Sherbakulsky District
Encyclopedia
Sherbakulsky District is an administrative and a municipal district (raion
), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast
, Russia
. It is located in the southwestern portion of the oblast, on the border with Kazakhstan
on the northern steppe
s. The area of the district is 2300 square kilometres (888 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement
) of Sherbakul. District population: Population of Sherbakul accounts for 32.7% of the district's population.
until 1718, when, after the death of Tauke Khan, the khanate broke apart and Cossack units moving south from Russia occupied the area.
In the 1890s, these former Kazakh grazing lands were opened for settlement. In 1893, the first settlement was established at Borisovka by Russian and Ukrainian settlers. In 1895, German settlers established Krasnoyarka, and in 1896—Maksimovka.
Modern Sherbakulsky District was created on October 14, 1924 as part of the Soviet
reorganization of the oblast structure under the State Division of Soviet Middle Asian Republics.
, the district is divided into one urban-type settlement (Sherbakul) and nine rural okrugs
(Alexandrovsky, Babezhsky, Borisovsky, Izyumovsky, Krasnoyarsky, Kutuzovsky, Maksimovsky, Slavyansky, and Yekaterinoslavsky) comprising thirty-seven rural localities.
Municipally, the district is incorporated as Sherbakulsky Municipal District and divided into one urban settlement (Sherbakul) and nine rural settlement (which correspond to the rural okrugs).
The larger villages in the district include Borisovskoye and Maksimovka.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast
Omsk Oblast
Omsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia. The oblast has an area of and a population of with the majority, 1.15 million, living in Omsk, the administrative center....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is located in the southwestern portion of the oblast, on the border with Kazakhstan
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...
on the northern steppe
Steppe
In physical geography, steppe is an ecoregion, in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes...
s. The area of the district is 2300 square kilometres (888 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) of Sherbakul. District population: Population of Sherbakul accounts for 32.7% of the district's population.
History
The territory of what is now Sherbakulsky District was a part of the Kazakh KhanateKazakh Khanate
Kazakh Khanate was a Kazakh state that existed in 1456-1847, located roughly on the territory of present-day Republic of Kazakhstan.-History:...
until 1718, when, after the death of Tauke Khan, the khanate broke apart and Cossack units moving south from Russia occupied the area.
In the 1890s, these former Kazakh grazing lands were opened for settlement. In 1893, the first settlement was established at Borisovka by Russian and Ukrainian settlers. In 1895, German settlers established Krasnoyarka, and in 1896—Maksimovka.
Modern Sherbakulsky District was created on October 14, 1924 as part of the Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
reorganization of the oblast structure under the State Division of Soviet Middle Asian Republics.
Administrative and municipal divisions
AdministrativelyAdministrative divisions of Omsk Oblast
*Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction:**Omsk ***city administrative okrugs:****Kirovsky ****Leninsky ****Oktyabrsky ****Sovetsky ****Tsentralny...
, the district is divided into one urban-type settlement (Sherbakul) and nine rural okrugs
Selsoviet
Selsoviet is a shortened name for a rural council. The full names for the term are, in , , . Selsoviets were the lowest level of administrative division in rural areas in the Soviet Union...
(Alexandrovsky, Babezhsky, Borisovsky, Izyumovsky, Krasnoyarsky, Kutuzovsky, Maksimovsky, Slavyansky, and Yekaterinoslavsky) comprising thirty-seven rural localities.
Municipally, the district is incorporated as Sherbakulsky Municipal District and divided into one urban settlement (Sherbakul) and nine rural settlement (which correspond to the rural okrugs).
The larger villages in the district include Borisovskoye and Maksimovka.
Notable people
- Zhumabay ShayakhmetovZhumabay ShayakhmetovZhumabay Shayakhmetovich Shayakhmetov, , was a Kazakh Soviet Communist political figure. From 1946 through 1954, he was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR....
, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR, 1946-1954