Kengir Reservoir
A dammed stretch of the Kengir River lies along the town, its uneven, branching shoreline forming the one soft, organic shape in a map otherwise made of straight lines.
Minimalist map poster · Kazakhstan
47.7941° N / 67.7063° E
A planned Soviet grid set in open steppe beside the Kengir Reservoir, edged by the pits and terraces of a copper-mining district

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Zhezqazghan sits in the dry steppe of central Kazakhstan, and from above it reads as a deliberate piece of planning. Blocks of residential streets fall into an orderly grid, broad avenues cut straight lines between them, and the built area stops abruptly where the open land begins. There is little sprawl to soften the edges, so the town appears as a compact, geometric island surrounded by empty ground.
The city grew around copper. Deposits in the area have been worked for a long time, and in the Soviet period Zhezqazghan became one of the main centres of copper mining and smelting in the country. On a map, that history shows as industrial land, rail spurs and worked ground outside the residential core. A Zhezqazghan map poster keeps both halves together: the tidy housing grid and the heavier industrial pattern around it.
Water is the other defining line. The Kengir River was dammed to form a reservoir along the town's edge, and its irregular shoreline makes a clear contrast with the straight streets beside it. Zhezqazghan is also tied to the Kengir camp uprising of 1954, part of the Gulag's history, and today it serves as the administrative centre of the Ulytau Region, created in 2022.
A dammed stretch of the Kengir River lies along the town, its uneven, branching shoreline forming the one soft, organic shape in a map otherwise made of straight lines.
Residential blocks follow a regular Soviet layout of parallel streets and wide avenues, giving the centre a clean, repeating texture that prints clearly at every poster size.
Beyond the housing, copper workings, industrial sites and rail lines spread into the steppe, adding denser, more irregular marks that show why the city was built here.
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The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Zhezqazghan
For people who grew up or worked here, the map holds a whole town in one frame: the streets walked to school, the shore of the reservoir, the plants on the horizon. For others it is a clean study of a planned steppe city, spare and graphic on a wall.
The poster can carry your own title, subtitle and coordinates line, whether that is a family name, a year of arrival or a date that matters. Choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, as a $9 set of digital HD files or as a printed poster with an optional wooden frame.
Order the Zhezqazghan poster| 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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It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
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Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
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