The Kurshab district is a unit of administrative division of the Kyrgyz SSR that existed in February 1935 - November 1959.
| area | |
| Kurshab district | |
|---|---|
| A country |  the USSR |
| Entered into | Kyrgyz SSR |
| Adm. center | Lenin |
| History and Geography | |
| Date of formation | 1935-1959 |
| Area | 1,0 thousand km² |
| Population | |
| Population | 29.7 thousand people ( 1939 ) |
The Kurshab district was formed as part of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on February 8, 1935. The center of the district was assigned the village of Leninsky . On December 5, 1936, the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was transformed into the Kyrgyz SSR . On March 11, 1938, the Kurshab district was assigned to the Osh district , and on November 21, 1939 - to the Osh region .
According to the 1939 census, 29,656 people lived in the Kurshab district. Including 80.0% - Kyrgyz , 6.3% - Uzbeks , 6.0% - Ukrainians , 6.0% - Russians [1] .
In 1949, the district had an area of 1.0 thousand km² and included 11 village councils:
- Dzhan-Shurinsky (center - K. Taty-Bulak)
- Irdyksky (center - K. Kysysyk-Alma)
- Kara-Tash (center - K. Unkur)
- Karaulsky (center - K. Shirali)
- Kochkor-Ata (center - K. Sangir)
- Kara-Kiinsky (center - K. Iri-Jar)
- Kurshabsky (center - K. Tajik-Kishlak)
- Kyzyl-Sui (center - K. Erken-Too)
- Kyzyl-October (center - K. Kyzyl-October)
- Leninsky (center - v. Leninsky)
- Yalpak-Tash (center - K. Ak-Terek)
On November 26, 1959, the Kurshab district was abolished, and its entire territory was transferred to the Uzgen district [2] .