Uerzhar (, , ٷرجار اۋدانى) is a
district
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of
Abai Region
Abai Region (, ) is a Regions of Kazakhstan, region of Kazakhstan. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on 16 March 2022 that the region would be created. The area split off from East Kazakhstan Region when Tokayev's bill came into force on 8 ...
in the eastern part of Kazakhstan, which borders with China. The administrative center of the district is the
selo of
Úrjar. Population:
History
Ancient History
A stone
sarcophagus
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was found in the region in the year 2013, revealing the remains of a woman which was most likely part of a local ruling family and that presumably lived in the 4th-3rd centuries BC within the area.
Under the Russian Empire
The area started to be administrated and settled in an official manner between 1905 and 1915.
Under the Soviet Union
The Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies first arrived in Urzhar in 1918, during the
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War () was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. I ...
, however the area was heavily disputed up until 1920 by the forces of the Russian "
White Army
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". After this date, the Soviet Union solidified its control over the area.
Ürjar District was first established in 1928, at the time of the
Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic
The Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (; ), abbreviated as Kazak ASSR (; ) and simply Kazakhstan (; ), was an autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) within the Soviet Union (from 1922) which exis ...
, It was part of the
Semipalatinsk Region.
Under Kazakhstan
In 1997, six years after the
independence from the USSR, the Semipalatinsk Region was abolished and Ürjar District became part of the
East Kazakhstan Region
East Kazakhstan Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, and includes parts of the Irtysh River, Lake Markakol, and Lake Zaysan. Its administrative center is Öskemen (also known as Ust'-Kamenogorsk ...
. At the same time the territory of the abolished Makanshi District was included in Ürjar District. On 1 January 2024, the
Makanshi District was re-established through a decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the eastern sector of Ürjar District was segregated to form the new district.
[''Handbook on the history of the administrative-territorial structure of the Semipalatinsk Region.'' - ]Semipalatinsk
Semey (; , formerly known as Semipalatinsk ( ) until 2007 and as Alash-Qala ( ) from 1917 to 1920, is a city in eastern Kazakhstan, in the Kazakh part of Siberia. When Abai Region was created in 2022, Semey became its administrative centre. I ...
, 2006.УРДЖАРСКИЙ РАЙОН (Ürjar District)
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In 2012, 51 projects were implemented, with a total amount of 1,609,067.8 thousands tenge being spent on such projects.
References
Districts of Abai Region
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