Osakarov District

Osakarov District (Kazakh: Осакаров ауданы, Oskarov aýdany) is a district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Osakarovka.[2] The district had a population of 31,243 as of 2019.[1]

Osakarov
District
Осакаров ауданы
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Karaganda Region
Administrative center	Osakarovka
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	31,243
Time zone	UTC+6 (East)

History

During the industrialization of the Soviet Union in the 1930's, the central regions of the Kazakh SSR developed large coal and metallurgic industries, as well as large collective farms.[3] On December 28, 1940, the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR passed a decree creating the Osakarov District.[3] At the time of the decree, the newly formed Osakarov District comprised nearly 40 collective farms and a handful of villages.[3] These farms largely grew various cereals, but were also home to cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, and poultry farming.[3] Upon the outbreak of World War II, over 6,000 people in the district went to fight on the Eastern Front, 7 female Komsomol brigades took up work in their absence, and the district's furniture and record factory were converted into producing various equipment parts and linens for the front line effort.[3] As part of the Virgin Lands campaign, a number of new farms were formed in the district during the 1950s and 1960s.[3]

In 1993, 2002, and 2004, a number of villages in the district were had their names changed from Russian-derived names to Kazakh-derived names.[3]

Demographics

The district reported 31,243 inhabitants as of 2019.[1] Previously, the district's reported populations were 33,343 (2013 estimate);[4] 35,221 (2009 Census results);[5] and 44,317 (1999 Census results).[5]

Ethnic Groups of Osakarov District[1]

Ethnic Group	Population (2019)	Percent of Total
Russians	13,935	44.60%
Kazakhs	10,402	33.29%
Germans	1,941	6.21%
Ukrainians	1,617	5.18%
Tatars	737	2.36%
Belarusians	584	1.87%
Chechens	482	1.54%
Greeks	337	1.08%
Moldovans	186	0.60%
Bashkirs	141	0.45%
Mordvins	101	0.32%
Azeris	97	0.31%
Lithuanians	81	0.26%
Poles	80	0.26%
Chuvash	71	0.23%
Koreans	53	0.17%
Uzbeks	19	0.06%
Others	379	1.21%
Total	31,243	100.00%

References

1. "Численность населения Республики Казахстан по отдельным этносам на начало 2019 года". Комитет по статистике Министерства национальной экономики Республики Казахстан (in Kazakh). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
2. "Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages Kazakh and Russian". www.geonames.de.
3. "История Осакаровского района". Осакаровская Централизованная Библиотечная Система (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
4. "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
5. "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.