Kazakhstan - Name Changes


Atyrau (Atyrau)			1. Prikaspiets 1980 -1981
				2. Ak Zhaiyk 2000
				3. Atyrau 2001 -

Aktobe - Lento (Aktobe)		1. Aktyubinsk 1967 - 1995
				2. Aktobemunai 1996
				3. Aktobe 1997 - 1999
				4. Aktobe - Lento 2000

Batys (Uralsk)                  1. Uraletc 1968 - 1993
                                2. Uraletc-Arma 1994 - 1995
                                3. Uraletc 1997
                                4. Naryn 1998
                                5. Batys 1999 -

Ekibastuzetc (Ekibastuz)        1. Ugolshik 1979
                                2. Ekibastuzetc 1980 - 1992
                                3. Batyr 1993 - 1999
                                4. Ekibastuzetc-NK 2001
                                5. Ekibastuzetc 2002 -

Irtysh (Pavlodar)		1. Irtysh 1965 - 1968
				2. Tractor 1968 - 1992
				3. Ansat 1993 - 1995
				4. Irtysh 1996 -

Kairat (Almaty)			1. Lokomotiv 1954
				2. Urozhai 1955
				3. Kairat 1956 -

Kaisar (Kyzylorda)		1. Volna 1968
				2. Automobilist 1968 - 1973
				3. Orbita 1974 - 1978
				4. Meliorator 1979 - 1989
				5. Kaisar 1990 - 1995
				6. Kaisar-Munai 1996 - 1997
				7. Kaisar 1997 -

Ordabasy (Shymkent)             1. Tomiris 1998 - 2000
                                2. Sintez" 1999
                                3. Ordabasy 2000 -

Taraz (Taraz)                   1. Metallist 1961 - 1966
                                2. Voskhod 1967 - 1968
                                3. Energetik 1968 - 1970
                                4. Alatau 1971 - 1974
                                5. Khimik 1975 - 1991
                                6. Fosfor 1992 - 1993
                                7. Taraz 1993 -

Tobol (Kostanai)		1. Automobilist 1967 - 1970
				2. Energetik 1982 - 1989
				3. Kustanayets 1990 - 1991
				4. Khimik 1992 - 1994
				5. Tobol 1995 -

Vostok (Ust-Kamenogorsk)	1. Vostok 1963 - 1996
				2. Vostok-Adil 1997
				3. Vostok 1998
				4. Vostok 1999 -

Yelimai (Semipalatinsk)		1. Tsementnik 1964 - 1970
				2. Spartak 1971 - 1993
				3. AES Yelimai 1994 - 1999
				4. Yelimai 2000 -

Yesil (Kokshetau)               1. Torpedo 1968 - 1987
                                2. Spartak 1990
                                3. Kokshetau 1991 - 1992
                                4. Kokshe 1994 - 1999
                                5. Yesil 2000 -

Yesil-Bogatyr (Petropavlovsk)   1. Avangard 1968 - 1969
                                2. Metallist 1970
                                3. Avangard 1979 - 1989                               
                                4. Metallist 1990 - 1992
                                5. Yesil 1998
                                6. Access-Yesil 1999
                                7. Yesil-Bogatyr 2000 -

Zhenis (Astana)			1. Dinamo 1964 - 1974
				2. Tselinnik 1975 - 1993
				3. Tsesna 1994 - 1995
				4. Tselinnik 1996 -1997
				5. Astana 1997 - 1998
				6. Zhenis 1999 -

Zhetysu (Taldykorgan)           1. Zhetysu  1981 - 1992
                                2. Taldykorgan 1993
                                3. Kainar 1994 - 1997
                                4. Zhetysu-Promservis 1998
                                5. Zhetysu 1999 -



Trivia:

Name Explanations:

Club names:

Batys = West
Irtysh = name of river
Jenis = Victory
Jetisu = "Seven Rivers", ancient name of the area
Lento = Leningrad + Toronto
Ordabasy = name of local historical site
Qarasay Sarbazdari = "Black Hollow Warriors".
Qayrat = Power, strength, energy
Qaysar = Brave
Shakhtyor = Russian for "Miner"
Tobol = name of river
Vostok = Russian for "East"
Yelimay = name of Kazakh folk song
Yesil = name of river

City names:

Almaty = Place rich in apples
Aqtau = White mountain
Aqtobe = White hill
Astana = Capital (city)
Atyrau = Delta of river
Kokshetau = Sky-colored mountain
Oral = Ural
Oskemen = derived from original Russian name Ust-Kamenogorsk (Stone City)
Pavlodar = Russian for "Gift for Paul"
Petropavl = (City of) Peter & Paul
Qaraghandy = Place rich in acacia
Qyzylorda = Red capital
Semey = derived from original Russian name Semipalatinsk (Seven Chamber City)
Shymkent = Green (or Garden) City
Taldyqorghan = Poplar castle
Taraz = Kazakh for Talas River
Yekibastuz = Two heads of salt




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