The head of library No. 14, Elmira Baizhumayeva, shared interesting facts about the past of this settlement with Turmush. Originally, before the tragic events of 1916, known as "Ürkün," the village was called "Beket." This name was associated with the fact that it was an important communication hub from where letters and messages were sent to neighboring regions.
The settlement was founded by Russian settlers. After the events of 1916, when many residents were forced to flee to China, they began to return home with the establishment of Soviet power. In 1935, a collective farm was organized in Ak-Beket — the Voroshilov collective farm under the leadership of V. Sherbin.
The village became part of the Kyzyl-Oktyabr collective farm in 1936, where the main activity was breeding sheep, and local residents were engaged in preparing feed for the elite herd. In 1932, the construction of necessary facilities began, such as administrative buildings and residential barracks. By 1938, the village had a cultural center, a store, and a seven-year school that educated not only children but also specialists for agriculture, such as veterinarians and agronomists.
In the 1950s, the farms were merged into the Voroshilov collective farm under the leadership of Viktor Radionov. The structure of the farm changed until 1994, when it was divided into private and consolidated peasant farms.
The history of the village is inextricably linked with the names of the first shepherds and leaders, such as Alymseyit Asanov, Mukai Karymbaev, Tursunaly Salibaev, and others. Over the years of managing the farm, many leaders changed, including P. Shapovalov, A. Oskolov, V. Yerolsky, and I. Murzaliyev.
According to Baizhumayeva, the number of residents of Ak-Beket village who did not return from the fronts of the Great Patriotic War is still being clarified. Among those who managed to return were:
- Pavel Pinyagin, born in 1922;
- Vladimir Ermilov, born in 1922;
- Vladimir Yegorochkin, born in 1928;
- Nikolai Pospelov, born in 1918.
Today, about 1,500 people live in the village, and its residents continue to uphold the traditions of their ancestors by engaging in livestock breeding and agriculture. Ak-Beket has seven streets: Voroshilova, 1-May, named after A.P. Chekhov, Shkolnaya, Druzhba, Zelenaya, and Novaya.
"Ürkün" is the tragic event of 1916 when the Kyrgyz population fled en masse to China, escaping the repressions of punitive detachments of the Russian Empire after the suppression of the national uprising. This event became a true catastrophe, claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
