Chapaev, Kazakhstan
Encyclopedia
Chapaev is a small town in north-western Kazakhstan
. It is the seat of Akzhaik District
in West Kazakhstan Province
. Population 6000 (2003).
The town is located 130 km south of Oral, Kazakhstan
(Uralsk), on the right bank of the Ural River
.
The town was the place of death of Vasily Chapayev
, the famous hero of the Russian Civil War
(1919). A museum was established in his memory in 1927.
The earlier settlement was named Lbischensky and in 1899 the town had 3400 people (2100 of which were Cossacks), 2 churches, 2 schools, and mail and telegraph connections.
The local residents are mainly engaged in agriculture, fishing, herding, hunting and gathering liquorice root.
In 1997 the town became the capital of Akzhaik District
.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
. It is the seat of Akzhaik District
Akzhaik District
Akzhaik is a district of West Kazakhstan Province in western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is Ulbishin town.As of 2005 the district had an area of 45,500 km² and had a population of 25,200.-References:...
in West Kazakhstan Province
West Kazakhstan Province
West Kazakhstan Province is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Oral , a city of about 200,000 inhabitants.-Geography:...
. Population 6000 (2003).
The town is located 130 km south of Oral, Kazakhstan
Oral, Kazakhstan
Oral , Uralsk in Russian, formerly known as Yaitsk , is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chogan Rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western side of the Ural river, it is considered geographically in Europe. It has a population of 350,000...
(Uralsk), on the right bank of the Ural River
Ural River
The Ural or Jayıq/Zhayyq , known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan. It arises in the southern Ural Mountains and ends at the Caspian Sea. Its total length is 1,511 mi making it the third longest river in Europe after the Volga and the Danube...
.
The town was the place of death of Vasily Chapayev
Vasily Chapayev
Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev was a celebrated Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War.-Biography:...
, the famous hero of the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
(1919). A museum was established in his memory in 1927.
The earlier settlement was named Lbischensky and in 1899 the town had 3400 people (2100 of which were Cossacks), 2 churches, 2 schools, and mail and telegraph connections.
The local residents are mainly engaged in agriculture, fishing, herding, hunting and gathering liquorice root.
In 1997 the town became the capital of Akzhaik District
Akzhaik District
Akzhaik is a district of West Kazakhstan Province in western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is Ulbishin town.As of 2005 the district had an area of 45,500 km² and had a population of 25,200.-References:...
.