Sarybel District ( kk, Сарыбел ауданы), formerly "Osakarov District", is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of
Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region ( kk, Qarağandy oblysy; russian: Карагандинская область, translit=Karagandinskaja oblast′), also spelled Qaraghandy Region, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda.
On 17 March 2022 it was an ...
in central
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of
Osakarovka.
The district had a population of 31,243 as of 2019.
Geography
Nura District lies to the west. River
Ulken Kundyzdy
The Ulken Kundyzdy ( kk, Үлкен Құндызды) is a river in the Sarybel and Nura districts, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of .
The Ulken Kundyzdy river is one the main tributaries of the Nura. It fr ...
and lake
Shybyndy are located in the district.
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History
During the
industrialization of the Soviet Union
Industrialisation in the Soviet Union was a process of accelerated building-up of the industrial potential of the Soviet Union to reduce the economy's lag behind the developed capitalist states, which was carried out from May 1929 to June 1941.
...
in the 1930s, the central regions of the
Kazakh SSR developed large coal and metallurgic industries, as well as large
collective farms
Collective farming and communal farming are various types of, "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise". There are two broad types of communal farms: agricultural cooperatives, in which member- ...
.
On December 28, 1940, the
Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR
The Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR ( kk, Қазақ ССР Жоғарғы Советі, Qazaq SSR Joğarğy Sovetı; russian: Верховный Совет Казахской ССР), also known as the Supreme Council was a unicameral legislativ ...
passed a decree creating the Osakarov District.
At the time of the decree, the newly formed district comprised nearly 40 collective farms and a handful of villages.
These farms largely grew various cereals, but were also home to cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, and poultry farming.
Upon the outbreak of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, over 6,000 people in the district went to fight on the
Eastern Front, 7 female
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
brigades took up work in their absence, and the district's furniture and record factory were converted into producing various equipment parts and linens for the front line effort.
As part of the
Virgin Lands campaign, a number of new farms were formed in the district during the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1993, 2002, and 2004, a number of villages in the district were had their names changed from Russian-derived names to Kazakh-derived names.
Demographics
The district reported 31,243 inhabitants as of 2019.
Previously, the district's reported populations were and
References
Districts of Kazakhstan
Karaganda Region
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