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Turgai Valley
Turgai may refer to: * Turgay Oblast (Russian Empire), an administrative unit of the Russian Empire * Torgay Region, a former administrative unit in Kazakhstan * Turgay (river), a river-valley system in Kazakhstan * Turgai Sea The Turgai Sea, also known as the Turgay Sea, Turgai Strait, Obik Sea, Ural Sea or West Siberian Sea, was a large shallow body of salt water (an epicontinental or epeiric sea) during the Mesozoic through Cenozoic Eras. It extended north of the pre ... or Turgai Strait, a body of salt water of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turgay Oblast (Russian Empire)
Turgai (also spelled Turgay or Turgaj) was an oblast (province) in Imperial Russia, established on October 21, 1868. It was located in the central part of present-day Kazakhstan. Its land area was . The site of administration was located in Orenburg, outside the borders of the oblast, since there was no town within it suitable for accommodation of the administration. Governors The chief authority of the Oblast was a military governor. The military governors of Turgay Oblast were: * 1869-1877 Lev Fyodorovich Balluzek (Louis Heinrich von Balluseck); * 1877-1878 Alexander Konstantinovich Geynts (Heinz); * 1878-1883 Alexander Petrovich Konstantinovich; * 1883-1887 Alexander Petrovich Protsenko; * 1887-1899 Yakov Feodorovich Barabash; * 1900-1908 Asinkrit Asinkritovich Lomachevsky; * 1908-1910 Ivan Mikhaylovich Strakhovsky; * 1910-1917 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Eversman. Demographics As of 1897, 453,416 people populated the oblast. Kazakhs constituted the majority of the population. Sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torgay Region
Torgay Region (also Turgay Region, Turgay Oblast, kk, Торғай облысы, russian: link=no, Тургайская область, ''Turgayskaya Oblast'') was an ''oblast'' (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic and of independent Kazakhstan from 1970 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1997. Its seat was in the city of Arkalyk. The region was located in the center of Kazakhstan, and its territory is currently divided between Kostanay and Akmola Region Akmola Region ( kz, Ақмола облысы, translit=Aqmola oblysy; russian: Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The national capital, Astana, is en ...s. History Turgay Region was established on 23 November 1970 on the lands that previously belonged to Kostanay and Tselinograd Regions. References {{Reflist Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kostanay Region Akmola Region Former obl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turgay (river)
The Turgay ( orɣai"Tour-GUY") (also known as Torgai, Torghay or Turgai; kk, Торғай, Romanised: ''Torğai''; russian: Тургай Romanised: ''Turgay'') is a river in Kazakhstan.Тургай It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The is a located in the river basin. Course The river originates at the confluence of the Zhal ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |