# Botakara

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'''Botakara''' ({{langx|kk|Ботақара}}), known as "Ulyanovsk" until 1997, is a settlement in [Karaganda Region](/source/Karaganda_Region), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan). It is the capital of [Bukhar-Zhyrau District](/source/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](/source/Ukrainians) settlers from [Kherson](/source/Kherson_Oblast), [Chernihiv](/source/Chernihiv_Oblast) and [Tauride](/source/Taurida_Governorate) 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](/source/NKVD) on November 2, 1920, the village of Sannikovo, Akmola district, was renamed to Trotskoye, and the Sannikovsky [volost](/source/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](/source/Bronze_Age) burial ground is an archaeological site located {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the town.<ref>''Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia'' - [Almaty](/source/Almaty): Kazakh encyclopedias, 2004. - T. I. - ISBN 9965-9389-9-7</ref>

==Geography== 
Botakara lies in the [Kazakh Uplands](/source/Kazakh_Uplands) by the banks of the [Nura](/source/Nura_(river)) river. Lake [Botakara](/source/Botakara_(lake)) is located to the north. The Karaganda — [Karkaralinsk](/source/Karkaralinsk) highway and the Karaganda — [Karagaily](/source/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](/source/Google_Earth).</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://e-history.kz/ru/ History of Kazakhstan] (in Russian)
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Category:Populated places in Karaganda Region

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