 After the Russian conquest in 1864, several new villages were founded around Sayram.They were found to be prosperous by I. I. Geier, a local Russian journalist/historian writing in the first decade of the 20th century, though Sayram was still noted for its superior wheat, horse market, historical background, and many tombs.During National delimitation, the area of Sayram was at one point part of the Turkistan ASSR.