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Oral| Town and capital of Oral oblast (region), northwestern Kazakhstan, situated on the Oral (Zhayyq) River; population (2001 est) 198,500. Oral is at the centre of a predominantly agricultural region on the edge of the Central Asian steppe. It is a metalworking, meat-packing, and wool-processing centre. Sheepskin goods are also produced here. |
| Oral was founded in 1625 as the Cossack fortress and town of Yaikski Gorodok. It was renamed Uralsk in 1775. |
Oral| Oblast (region) in northwestern Kazakhstan; area 151,200 sq km/58,378 sq mi; population (1996) 639,000. The capital is Oral. Cattle and sheep are farmed, and wheat and other crops grown. There are food-processing, light, and machine-building industries. |
| The region lies in the north of the Caspian lowland. The principal river is the Ural (Zhayyq). The north of the oblast is in a region of steppe, the south is mainly semi-desert. |
| Oral oblast was formed in 1932, and between 1962 and 1964 formed part of West Kazakhstan oblast. |
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| He was to do this without the help of any written or printed specimens, with nothing in the shape of a grammar or analysis, but merely by oral communication with his Indian instructor, or with other natives, who, however comparatively intelligent, must from the nature of the case have been very imperfect teachers. A right good trooper he was, too, although in his oral narrative from which this tale is made there was no mention of that; the fact was learned from his surviving comrades. A skillful individual in his closet with all the local codes before him, might compile a law on some subjects of taxation for the whole union, without any aid from oral information, and it may be expected that whenever internal taxes may be necessary, and particularly in cases requiring uniformity throughout the States, the more simple objects will be preferred. |