"Ishim: from source to mouth"
The purpose of the project: to pay attention to the study of the Ishim river and its tributaries in modern and historical aspects, the study of the Ishim river (ecology, history, archeology) and identify the main characteristics that determine the role of the river in the landscape, the promotion of local history work in the framework of the "Tugan Zher"program.
Characteristic: the project of the Akmola regional Museum of local history "Ishim: from the source to the mouth" is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan-Astana. River of the capital: Ishim-Yesil.The Ishim is a river of two countries, Russia and Kazakhstan. Its length is 2450 km, of which most of it belongs to Kazakhstan, where, in a low mountain range of the Niyazosakarovsky district of the Karaganda region, its source is located.
Kazakh and Russian scientists have written a lot about the river. The importance of the river for Kazakhstan is difficult to overestimate. Its waters are used for water supply to a large number of localities, as well as for agriculture.
Ishim's capacity is used to provide water to cities and to irrigate meadows and fields. Therefore, two huge reservoirs were built here (Vyacheslav and sergeyevsky).
Along the river, archaeologists have found sites and settlements of ancient people, which are among the oldest on the planet where the ancestors of modern man lived.
Implementation period: 2018-2020
Final result: in 2019, the project will continue to study the river and settlements located along the riverbed of the Ishim river, it is planned to hold an essay contest among students, flash mobs, in spring and summer actions to clean up the riverbed, and at the end of the year, a scientific and practical conference on the results of the project will be held with the participation of famous scientists, politicians and the public.