Tokmok

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Tokmok
Токмок
Tokmok Coat of Arms
Tokmok (Kyrgyzstan)
Tokmok
Tokmok
Basic data
State : KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
Territory : Bye
Coordinates : 42 ° 50 ′  N , 75 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 50 ′ 24 "  N , 75 ° 17 ′ 24"  E
Height : 816  m
Residents : 53,231 (2009)
Structure and administration
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Tokmok ( Kyrgyz Токмок; Russian Токмак / Tokmak ) is a city in northern Kyrgyzstan . It is located on the south bank of the Tschüi River , which forms the border with Kazakhstan here.

history

Tokmok was founded around 1830 as a military base for the Central Asian Khanate of Kokand . Only thirty years later, during the tsarist colonial occupation of Central Asia, it was conquered by Russian troops, who destroyed the fort. Today's city goes back to the establishment of a Russian settlement in May 1864 by Major General Michail Grigorjewitsch Tschernjajew in the same place.

Monument with Ilyushin Il-28 - bomber at the Lenin Street in Tokmok

During the times of the Soviet Union, there was a large air force base on the airfield immediately east of the city, where fighter pilots from Eastern European , Arab and African countries in particular were trained. At this time a large still echoes Monument with an Ilyushin Il-28 - bombers in the center of town.

From 2003 to April 19, 2006 the city was the administrative seat of the Tschüi area .

religion

Christianity

Evangelical Lutheran Church

There was already a larger community in Tokmok during the Soviet era. Today it belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kyrgyz Republic (ELCKR). Despite numerous waves of emigration, their existence seems secure.

economy

The city is the location of service and industrial companies, but has lost many jobs and residents since the dissolution of the Soviet Union . While more than 73,000 people lived in Tokmok in 1989, making the city the third largest in the country, in 2009 it was only slightly more than 53,000 and Tokmok fell back to fifth place.

The glass manufacturer Interglass LLC is located in Tokmok and produces around 200,000 tons per year.

traffic

The city is located on the A 365 national road and the Bishkek – Balyktschy railway line .

Attractions

About 15 km south of the city is the Burana Tower , a monument from the 11th century, on the site of a former city complex, which as Balasagun was probably a main town of the Sogdians and later the capital of the Qarakhanids for some time , but which is today only a large mound remained. Next to it is a collection of medieval tombstones (so-called “Bul-Bul” or “Bal-Bal” stones). Scythian finds unearthed by Soviet archaeologists are exhibited in museums in Bishkek and Saint Petersburg .

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Doris Krause, Michael Hübner: Big, small, old, new ... The communities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kyrgyzstan in short portraits. In: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kyrgyzstan. Special issue of the Lutheran Service . Journal of the Martin-Luther-Bund, 55th year, 2019, issue 2, pp. 8–11.