Talgar

Infobox City
official_name = Talgar
native_name = Талғар
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subdivision_name =‎ flag|Kazakhstan
subdivision_name1 = Almaty Province
subdivision_name2 = [Talgarskiy Rayon]
established_title = First settled
established_date = IX
established_title2 = Founded
established_date2 = 1858
established_title3 = Incorporated (city)
established_date3 = 1959
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leader_title = Akim (mayor)
leader_name =T.A. Umraliev
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population_total = 41,800
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elevation_m = 1000 - 1500
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 041601-041605 (town)
area_code = +7 72774 [ [http://www.almaly.almaty.kz/page.php?page_id=93&lang=2&news_id=483 CODE OF ACCESS] ]
website = http://www.almaty-reg.kz
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Talgar ( _kz. Талғар IPA|/tɑlˈɣɑr/ ; _ru. Талгар) is a town in Almaty Province, southeastern Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Talgar District. The town is located between Almaty and Esik, 25 km from Almaty.

Name

There are several possible explanations for the town's name. The most obvious is that Talgar originates from a later modified name of an ancient settlement of Talkhir, situated in the Talgar suburbs.

History

Middle Ages

The first records of Talgar settlement were made by a Persian geographer in an ancient geographical treatise Khudud al-alem ("Borders of The World") in 982. The settlement bore a name Talkhiz and was situated in the mountains of Semirechye at the borders of Turkic tribes Karluk and Chigiley. The geographer described inhabitants of Talkhiz as "brave, martial, and valiant people". Scientists analyzed the name of the settlement and concluded it to have been distorted by a copyist, so that originally it sounded as “Talkhir”. However, Talkhir (Talgar) is a well-known name in modern Kazakhstan. A town neighboring to Almaty, its river and the highest peak of Zailiisky Alatau also bear this name. It became obvious that the ancient settlement had been situated somewhere close by. Thus, archeological excavations in the southeastern suburbs of modern Talgar revealed the mysterious settlement.

Thanks to the work of archeologists I.I. Kopylov, A.Kh. Morgulin, K.M. Baipakov, and T.V. Savelyeva the scenario of the development of Talgar settlement was reconstructed.

In the 9th century a fortification belonging to the head of a Turkic tribe was founded on the place of Talgar settlement. The locality was chosen because it was on the Silk Road and situated at the foothills of Zailiisky Alatau, incorporating rich land sources and summer pastures there.

With time Talgar settlement became popular with merchants and craftspeople. First they served the owner of the settlement and his court, but later they started producing goods for nomads and surrounding settlements. Such city development was common in Central Asia at that time.

By the beginning of the 10th century Talgar had become a city. It was a time of political and economic change in Kazakhstan history, since the country got controlled by the feudal Karakhanid dynasty. The territory of Kazakhstan was conditionally divided into several appanges governed by Karakhanid deputies. Talgar developed rapidly in this period and, like other cities of th Ili river valley it became the capital of an economically and geographically important territory.

19th and 20th centuries

After a Cossack fortification, Vernoye, was established in February 1854 in nearby Almaty, the local government decided to further fortify the eastern border with the Russian Empire. Three stanitsas were founded close to Vernoye: Sofiiskaya (Talgar), Nadezhdinskaya (Issyk), and Lyubavinskaya (Kaskelen). According to a legend the stanitsas were named after the three daughters of a local governor.

First information concerning the founding of Sofiiskaya stanitsa was registered in February-March 1858 when Khorunzhy Zherebyatyev and 24 Siberian kazak families built several houses on the right bank of the Talgar river. “38090 dessiatinas of land for tillage and buildings and 2636 dessiatinas of neudobitsa (inarable land)” were apportioned for settlement of the stanitsa.

Stanitsa Sofiiskaya was renamed for Murayevo village in 1918 and for stanitsa Talgar in 1919. On 22nd of December, 1959 Talgar received town status. The town was a center of the Iliisky District until 1969, and became a center of Talgar District in May, 1969.

