HISTORY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ZHANIBEK DISTRICT (1922-2024)

Abstract

This article examines the culture and the history of socio-economic development of
Zhanibek District of the West Kazakhstan region from the initial years of the XX century to the present.
The history of the formation of the Zhanibek district was studied, where it began with the foundation of the
district up to the present time, and the article also described the reasons for the name of the district. There
are several versions of the reasons for calling it "Zhanibek", these versions are also considered in the
article. The name of the district is associated by one researcher with a sixteen-to seventeen-year-old
horseman named Zhanibek, who showed courage during the Kazakh-Kalmyk war of the XVIII century,
others with the Golden Horde Khan Zhanibek Khan, the son of the Russian Khan, others with the name of
the old plague near the district. In addition, the article discusses the animal husbandry of the district, shows
the indicator of the number of livestock and the amount of arable land in it from 1917 to the present. The
article describes the current socio-economic situation of Zhanibek district, where, according to the report in
2024, the gross agricultural output, the current number of livestock, the issue of government assistance to
children from low-income families was considered. In addition, the issues of sports development in the
district, including the construction of sports complexes, encouraging youth participation in sports, opening
new sports facilities, and modernizing parks, are considered in this article. The history of socio-economic
development of Zhanibek district was studied using archival documents, encyclopedias, references about
the district, newspapers and magazines.