Fort-Shevchenko, Port city in Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan.

Fort-Shevchenko lies on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea at the Tyub-Karagan cape, the administrative centre of Tupkaragan District. The town grew around the site of the 1717 fortress of Saint Peter, whose earthworks had four bastions and two half-bastions within a perimeter of 620 sazhens. Remnants of the fortification survive, and the Shevchenko memorial museum and a monument to the poet stand in the town.

The fortification was established in 1846 as a Russian military outpost called Novopetrovskoe and renamed in 1939 to honor the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko. Multiple name changes through its past mark the shifts in regional control and influence over two centuries.

The town's museums are named for Taras Shevchenko, exiled here from 1850 to 1857 and later commemorated in the town's name. The Shevchenko Memorial Museum opened in 1932 near the spot where he hid. A monument to the poet stands in the town, and the coat of arms approved on 22 October 1908 shows a fortress and two fish.

The town is reachable by car from Aktau in about two hours along a remote coastal road through arid terrain. Visitors should expect basic accommodations and services typical of a small port town in a sparsely populated region.

The Shevchenko Memorial Museum opened in 1932 near the spot where the exiled poet hid. The town also keeps a monument to Shevchenko and a state grave of Civil War heroes, and the 1908 coat of arms of Fort Alexandrovsky showed a fortress and two fish.