Geography

Topography

Talgar is located at the southern boader of Almaty Province. Talgar's official geographic coordinates are coord|43|18|0|N|77|14|0|E|. The town sits at the foot of Zailiisky Alatau which is a mountain range of Tian Shan and a part of the Himalayan orogenic belt. The town stretches along the river for approximately 6 km from the highest point in Meliorator microdistrict to the lowest point in Ken Dala.

Talgar has a total area of 18.8 square km (7.3 mi²). The grade of the town's built-up areas is consistent with the natural uneveness of its overall natural geography. The average land elevation is 1250 m above sea level. The lowest points are in the northern part of the town at 1000 m, while the highest points at 1500 m are located in the town's south side.

Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = Talgar
North = Novoalekseyevka
East = Esik
South = Zailiisky Alatau
West = Almaty

Talgar Mountains

Talgar mountains is an informal name for a north-western part of Zailiisky Alatau adjacent to the town. The Talgar mountains are a popular tourist destination famous for its mountaineering routes, camping and recreational facilities. Almaty Reserve and Ile-Alatau State National park are partially situated in the mountains.

The Talgar mountains are peculiar of vertical zonality, that specified a wide variety of landscapes. The high-mountainous nival glacial band occupies altitudes of 3000 m and more above sea level and is characterized by sharp tops and steep stony declines. It is the place of formation of glaciers whose tongues are penetrating into spur valleys of the head rivers. The basic type of vegetation is alpine meadows, rich in edelweisses, alpine poppies, daisies and original high-mountainous sedge bogs. Pik Talgar is the highest peak of Talgar mountains and Zailiisky Alatau as well. Its highest point reaches 4,979 metres above the sea level. The peak is located about 10 km far from the center of Talgar.

The sub-alpine chord (2400-3000 m) of Talgar mountains is characterized by dominance high-grass meadows and steppe with the bushes of junipers on southern stony slopes. The erosive relief of middle part of the mountains occupies absolute altitudes in a range of 1700 up to 3000 m. The gorges and narrow valleys with the depth up to 700 m. with steep slopes are most typical here. The relief of the given chord is notable for intensive by slope processes: talus, downfalls and stonefalls. Bush-meadow-coniferous forest chord has a composite vegetative overlying strata. Northern slopes are occupied by endemic fur-trees of Schrenk, while southern by bushes of dogrose. Also there are aspen forests, and sometimes birch woods. Bushes and small-leaved wood band (1400-1600 m) is located in a submontane part. It was affected by antropogenic factor, which has changed a tentative vegetative overlying strata. The groves of Siverse apple-tree and wild apricot are remained. On southern slopes rosaries are widely spread.

In general the territory is the young mountain land. Thus, Talgar mountains are notable for catastrophic cyclic natural processes such as earthquakes, mudflows, and snow avalanches.

Climate

The town lies within the hot summer continental climate zone (Koppen Dsa), and experiences four distinct seasons with hot, dry summers and mild winters. Average annual temperature is 7.7-8.7°C. In July, typically the warmest month, high temperatures average 22.4 °C and low temperatures 19.3 °C. In January, typically the coldest month, high temperatures average -3.7 °C with low temperatures averaging −7.4 °C. First autumn frosts take place in the middle of October, last spring frosts in the end of April.

Talgar’s yearly precipitation averages 463-779 mm. Spring is typically the rainiest season, with short-lived rainfall and thunderstorms more common than prolonged rainy periods. Winter precipitation tends to be more snow than rain. [cite web|url=http://www.camp.kg/rus/old/report/kz/m8_reprezentativ25.htm |title=CAMP Горные травы]

References

External links

*http://www.e-talgar.com/
*http://www.talgar.kz/
*http://www.talgar.narod.ru/
*http://www.almaty-reg.kz/almaty/region/talgar.phtml