Yelerinsk Oblast

Yelerinsk (: Eлеринск), officially Yelerinsk Oblast (: Eлеринскaя область), is a in Yarova. The oblast has a total population of 2,030,924 and the state capital is Abaksamir, which is the country's 18th largest city with a population of 520,754. Yelerinsk is commonly nicknamed the “Long Grass Oblast”.

Historically, Yelerinsk Oblast was populated by the (Trukhmens) and virtually all of the oblast's territory formed Trukhmenskaya, which was annexed by the Vojiskiy Empire in 1714 during the Dzyunakaz Wars. Today, the federally-recognised Trukhmen minority within the boundaries of Yelerinsk Oblast have an independent, sovereign relationship with the federal government and a territorial reservation:


 * Trukhmen Free Nation, Trukhmenskaya Reservation

Yelerinsk Oblast's unicameral is located at the Yelerinsk District Assembly in Abaksamir and currently houses a total of 102 members, approximately one representative per 20,000 people. The People of Yarova hold the majority, with 73 seats. Annagül Ibragimova is Yelerinsk's incumbent, having assumed office in 2019. Ibragimova, who is from a Trukhmen background, is Yelerinsk's first female chancellor.

Etymology
The name traces its origins from the ýelli meaning “windy” and is accompanied with the common Yarovan -sk suffix. Yelerinsk was first formally adopted as a name for the region in the eighteenth century, following the annexation of Trukhmenskaya and its reorganisation as part of the Dzyunakaz Guberniya.

The region has been traditionally referred to as Trukhmenskaya and this name is still often observed in romantic usage, as well as the appellation of the ethnic Trukhmen reservation situated in the oblast.

History
Anthropologists estimate that the region that is now Yelerinsk has been inhabited by s for in or around 40,000 years. In the 8th century CE, -speaking tribes moved from across the straits of northern Kesh into present-day southern and eastern Yarova. The terms “Turkmen” and “Trukhmen” came into usage around the 10th century to refer to the predominantly Oghuzes that started to occupy Trukhmenskaya.

In 1708, the Vojiskiy Empire invaded the Trukhmen Khanate and neighbouring entities in a conflict now known as the First Dzyunakaz War. The Yarovars mopped up the last of Trukhmen resistance by 1714 and the territory was incorporated into the Dzyunakaz Guberniya. Most historians argue that over 250,000 Trukhmens were slaughtered in Vojiskiy-perpetrated acts of genocide. Unsurprisingly, the Trukhmens played an important role in the activities of the Republican Front during the Second Yarovan Civil War between 1924 and 1926.

Geography
Yelerinsk is located in the Dzyunakaz Steppe and falls into the hot summer  bracket. The oblast is home to the lakes of Liksa and Zarevda, as well as the Nurlaty National Park, which host a vast array of flora and fauna. Yelerinsk is typically characterised by its flat, unforested grassland landscapes. Yelerinsk touches the Sea of Irkutsk in the south. The major cities of Yelerinsk include Abaksamir and Kaliboksarsk, the latter of which had a population of 508,743 in the 2016 federal census, making it the country's 19th largest city.

Politics
Yelerinsk Oblast elects 10 representatives to the federal House of Representatives in Shchyokhov. At present, 6 are Democratic Socialists and Progressives (DSP) and 4 are People of Yarova (PY).

At district-level, the PY party maintain the overall majority with 73 of the total 102 seats at the Yelerinsk District Assembly. Annagül Ibragimova is the. The DSP act as the with a total of 22 seats. Ludomir Denisovich is the current. Of the remaining seats, three are representatives of the Agricultural Rural Worker's Party and four are independents.

Economy
Two major business enterprises have shaped Yelerinsk Oblast's economy since the mid-twentieth century: cattle and oil. Of all the federated districts, Yelerinsk is the largest producer of beef. In 2018, the oblast produced more than 75,000 metric tonnes of beef. Yelerinsk's beef cattle, which are predominantly of the variety as well as s (cow and  hybrids), are reared on a grass-fed diet.

According to findings from the federal Ministry for Energy and Natural Resources, Yelerinsk Oblast sits on 2,837 million barrels of proven crude oil reserves. Yarovan oil exploration and production company Stremit'sya Neft' operates active oil refineries at Kiyakty and near the town of Iskipa. Yelerinsk also has a functioning with two reactors at Chaykonezh. In 2016, almost 30 million tourists visited Yelerinsk. The oblast is served by Kaliboksarsk International Airport and Dadei-Muhadow Abaksamir International Airport.

Security and defence
The Yelerinsk District Police (Ыелеринская районная полиция) is the district police agency for Yelerinsk, which has jurisdiction anywhere within the oblast. It was established to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Yelerinsk. It is headed by the, currently Lira Tipalov. It has approximately 2,500 officers and over 400 other employees. The organisation has its headquarters in Abaksamir.

In 2016, the overall reported was 502 offences per 100,000 people. There were 94 recorded homicides that year, at a rate of 4.63 per 100,000 people. There are a total of eleven correctional facilities located in the district, which also detain inmates from the nearby cities of Borisopol, Kogalma and Khanskoye-Chirbent:
 * Akdepetsk County Correctional Facility, Akdepetsk County
 * Baharly County Youth Detention Centre, Baharly County
 * Central Yelerinsk Correctional Facility, Farapol
 * Chaykonezh Prison Facility, Chaykonezh
 * North Yelerinsk Correctional Facility, Kybyshevsk
 * Novochedorozhny Correctional Centre, Novochedorozhny
 * Sayat County Penitentiary, Sayat County
 * Solnenomyssk Correctional Facility, Solnenomyssk
 * South Yelerinsk Correctional Facility, Turkmenborg
 * Tagtagrad Women's Penitentiary, Tagtagrad
 * Shartovsk Penitentiary, Shartovsk-Tushikh

The district's final judiciary is the Supreme Court of Yelerinsk (Верховный суд Ыелеринскя), with Nestor Chekyudayev the present. Its decisions are binding on all other district courts in Yelerinsk.

Demography
In the 2010 national census, 60.4% of the population identified as, 19.4% Yelerinsk Turkmen (Trukhmen), 0.6% and 19.6% Other.

Culture
The population of Yelerinsk Oblast, like those in other federated districts located in the Dzyunakaz region, is largely heterogeneous. The indigenous Trukhmens (both full and mixed race) mostly reside on the Trukhmenskaya Reservation and on some cattle ranches in the southern countryside, whereas the ethnic Yarovar populations are concentrated in the urban centres of Abaksamir and Kaliboksarsk and the northern countryside. Undoubtedly, Yelerinsk is influenced by its past as the Trukhmen Khanate, and traditional customs, such as the making of and   hats, are still popular both with natives and tourists. Trukhmen or ‘Yelerinsk Turkmen’, which is a Turkmen dialect unique to this particular region of Yarova, is largely spoken on the reservation and in other southern areas of the oblast. However, Yarovan remains the dominant tongue elsewhere.

A significant proportion of the ethnic Yarovars who reside in Yelerinsk, especially in the rural counties, are descended from the plantation settlers who moved into the region in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Such communities have cultivated a strong tradition along with a  culture. Activities such as the yearly are well-received and gather widespread attendance.