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The south of Altai has been inhabited since the end of late Stone Age. The
ancient petroglyphs testify this fact. On the Ukok plateau one can find barrows
of the Afanasievo culture dated 3000 - 4000 BC. Later this culture was replaced
by the Pazyryk culture which ihas become very famous all over the world. Then
this territory was inhabited by Turkic peoples, Uighurs and Khakasses, and
later the authority of Mongols was established here. After the disintegration
of the Golden Horde their state on the territory of East Mongolia and modern
southern Altai was Djungaria. It existed up to the middle of XIX century and
after the fall of the Horde became a part of China. It happened so that the
same time a Russian expansion of Altai took place, and as it consequence
Choguchakskiy peace treaty with China was signed in 1864. According to that
treaty Russia got all the territory of the rivers flowing to the north in
Arctic Ocean including the plateau Ukok and river basins Dzhazator and Argut.
At this time the Chinese left and the acres of Southern Altai became nobody's.
These acres were well-known to Kazakhs who went through Ukok to the valley of
the river Kobdo (Modern Mongolia) and Xinjiang (China).
In the end of XIX century on the territory of modern East Kazakhstan a civil
strife took place and Kazakh families of Sarykaldyks had to go to Xinjiang .
Their way lied from the valley of the river Buhtarma through the pass Ukok and
further to China through the pass Kanas. They took their main riches - cattle,
jurts and all other belongings. So long as Kanas is a quite steep ice pass, the
part of the cattle could not cross it and they were left with old and feeble
people on Ukok. These people spent winter here and they found the pastures of
Ukok suitable for the cattle. In summer they moved down the river Ak-Alakha up
to the river Dzhazator and stayed there. That is why Dzhazator is translated as
"summer stopping place".
Russian expeditions of the end of XIX century marked that on the territory of
Ukok, Ak-Alakha and Dzhazator there were many roaming Kirghiz (so were Kazakhs
called before the revolution) - up to 140 nomad tents. The paths of their trade
connection led through the rivers Karagem to Kosh-Agach and through the plateau
Ukok to the Mongolian city Kobdo. Also they had close contacts with Kazakhs of
Buhtarma through the pass Ukok. During the Soviet times many Kazakhs of Dzhazator
went there on a visit and many of them still have relatives in Buhtarma.
During 1910-1920 the popularity of Dzhazator had grown significantly due to the
constant immigration of Kazakhs from Mongolia and China.
After October revolution the detachment of Altai opposition commanded by
Kaigorodov was holding the line in unapproachable valleys of Argut, near Dzhazator.
Mostly they were Kerzhaks and the Altai.
In the Soviet times kolkhoz was organized and the school was opened in Dzhazator
. During the Great Patriotic War many residents of the village were called up
for military service in and went to the front.
By 90es in the village Dzhazator the earth road to the regional center
Kosh-Agach had been built and two diesel engine generators giving an
electricity were constructed.
In 2007 they were replaced by a modern hydroelectric power station on the river
Tjun. It provides the village not only with electricity, but also with Internet
and mobile service (MTS).
