists have discovered here bone remains of giraffe, rhinoceros, hyena-like animals and hypparion (small tridactyl horse) who lived 7 to 10 million years ago. Total amount of Neogene fossils found in the area is very significant. They are very likely related to thousands of species. 
Pavlodar was founded in 1720 under the name of the Koriakovski fort post. In 1862 it was reformed into town and renamed in Pavlodar. The oldest branches of industry are the refining of the agricultural raw materials.
The up-to-date branches of industry are tractor works, oil refining and chemical branches. Pavlodar is the organized center of the Pavlodar-Ekibastuz industrial junction.
Pavlodar develops and grows prettier every day, including the embankment of the Irtysh and the Geese Passage. The accomplishment of this area will provide perfect safety of the me morial and also will show its specific character.
In the near future city residents plan to lay out an exposition park in this area, which would display life-sized plaster casts of ancient animals once inhabiting this land.
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