Fort-Shevchenko

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This article is about the town of Fort-Shevchenko. For the nearby city of Aktau, formerly Shevchenko, see Aktau.

Fort Shevchenko (Russian: Форт-Шевченко) is a town in Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan on the Caspian Sea. Until 1857 it was known as Novopetrovskoye (Новопетровское) and from 1857-1939 as Fort Alexandrovsky (Форт-Александровский). It was named for Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, who passed here a military service as a punishment.

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Coordinates: 44°31′N, 50°16′E

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