Sozak, or Sozaq (Kazakh: Созақ, Sozaq, سوزاق, also Russified Suzak), is a village in Sozak District, South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.

Sozak
Sozaq
Sozak is located in Kazakhstan
Sozak
Sozak
Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 44°08′N 68°28′E / 44.133°N 68.467°E / 44.133; 68.467
Country Kazakhstan
RegionSouth Kazakhstan Region
DistrictSozak District
Population
 • Total4,335
ClimateBWk

History edit

Sozaq 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

  1. ^ 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.