Ili district

The district is located in the central part of the Almaty region and is bordered in the northeast by the Balkhash region , in the west by the Karasai and Zhambyl districts, in the south-east by the lands of the city of Almaty , in the east by the Talgar district .

About 80% of the territory of the region is located in the desert and desert-steppe zones: the Sartaukum sands and the Karaoy Plateau. Plateau Karao used for dry farming. The sands of Sartaukum are winter and spring-autumn pastures. In the valley of the river Kaskelen - Moynkum sands ^[5] . The relief is characterized by the presence of ridge and ridge-hilly sand formations. In the area there are Nikolaevskoye deposit of rubble and sand, Pokrovsk thermal mineral springs ^[5] .

The climate of the region is sharply continental . ^[6] The average temperature in January is −11… −12 ° C, July + 24… + 25 ° C. ^{[5] The} annual amount of precipitation is 200–3500 mm. ^[6]

The Ili , Kaskelen, Kurty , Besagash , Bolshaya Almatinka , Malaya Almatinka ^[5] rivers flow through the district and the Big Almaty canal is laid. The large lake Sorbulak , there are about 50 small lakes and ponds ^[5] . In the north, the Kapchagai reservoir ^[6] adjoins the region, and there is also the Kurshim reservoir ^[5] .

Soil-light chestnut, sierozem. ^[6]

Tipchak , wormwood , chiy , tereskep , hodgepodge , sedge , gida , reed , saxaul grow. ^[6] They are inhabited by wolf , fox , corsac , hare , wild boar . ^[6]

Cadastral code 046.

National composition (as of January 1, 2010 ) ^{[2] [3]} :

• Kazakhs - 89,821 people (58.28%)
• Russians - 42,076 people (27.30%)
• Kurds - 4447 people (2.88%)
• Azerbaijanis - 2779 people (1.80%)
• Uighurs - 2573 people (1.65%)
• Turks - 2,283 people (1.48%)
• Germans - 2116 people (1.37%)
• Ukrainians - 1777 people (1.15%)
• Tatars - 1,423 people. (0.92%)
• Koreans - 1380 people. (0.90%)
• Uzbeks - 367 people (0.24%)
• Belarusians - 277 people. (0.18%)
• Kyrgyz - 233 people. (0.15%)
• Chechens - 151 people. (0.10%)
• Dungans - 146 people (0.09%)
• others - 1856 people (1.20%)
• Total - 154 124 people. (100.00%)

The Ili district was originally formed on January 17, 1928, with the center in the village of Sandyk-Thai. But already on July 17, 1928, it was renamed into the Kargaly district with the center in the village of Bezvodnoye .

It was formed again from a part of the Kargaly region on November 30, 1930, with the center in the village of Eltai. From November 16, 1933, the center is the village of Kaskelen, on August 31, 1935 - the village of Dmitrievka, from May 29, 1936 - the village of Talgar (city from December 22, 1959), from May 14, 1969 - the village of Nikolaevka, from December 4, 1970 - the city Kapchagay From January 2, 1963 to January 31, 1966, the district was disbanded.

In 1970, district newspapers Ilyich Zholy, Ilyich Path began to be published in the district. ^[6]

The Almaty-Uta-Ust-Kamenogorsk railway, the Almaty-Karaganda-Astana highways, the Almaty-Ust-Kamenogorsk highways and the railway line pass through the district. The village of Almaty - Ust-Kamenogorsk ^[5] .

The area of ​​agricultural land in 2005 was 1.3 million hectares, including: arable land - 20.9 thousand hectares, pastures - 162.1 thousand hectares, hayfields - 489 thousand hectares ^[5] , forests - 11.9 thousand hectares ^[6] . In 1987, the area under grain crops was 84.6 thousand hectares, technical (mainly sugar beet ) - 3.4 thousand hectares, melon crops - 1 thousand hectares, grapes - 600 hectares, fruit and berries - 300 hectares. ^[6]

The livestock population in 1985 was: cattle - 32 thousand heads, sheep and goats - 196.1 thousand, pigs - 68 thousand, horses - 3.2 thousand, poultry - 1.6 million. ^[6] .

A construction combine, a power station, porcelain, fish, sugar, brick and other factories, a broiler factory are operating in the region ^[5] .

1. Ashchibulaksky rural district
2. Zhetygen rural district
3. Kaztsikovsky rural district
4. Karaoi rural district
5. Kurtinsky rural district
6. Bajserken Rural District
7. Mezhdurechensk rural district
8. Chapayevsky rural district

• B. E. Abduldaev
• Medeuov Kydyrkeldy Umerzhanovich

• Galieva, Gulzhikhan Galievna (1917–1982) - People’s Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1962).
• Didkovsky Vasily Dmitrievich - chairman of the collective farm "Ray of the East", Hero of Socialist Labor (1958)
• Kalmukhanbet Nurmukhanbetovich Kasymov - Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Kudaibergenov Zheksembek Embergenovich - Hero of Socialist Labor (1950)
• Serikbai Urikbaevich Nurgisaev - mayor of the Kyzylorda region (1999–2004)
• Saudabayev Kanat Bekmurzaevich - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Tlendiev Nurgisa Atabaevich (1925-1998) - composer, conductor, People's Artist of the USSR (1984)
• Sat Besimbaevich Tokpakbayev - Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1999–2001)
• Tymeybayev Mukhamedzhan Tymeybayevich - Director of the Fruit and Vegetable Farm “Alma-Atinsky” (1961—1977), Hero of Socialist Labor (1948)
• Khudenko Ivan Nikiforovich - Soviet economist who introduced advanced methods of economic management. The head of the Iliysky state farm in the Almaty region (1962-1964), the head of the Akchi state farm (1969-1970). Convicted on charges of plundering socialist property.
• Vladimir Dmitrievich Tsybin (1932–2001) - Soviet and Russian poet, prose writer, critic, translator.

• General information about the area on the site of the Akim of Almaty region (Neopr.) (Inaccessible link - history ) .
• Site of Akimat of Ili district of Almaty region
• Akim of Ili district

When writing this article, material from the “ Kazakhstan. National Encyclopedia "(1998-2007), provided by the editorial" Kazakh encyclopedia "under the license Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Unported .