Moskva () is a
district
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of
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 ...
in northern
Kyrgyzstan
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. Its area is ,
and its resident population was 103,007 in 2021.
The administrative seat lies at
Belovodskoye.
History
Moskva District was established as
Stalin
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District on July 23, 1930. In 1961, as part of
de-Stalinization
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, it was renamed into Moskva District, after the city of
Moscow
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.
Population
Moskva District is ethnically diverse. A plurality of the population (46.1%) are ethnic
Kyrgyz. Large minority of
Russians
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(23.3%) and
Dungans
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inhabit in the district as well. Smaller population of
Uzbeks
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,
Ukrainians
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, and
Kurds
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also inhabit in the district.
Rural communities and villages
In total, Moskva District includes 28 settlements in 12 rural communities ('). Each rural community can include one or several villages. The rural communities and settlements in the Moskva District are:
# Ak-Suu (seat: Tömön-Suu; and also villages Ak-Bashat, Ak-Torpok, Bala-Ayylchi, Keper-Aryk, Murake and Chong-Aryk)
# Aleksandrovka (seat: Aleksandrovka; incl. Besh-Örük and Krupskaya)
# Belovodskoye (seat: Belovodskoye; incl. Kosh-Döbö)
# Besh-Terek (seat: Besh-Terek)
# Birinchi May (seat: Ak-Suu)
# Chapaev (seat: Spartak; incl. Ak-Söök and Malovodnoye)
# Petrovka (seat: Petrovka; incl. Zavodskoye and Kyzyl-Tuu)
# Predtechenka (seat: Predtechenka; incl. Ang-Aryk)
# Sadovy (seat: Sadovoye)
# Sretenka (seat: Sretenka; incl. Bolshevik and Zarya)
# Tölök (seat: Tölök)
# Tselinny (seat: Kyz-Molo)
References
Districts of Chüy Region
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