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Torgay Region

Coordinates: 50°16′N 67°22′E / 50.267°N 67.367°E / 50.267; 67.367
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50°16′N 67°22′E / 50.267°N 67.367°E / 50.267; 67.367

Torgay Region
Торғай облысы
Region of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan
1970–1997
CapitalArkalyk
History 
• Established
23 November 1970
• Disestablished
1997
Political subdivisionsdistricts

Torgay Region (also Turgay Region, Turgay Oblast, Kazakh: Торғай облысы, Russian: 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.[1] 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 Regions.

History

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Turgay Region was established on 23 November 1970 on the lands that previously belonged to Kostanay and Tselinograd Regions.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Области Казахской ССР" (in Russian). heraldicum.ru. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Тургайская область" (in Russian). Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 June 2016.