Soviet microdistricts
The residential city is organised into large blocks with courtyards between apartment buildings, arranged along broad straight avenues in a typical Soviet planned layout.
Minimalist map poster · Kazakhstan
51.7237° N / 75.3229° E
A planned Soviet coal city on the open Kazakh steppe, its microdistricts laid out beside vast open-pit mines.





One city, five moods
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Pixel ekwan · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
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The map
Ekibastuz lies on the flat steppe of north-eastern Kazakhstan, in Pavlodar Region, and its map is a study in planned geometry. The centre is built from large Soviet-era microdistricts arranged in a regular pattern of wide avenues and big residential blocks. Beyond the edge of the city the steppe opens in every direction, with enormous open-pit coal mines and industrial sites close by.
The city exists because of coal. The Ekibastuz basin holds some of the largest coal reserves in Kazakhstan, and the Bogatyr mine is among the biggest open-pit coal mines in the world. Two large power stations supply electricity across the country, and the chimney of the Ekibastuz GRES-2 plant, around 420 metres tall, is the tallest chimney ever built. Solzhenitsyn was held in a labour camp here in the early 1950s.
An Ekibastuz map poster shows a city designed on paper and built on an empty plain. The grid of avenues and courtyards, the rail lines leading to the mines and power stations, and the wide blank space of the steppe all come through clearly in black and white. It is a severe, graphic image with a strong industrial character.
The residential city is organised into large blocks with courtyards between apartment buildings, arranged along broad straight avenues in a typical Soviet planned layout.
Near the city, huge coal pits and their terraced edges form vast shapes in the landscape. They dwarf the urban area and show the reason Ekibastuz was built.
Outside the city limits there is almost nothing but open plain, so the map shows the city as a sharply defined island of streets surrounded by empty space.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
Preview ededa low-resolution im watermark. Print im HD files erender iaan 300 DPI, dedaña ñan 7,200 × 10,800 px, ededa watermark.
Why Ekibastuz
Ekibastuz is a city many people moved to for work and stayed in for life, and its geometry is instantly familiar to those who know it. Add a personalised title, subtitle and coordinates line, and choose Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand.
The digital HD files cost $9 and cover six print sizes, from 30×40 cm to 24×36″, each as a 300 DPI PNG and a print-ready PDF with no watermark. A free 900 px preview is available, and printed matte posters ship from partners in 30+ countries.
Oder poster Ekibastuz| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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Eprint iaan matte paper 200 gsm, iaan size eo eo, mai 30 × 40 cm ñan 24 × 36″. Poster eprint eo emeja iaan $39, shipping ededo.
Eko. Emwit frame wood solid iaan black, white, oak natural ke wood dark. Etaña shatterproof glazing im ready ñan hang. Poster eframe emeja iaan $99, shipping ededo.
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Kabun photo bwira iaan 14 aean mai delivery, im bwira ereprint ededo ke erefund.
Eko. Iaan editor page eanin, ouga change title, subtitle, im coordinates line ñan tomwin ouga koda, im emwit style im size. Order eprint, eframe im digital otata ekamowa design ouga tomwin.
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