Thanks to its advantageous location near the main highway, local residents can easily reach both the district center and the capital.
The village was founded in the late 19th to early 20th century when Russian and Ukrainian peasants began to migrate to the Chuy Valley as part of the Stolypin agrarian reform. These settlers arrived from the Volga region, Ukraine, and the central provinces of the Russian Empire, primarily engaging in agriculture. According to one version, the name of the village comes from the name of one of the first settlers, Gavrila, while another version links it to the Orthodox holiday of Archangel Gabriel.
Initially, the settlers received land allotments and built their homes in the style of Russian hamlets. The main crops included wheat, oats, and potatoes, and livestock farming, including the breeding of cattle and horses, also developed actively. At the beginning of the village's existence, a small Orthodox chapel was built, which was later converted into a church.
After the 1917 revolution, the lands were redistributed, and in the 1930s, collective farms focused on grain farming and dairy cattle breeding were established in the village. During this time, a school, a club, and a library opened in Gavrilovka.
During World War II, many local residents went to the front, while women and teenagers worked in the fields, providing food for the army. In the 1950s and 1960s, collective farms were consolidated, irrigation expanded, and the first paved roads connecting the village with Frunze were built.
According to local residents, the first houses were built from straw and wood. Land was allocated to those willing to work. No one expected that in a hundred years, people from all corners of Kyrgyzstan would live here. “In my childhood, everyone in the village spoke Russian. Now you can hear Kyrgyz, Russian, and Dungan. We are all neighbors and live in peace,” shares 72-year-old Olga Ivanovna.
In the 1990s, some Russians, Ukrainians, and Germans left the village, but many families remained. Since the early 2000s, Kyrgyz families from various regions of the country have actively moved to Gavrilovka. “We moved from Naryn in 2005, bought an old house, and restored it. The land here is very fertile — we keep livestock and have a greenhouse,” says village resident Asanbek uulu Rakhmat.
Today, Gavrilovka has become a large suburb where Kyrgyz, Slavs, Dungans, and representatives of other nationalities live. Many residents work in Bishkek, while others engage in farming, raise livestock, grow vegetables, and open small shops. “When my grandfather was buried, an Orthodox priest and a Kyrgyz imam stood nearby. This is our Gavrilovka — everyone goes their own way, but we are all together,” recalls 65-year-old Vitaly Petrovich.
As of today, the population of the Gavrilovka rural district, which includes the villages of Gavrilovka, Jangarach (formerly Zhylymysh), Romanovka, and Shalta, is just over 11,000 people.
The villagers claim that the name of the village is associated with the first settler named Gavril. In the 1920s and 1930s, four collective farms were organized within the current rural district: Chapay (Jangarach village), Kyzyl-Asker (Shalta village), Stalin (Romanovka village), and Frunze (Gavrilovka village). From 1950 to 1955, these farms were merged into a large collective farm called "Shopokov."
In 1996, Gavrilovka received the status of a rural district based on the Gavrilovsky village council. The annual budget amounted to about 18 million soms. There are three schools, four medical and obstetric points, a gym, as well as small businesses, including a sewing workshop and brick production, operating in the area.
Local residents engage in livestock breeding, vegetable growing, farming, and furniture production. The proximity to the Bishkek–Kara-Balta highway attracts entrepreneurs, and some residents rent out their plots for warehouse and service facilities.
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