History of the Alga region

Alga region. Created in 1933. Located by the Ilek River in the south of the region, near the station of the Orenburg-Tashkent railway. Territory 7.1 thousand km2. Population 39,000 It is divided into 12 districts with the center in Alga. The asphalt road Aktobe-Kandyagash passes. Embankment and asphalt roads connect with the centers of the districts. The relief of the Alga region is mainly an elevated plain (height 200-300 m). Altitudes: Akkudyk, Karamen, Keruentau, Akshoky, Kaiky, Eset, Besoba, Karatobe, Bestobe, Nartau, Tashoky. Lakes: Sorkol. Mineral resources: coal, phosphorite, building materials. There was a large chemical plant that produced mineral fertilizers from apates. The climate is sharply continental, cold in winter -16-170, summer + 27 + 280, annual precipitation is about 200-250 mm. The Ilek rivers flow through the region from south to north, the tributaries of Bolshaya Khobda - Saryhobda, Karakhobda, there are river channels Tanirbergen, Taldysai, Eset, Tamdy, Batpakty, Suyksu, Sazdy, Temrey, Ashhysai. The soil is mainly black earth, chestnut, grayish-brown, black-brown. Wormwood, fescue, feather grass grow here in the majority. At one time (1937-1947) on the territory of the region there were more than 70 state farms, later on their basis 7 collective farms and 2 state farms of grain and livestock profile, 1 poultry farm, 2 regional specialized agricultural associations were organized. For high achievements in the cultivation of grain and the growth of livestock in 1967, the collective farm "Krasny Kolos" was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. In 1981, the collective farm named after XX Party Congress had 3047, named after Ilyich, 3564, “Krasny Kolos” - 4437 heads of cattle, in the state farm named after M. Gorky - 23,386 sheep, and “Tamdinsky” - 8989 pigs. In 1985 there were 33,592 head of cattle, 15,914 pigs, 983 horses, 80,372 sheep, in 2000 - 28.1 thousand cattle, 60 thousand sheep and goats, 71.1 thousand pigs, 3 thousand horses. Historical monuments and mosques of the region: Tama Eset Kokuly, Shaken, Adilshe, Nurpeke, Duisenbi, uayis, Danabek, Bakhtybai, Sagidolla, Aralbai, Askar, Zhumagali, Sydyk, Karaagash. The first schools were opened in 1903 - they are in Bestamakskaya volost, Aryngazinskaya in village No. 4, Tabantalskaya in village No. 5, Tastemirskaya in village No. 8. In 2000, there were 36 schools, of which 21 are secondary, 12 incomplete secondary, 3 primary, 1 vocational school. There is 1 kindergarten, 2 clubs, a sanatorium, a House of Culture, a museum. The newspaper "Zhuldyz-Zvezda" is published, the reception of television and radio broadcasting is underway. Hero of Socialist Labor: N.Mynza, G.F. Fedorchenko. In accordance with the 1990 reform, at the end of 2000 there were 239 peasant farms, 177 legal entities by type of property, including 85 state-owned, 92 private.