Kökjanggak
Encyclopedia
Kökjanggak is a town
of about 10,000 in the Suzak District
of the Jalal-Abad Oblast of western Kyrgyzstan
, located at a distance of about 35 km of the regional centre city Jalal-Abad
.
. During the Civil War in Russia the mine was destroyed by basmachi and extraction was suspended. During the First Five-Year Plan
new drift mines were developed and access railroad from Jalal-Abad
built. This resulted in rapid increase of the coal production. In 1943 Kökjanggak became a town.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
of about 10,000 in the Suzak District
Suzak District
Suzak is a raion of Jalal-Abad Province in western Kyrgyzstan. The capital lies at Suzak.:-Towns, rural communities, and villages:...
of the Jalal-Abad Oblast of western Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
, located at a distance of about 35 km of the regional centre city Jalal-Abad
Jalal-Abad
Jalalabat is the administrative and economic centre of Jalal-Abad Province in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, with a population of about 150,000...
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History
Kökjanggak originated as a coal-mining settlement in the beginning of 20-th century. The upper strata of coal of Kok-Jangak coal deposit have been mined on a small-scale until the October RevolutionOctober Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
. During the Civil War in Russia the mine was destroyed by basmachi and extraction was suspended. During the First Five-Year Plan
First Five-Year Plan
The First Five-Year Plan, or 1st Five-Year Plan, of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a list of economic goals that was designed to strengthen the country's economy between 1928 and 1932, making the nation both militarily and industrially self-sufficient. "We are fifty or a hundred...
new drift mines were developed and access railroad from Jalal-Abad
Jalal-Abad
Jalalabat is the administrative and economic centre of Jalal-Abad Province in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, with a population of about 150,000...
built. This resulted in rapid increase of the coal production. In 1943 Kökjanggak became a town.