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Rare monuments of Kyzylorda region.

The Orynbay-kala settlement is located 41 kilometers south-west of the Chirik rabat ancient settlement and 9.6 kilometers south-west of the Kirkireli village, 33 kilometers from the border with Uzbekistan, in the south of the Zhalagash district of the Kyzylorda region.
The Orynbay-kala settlement is located among the sands of Kyzylkum on the right bank of the drying up channel of Zhanadarya. The settlement is rectangular in plan, measuring 400 x 300 meters, surrounded by quadrangular ramparts.
The preserved height of the wall is 1 - 1.5 meters. A citadel is located in the center of the settlement. The citadel has 12 rooms 31 x 20 meters in size, walls up to 4 meters high and 70 cm thick. Examination of the outer fortress wall revealed a moat surrounding the settlement.
The remains of a three-room mosque have been preserved on the site. The mosque measures 8.5 x 7.5 meters, the height of the preserved walls is up to 2 meters, and the thickness is 50 cm, built by the method of pakhsovo masonry and from adobe bricks.
The gates to the settlement are on the south side.
Geographic coordinates of the Orynbay-kala settlement: N43 ° 50'22.52 "E62 ° 32'03.15"

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Photos by
Alexander Petrov.

Tours to monuments of Silk Road of Kazakhstan.

Rare monuments of Kyzylorda region.