Arykbalyk

Arykbalyk lies in the lake country of northern Kazakhstan. Water and pasture shaped movement through the surrounding steppe, where communities had long made use of seasonal resources.

A settlement bearing the name Arykbalyk was established as a Cossack stanitsa in 1824, during the expansion of Russian imperial administration into the Kazakh steppe. Local accounts describe several groups of Cossack settlers, including families brought from the Don region.