On February 10, 1934, the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee decided: “2. In addition to the already approved resolutions of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee on November 1, 1932 (SU, No. 84, Art. 365) and December 27, 1933 (SU, 1934, No. 3, Art. 18), the settlements of the
Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Arys, Ayagoz, Ilyich and Transform Karsakpai into workers’ settlements and assign them new names; settlement at the Stepnyak mine (in the former
Enbekshilder District of
Karaganda Region) — to the working village of Stepnyak”. ==Geography==