Sozak, or Sozaq (, ''Sozaq'', سوزاق), is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in
Sozak District,
South Kazakhstan Region
Turkistan Region, formerly known as South Kazakhstan Region from 1992 to 2018 and Chimkent Region from 1963 to 1991, is the southernmost region of Kazakhstan, bordering Uzbekistan. It had a population of 2,088,510 as of the 2022 Kazakhstan cens ...
, Kazakhstan.
History
Sozaq was the capital of the
Kazakh Khanate from c. 1465-1469. In February 1930, there was an
anti-Soviet
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Three common uses of the term include the following:
* Anti-Sovietism in inter ...
insurgency
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in the village, following which the administrative center of the district was transferred to the village of
Sholakkorgan.
References
Populated places in Turkistan Region
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