The Temirtau city museum organized an air-excursion "Walk into history", devoted to the 85th anniversary of the creation of the Samarkand water reservoir on June 25 at 20.00 . The excursion took place on the shore of an artificial reservoir on the basis of the Yacht club "Tornado".

The participants of the excursion learned about the history and toponymy of the area on which the Samarkand reservoir is located (Zhaurtau, Zhumak peninsula, Zhangyz-tobe island, the Gulf of Japan, etc.), about the stages of its construction, about the industrial and recreational significance of this object and, of course, about the unsolved mysteries of the lake.
The historical story uses photos and documents from the funds of the Temirtau city’s museum.