Kostanay

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Kostanay is a city located on the Tobol River in northern Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the Kostanay Region. As of 24 March 2022, the city's governor is Marat Zhundubayev.

The area formed part of the Kazakh Khanate, and was defended from raids of the Nogai Horde and Khanate of Sibir in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Kostanay was founded by Russian settlers in 1879 and named Nikolaevsk, in honor of Tsar Nicholas II. In 1888, the town had more than 3,000 inhabitants involved in the building of a mill and a brewery, which are still operational. In 1893, Kustanay was granted city status.

In 1912–13, a southern branch of the Siberian Railway was built connecting Kostanay with Troitsk and Chelyabinsk, and the city established regular trade links with central Russia, and the local industry developed. The Red Army took control in 1918 and changed the city's name to Kustanay. A horse stud farm was established in the 1920s. In 1922, the Kazakh newspaper Auyl (Ауыл) began publishing. The Kustanay Region was established in 1936 with its administrative center in Kustanay. The Kostanay Regional State Archive and Kostanay Regional Philharmonic were founded in 1936 and...

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