Turtkul

To‘rtko‘l additionally spelled as Turtkul, is a town in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan and the workplace of the To‘rtko‘l District. The metropolis was based as a Russian garrison after the Khivan marketing campaign of 1873 and earlier than 1920 become called Petroaleksandrovsk. It changed into then a first-rate earrings generating middle of Uzbekistan, and become ready with telegraph in 1913 and with a radio station in 1922; the station started out regular translations in 1930.

In 1932, the town become renamed to Turtkul and between 1932 and 1939 became the capital of the newly fashioned independent republic of Karakalpakstan. The metropolis become standing nearby a main Amu Darya River, which is thought for considerably changing its drift path several times in its history. In 1932, Amu Darya over again changed its terrain and flooded Turtkul. This and past damage through Amu Darya entreated the authorities to transport the capital of Karakalpakstal over 170 km to Nukus in 1939. The river banks had been bolstered, preventing similarly flooding. However, in 1942 the river abruptly moved on Turtkul destroying it overnight. Consequently, in 1949 Turtkul were relocated.