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In 1869, Akmolinsk's external district and department were cancelled, and Akmolinsk became the center of the newly established Akmolinsk Oblast. In 1879, Major General Dubelt proposed to build a railway between Tyumen and Akmolinsk to the Ministry of Communications of Russia. In the course of the first 30 years of its existence, the population of Akmola numbered a trifle more than 2,000 people. Over the next 30 years, the city's population increased by three times according to volosts and settlements of Akmolinsk Oblast. In 1893, Akmolinsk was an uyezd with a 6,428 strong population, three churches, five schools and colleges and three factories.[citation needed]