The Orenburg – Tashkent Railway and Its Influence on the Formation of the Polyethnic Environment of the Aktobe city at the beginning of the XX century

Железная дорога Оренбург-Ташкент и ее влияние на формирование полиэтнической среды города Актюбинска в начале XX века
Nurlankyzy G. Beknazarov R.A.
1 September 2022 Cherkas Global University Press

Bylye Gody
2022 #17 Issue 3 1375 - 1384 pp.

The article examines the construction of the Orenburg– Tashkent railway at the beginning of the XX century, as well as how it influenced on the polyethnic picture of the Aktyubinsk city (now Aktobe), its industry, trade and the development of the entire urban infrastructure. In addition, the influence of this fact on the creation of streets and districts of the city, the relationship with representatives of other nationalities, on the change of Aktobe as a multiethnic city is taken into account. As materials there were used the documents of the State Archive of the Orenburg region (Orenburg, Russian Federation). A significant part of them was introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. Besided this, we used materials from the pre-revolutionary regional periodical press, namely the “Turgaiskaya gazeta” (“Turgay Newspaper”). In conclusion, the author states that the Orenburg–Tashkent railway turned Aktyubinsk into a major railway junction, and transformed Aktobe County into a regional trade center. From Aktyubinsk county, several railway stations and commercial and industrial settlements began to be built. Fair trade played an important role in the development of economic ties of nomadic Kazakhs with the border region and the settled population of the region. At the same time, merchants created a wide network of trading posts in the Kazakh steppe. Copyright

Aktobe , hospital , infrastructure , Orenburg – Tashkent , polyethnic , railway station , station , street , trade

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