Sokuluk (;
Kyrgyz, ) is a large village in the
Chüy Region
Chüy is the northernmost Regions of Kyrgyzstan, region of Kyrgyzstan, surrounding the country's national capital of Bishkek. It is bounded on the north by Kazakhstan, and clockwise, Issyk-Kul Region, Naryn Region, Jalal-Abad Region, and Talas Re ...
of
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...
. Divided over two rural communities, its total population was 30,540 in 2021.
Sokuluk is the administrative center of
Sokuluk District
Sokuluk (; ) is a district of the Chüy Region in northern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and its resident population was 194,579 in 2021. The administrative seat lies at Sokuluk village.
Population
Rural communities and villages
In total, Sokuluk ...
,
and is located about 5 km west from the town of
Shopokov
Shopokov (; ) is a town in the Chüy Region of Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 10,289 in 2021. Shopokov is a city of district significance within Sokuluk District.
According to a report by the local authorities (undated, but published some time ...
, the main economic center of the area.
[Добро пожаловать в город Шопоков!]
(Welcome to Shopokov!)
Population
History
According to historians, Sokuluk started its existence in the early 1880s, as a place of settlement of many of the
Dungan people
Dungan, , Xiao'erjing: ; , ''Dungane''; , ''Duñgandar'', دۇنغاندار; , ''Düñgender'', دٷڭگەندەر is a term used in territories of the former Soviet Union to refer to a group of Muslim people of Hui origin. Turkic-speaking pe ...
who moved to the Russian Empire from the
Kulja
YiningThe official spelling according to ( zh, s=伊宁), also known as Ghulja () or Kulja ( Kazakh: ), is a county-level city in northwestern Xinjiang, China. It is the administrative seat and largest city of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture ...
(Yining) area between 1881 and 1883, after Russia agreed to withdraw its troops from Kulja pursuant to the
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg or Treaty of Ili was an unequal treaty between the Russian Empire and the Qing dynasty that was signed in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on . It provided for the return to China of the eastern part of the Ili River, Ili ...
.
[Svetlana Rimsky-Korsakoff Dyer]
Karakunuz: An Early Settlement of the Chinese Muslims in Russia
, with an English translation of V.Tsibuzgin and A.Shmakov's work. "Asian Folklore Studies", Vol. 51 (1992), pp. 243-279.
Sokuluk is the birthplace of the
Dungan
Dungan may refer to:
* Dungan people, a group of Muslim people of Hui origin
** Dungan language
** Dungan, sometimes used to refer to Hui Chinese people generally
* Dungan Mountains in Sibi District, Pakistan
* Donegan, an Irish surname, sometimes ...
poet, writer, and educator
Iasyr Shivaza (1906-1988).
External links
Website listing the cities Kyrgyzstan
References
Populated places in Chüy Region
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