Torgay Region

See also: Turgay Oblast (Russian Empire)

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Torgay Region Торғай облысы
Region of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan
1970–1997
Capital	Arkalyk
History
• Established	23 November 1970
• Disestablished	1997
Political subdivisions	districts

Torgay Region (also Turgay Region, Turgay Oblast, Kazakh: Торғай облысы, Russian: Тургайская область, Turgayskaya Oblast) was an oblast (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic and of independent Kazakhstan from 1970 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1997.^[1] Its seat was in the city of Arkalyk. The region was located in the center of Kazakhstan, and its territory is currently divided between Kostanay and Akmola Regions.

History

Turgay Region was established on 23 November 1970 on the lands that previously belonged to Kostanay and Tselinograd Regions.^[2] It was abolished in 1988 with its area going back to Kostanay and Tselinograd Oblasts, but was restored in 1990 along its same boundaries. It was again abolished in 1997 with its territory once again being split between its two predecessor regions.