From 1964 to 1991, the city was named Shevchenko, in honor of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, who was exiled to the area during his lifetime. Aktau is located on the Mangyshlak Peninsula and ...
An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said. Deputy Prime Minister Kanat ...
A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau because it was attacked ... were injured and hospitalized. Afterward, photos were posted online showing that the ...