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Oral, Kazakhstan

Also known as Uralsk, Yaitsky Gorodok

Oral, known in Russian as Uralsk, is a city in north-western Kazakhstan on the Ural River. Founded in the early 17th century as Yaitsky Gorodok, the chief settlement of the Yaik Cossacks, it was a centre of Yemelyan Pugachev's rebellion in 1773–1774, after which Catherine the Great renamed the river and the town after the Urals. It is now the capital of West Kazakhstan Region.

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Ural Cossack Host

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Oral, Kazakhstan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oral-kazakhstan
MLA: “Oral, Kazakhstan.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oral-kazakhstan. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Oral, Kazakhstan.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oral-kazakhstan.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Oral, Kazakhstan’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oral-kazakhstan (Accessed: ).

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