Shopokov (; ) is a town in the
Chüy Region of
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...
. Its population was 10,289 in 2021.
Shopokov is a city of district significance within
Sokuluk District.
According to a report by the local authorities (undated, but published some time between 2003 and 2009), the town's population was 9,150.
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(Welcome to Shopokov!) Major ethnic groups were Russians (4906), Kyrgyz (2704), Ukrainians (752), and Germans (296).
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History
The predecessor of today's Shopokov City was an urban-type settlement
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named Krasnooktyabrsky (Краснооктябрьский, i.e. "Red October"), established in 1939 along with the construction of a sugar mill.[
The town is named after Düyshönkul Shopokov, one of the 28 soldiers of Ivan Panfilov's Division who were reported to die heroically on November 16, 1941, while defending Moscow.][
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Population
Economy
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the sugar mill has been privatized, and is still in operation.[ Local industries also manufacture a variety of equipment for food-processing industry.][
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References
Populated places in Chüy Region
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