{{about||the body of water|Botakara (lake)}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Botakara |other_name = Ботақара |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Ботақара қорғаны.jpg |image_caption = Ancient burial ground marker |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |pushpin_map = Kazakhstan <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kazakhstan <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Kazakhstan |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Karaganda Region |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Bukhar-Zhyrau District <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = 1826 <!-- Area ---------------------> |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2019 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =5223 |population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = |utc_offset = +6 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|50|03|40|N|73|42|56|E|region:KZ_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = Postcode<!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = 100400 |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Botakara''' ({{langx|kk|Ботақара}}), known as "Ulyanovsk" until 1997, is a settlement in Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. It is the capital of Bukhar-Zhyrau District and the administrative center of the Botakara rural district (KATO code - 354030100).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.kz/klassifikacii/DocLib/государственные/katonew1.xls|title=База КАТО|publisher=Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927150729/http://www.stat.kz/klassifikacii/DocLib/государственные/katonew1.xls|archivedate=2013-09-27}}</ref> Population: {{Kz-census2009|5351|punct=;}} {{Kz-census1999|5166|punct=.}}<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/DocLib1/Население%20рус%201%20том.pdf|title=Итоги Национальной переписи населения Республики Казахстан 2009 года|publisher=Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513004943/http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/DocLib1/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%201%20%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC.pdf|archivedate=2013-05-13}}</ref>
== History == Founded in 1901 as the village of Sannikovskoye by Ukrainian settlers from Kherson, Chernihiv and Tauride provinces.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-20 |title=Украинский шлях в Ботакаре - Индустриальная Караганда онлайн - Новости Караганды и Карагандинской области |url=http://inkaraganda.kz/articles/161735 |access-date=2024-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520120903/http://inkaraganda.kz/articles/161735 |archive-date=2021-05-20 }}</ref> During its existence, it changed its name several times. By decree of the NKVD on November 2, 1920, the village of Sannikovo, Akmola district, was renamed to Trotskoye, and the Sannikovsky volost was renamed to Trotskaya.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-19 |title=ГПИБ {{!}} Сулькевич С. И. Административно-политическое строение Союза ССР : (Материалы о территориальных преобразованиях с 1917 г. по 1 июля 1925 г.). - Л., 1926. |url=https://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/22648-sulkevich-s-i-administrativno-politicheskoe-stroenie-soyuza-ssr-materialy-o-territorialnyh-preobrazovaniyah-s-1917-g-po-1-iyulya-1925-g-l-1926 |access-date=2024-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319102659/https://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/22648-sulkevich-s-i-administrativno-politicheskoe-stroenie-soyuza-ssr-materialy-o-territorialnyh-preobrazovaniyah-s-1917-g-po-1-iyulya-1925-g-l-1926 |archive-date=2019-03-19 }}</ref> From 1934 to 1961 the village was called Kolkhoznoe. In 1961, the village was given the status of a workers' settlement and the name Ulyanovsky, which it bore until 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-01 |title=View |url=http://kazneb.kz/bookView/view/?brId=430456&simple=true |access-date=2024-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013649/http://kazneb.kz/bookView/view/?brId=430456&simple=true |archive-date=2019-02-01 }}</ref>
==Archaeology== The Botakara Bronze Age burial ground is an archaeological site located {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the town.<ref>''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' - Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias, 2004. - T. I. - ISBN 9965-9389-9-7</ref>
==Geography== Botakara lies in the Kazakh Uplands by the banks of the Nura river. Lake Botakara is located to the north. The Karaganda — Karkaralinsk highway and the Karaganda — Karagaily railway pass through the village.<ref name="STMa">{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/m-43.jpg|title=M-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref><ref>Google Earth.</ref>
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==External links== *[https://e-history.kz/ru/ History of Kazakhstan] (in Russian) {{Karaganda Region}}
Category:Populated places in Karaganda Region
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