Oktyabr' ( ky, Октябрь) is a big village in

Jalal-Abad Region Jalal-Abad Region ( ky, Жалал-Абад облусу, Jalal-Abad oblusu; russian: Джалал-Абадская область, Dzhalal-Abadskaya oblast) is a region (''oblast'') of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is the city of the same name, Jala ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

. It is part of the

Suzak District Suzak ( ky, Сузак району) is a district of Jalal-Abad Region in western Kyrgyzstan. The administrative seat lies at Suzak. Its area is , and its resident population was 308,243 in 2021. Population Towns, rural communities and villag ...

. Its population was 10,665 in 2021.

History

The village was established in summer 1905. In spring 1906 several tens of migrant families from

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, Siberia and

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settled down in the area. As an

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for drinking and irrigation was constructed from

Kök-Janggak Kök-Janggak ( ky, Көк-жаңгак, meaning "green walnut" in Kyrgyz and Uzbek, russian: Кок-Янгак ''Kok-Yangak'') is a city in Jalal-Abad Region in western Kyrgyzstan, located at a distance of about 29 km from the regional centre ...

, a new village was originally linked with and named after this settlement. On 26 September 1910 the village that grew up to 149 households was renamed to Ivanovka for one of the first migrants. In autumn 2010 the land surveyors documented a settlement with irrigated land and pastures including four streets, shop, school and church. In 1923 three new streets were documented. In February 1923 the settlement was renamed to Octyabr' after the

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. At that time it was populated mostly by Russians and Ukrainians. In 1933 the railway from

Jalal-Abad Jalal-Abad (also spelled Dzhalal-Abad, Djalal-Abat, Jalalabat; ky, Жалал-Aбат, ''Calal-Abat/Jalal-Abat'', جالال-ابات, ) is the administrative and economic centre of Jalal-Abad Region in southwestern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and ...

to Kök-Janggak was built through the settlement.

Population

References

Populated places in Jalal-Abad Region {{jalalAbad-geo-stub