Sozak, or Sozaq (Kazakh: Созақ, Sozaq, سوزاق, also Russified Suzak), is a village in Sozak District, South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.
Sozak
Sozaq | |
|---|---|
  Sozak Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 44°08′N 68°28′E / 44.133°N 68.467°E | |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Region | South Kazakhstan Region |
| District | Sozak District |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,335 |
| Climate | BWk |
History
editSozaq was the capital of the Kazakh Khanate from c. 1465-1469. In February 1930, there was an anti-Soviet insurgency in the village, following which the administrative center of the district was transferred to the village of Sholakkorgan.[1]
References
edit- ^ Niccolò Pianciola; Paolo Sartori (2013). "Interpreting an insurgency in Soviet Kazakhstan : the OGPU, Islam and Qazaq 'Clans' in Suzak, 1930". Islam, Society and States Across the Qazaq Steppe: 297–340.
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