Torgay Region

From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia

Template:See also Template:Use dmy dates Template:Coord Template:Infobox Former Subdivision Torgay Region, sometimes Turgay Region, Turgay Obast (Template:Lang-kk, Template:Lang-ru, 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

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

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