Torgay Region
Former administrative division of Kazakhstan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: Turgay Oblast (Russian Empire)
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Torgay Region Торғай облысы | |
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Region of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan | |
1970–1997 | |
Capital | Arkalyk |
History | |
• Established | 23 November 1970 |
• Disestablished | 1997 |
Political subdivisions | districts |
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Torgay Region (also Turgay Region, Turgay Oblast, Kazakh: Торғай облысы, Russian: Тургайская область, 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.