page_title: Semirechye Oblast
hierarchical_section_title: Semirechye Oblast
caption_attribution_description: English: Coat of Arms of Pishpek, Russian Empire, 1908. Русский: Герб Пишпека, Российская Империя, 1908 год.
context_page_description: The Semirechye Oblast was an oblast of the Russian Empire. It corresponded approximately to most of present-day southeastern Kazakhstan and northeastern Kyrgyzstan. It was created out of the territories of the northern part of Khanate of Kokand that had been part of Kazakh Khanate. Its site of government was Verniy.
  The Russian government seized the region in 1854, and created the province the same year. It was administered as part of Governor-Generalship of the Steppes between 1854 and 1867 and again between 1882 and 1899, and part of Russian Turkistan between 1867 and 1882 and again between 1899 and 1917. Russian control of the region was recognized by the Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Russia and China
  On April 30, 1918 the region became part of the Turkestan ASSR. On October 27, 1924 as a result of the national-territorial reorganisation of Soviet Central Asia, the northern part of the region became part of the Kirgiz ASSR, while the southern part became the Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast within the RSFSR.
context_section_description: The Semirechye Oblast (Russian: Семиреченская область, literally "Seven-Rivers-land") was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It corresponded approximately to most of present-day southeastern Kazakhstan and northeastern Kyrgyzstan. It was created out of the territories of the northern part of Khanate of Kokand that had been part of Kazakh Khanate. Its site of government was Verniy (now named Almaty).
  The Russian government seized the region (also known as Zhetysu) in 1854, and created the province the same year. It was administered as part of Governor-Generalship of the Steppes (before 1882 it was known as the Governor-Generalship of the Western Siberia) between 1854 and 1867 and again between 1882 and 1899, and part of Russian Turkistan between 1867 and 1882 and again between 1899 and 1917. Russian control of the region was recognized by the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) between Russia and China
  On April 30, 1918 the region became part of the Turkestan ASSR. On October 27, 1924 as a result of the national-territorial reorganisation of Soviet Central Asia, the northern part of the region became part of the Kirgiz ASSR (already created in 1920 and renamed the Kazakh ASSR in 1925 and then established as the union-level Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic), while the southern part became the Kara-Kirghiz Autonomous Oblast (eventually the Kirghiz ASSR and SR) within the RSFSR .
caption: Coat of arms of Pishpek
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