Koylık
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The modern settlement of Koylık was known as Antonovka until 1993. The name refers to the ruins of the medieval town of Qayaliq, located on the hills northeast of the modern settlement. Qayaliq was an important regional center of commerce during the Middle Ages. Willem of Rubruck, an envoy of King Louis IX of France to the great khan Möngke, passed through Qayaliq in 1253, just after Möngke had given the area to Qayidu, and noted the town’s markets, churches, and temples. The area has been subjected to annual archaeological excavations since 1998, which have uncovered the remains of Buddhist and Manichaean temples, a mosque, and a tomb complex.
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Coordinates: 45°39'11"N 80°14'29"E
- Zhansugirov 65 km
- Akshi (Akchi) 105 km
- Lepsi 122 km
- Dostyk 179 km
- Taskesken 181 km
- Makanchi 187 km
- Naualy 189 km
- Urzhar 192 km
- Aksuat 305 km
- Kurshim 414 km
- Ruins of Kayalik 1.9 km
- Muslim cemetery 6.9 km
- Muslim cemetery 12 km
- Cemetery 20 km
- Cemetery 35 km
- Cemetery 36 km
- Cemetery 36 km
- Cemetery 51 km
- post Arkankergen (Gornyi) 102 km
- Lake Alakol 127 km