Karachayevsk (Russian: Карача́евск; Karachay-Balkar: Къарачай шахар, Qaraçay şaxar) is a town in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia, located on the Kuban River in the Caucasus Mountains. Population: 21,483 (2010 Census);[2] 22,113 (2002 Census);[8] 21,582 (1989 Census).[9]

Karachayevsk Карачаевск
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Karachay-Balkar	Къарачай шахар
Confluence of the Teberda and Kuban Rivers in Karachayevsk
Coat of arms
Location of Karachayevsk
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Coordinates: 43°46′23″N 41°55′01″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Karachay-Cherkessia[1]
Founded	1929
Elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	21,483
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	21,067 (−1.9%)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	town of republic significance of Karachayevsk[1]
• Capital of	Karachayevsky District[1], town of republic significance of Karachayevsk[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Karachayevsky Urban Okrug[4]
• Capital of	Karachayevsky Urban Okrug[4], Karachayevsky Municipal District[5]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	369200–369202, 369204
OKTMO ID	91705000001
Website	karachaevsk.info

History

It was founded in 1929 as Georgiyevskoye and by the resolution of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of August 26, 1929, the name of Mikoyan-Shahar was approved and the town was given the status of a city.[10] From October 5, 1944 to January 1, 1957, when the Karachays were in exile into the Central Asian deserts, by the decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR of November 6, 1943, for alleged collaboration with the Germans, who occupied the town and area from August 1942-January/February 1943, for the Armies and until November 1943, for The Abwehr, Mikoyan-Shahar was renamed Klukhori (Kluchori) and the territory of the former Karachay (Karatschai)Autonomous Region was assigned to the Georgian SSR.[10]

The vicinity is rich in early medieval monuments, such as the ruins of Skhimar (Schimar) and the early 10th-century Shoana Church (Schoenenkirch).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Karachayevsk serves as the administrative center of Karachayevsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one town (Teberda), three urban-type settlements (Elbrussky, Ordzhonikidzevsky, and the resort settlement of Dombay), and two rural localities (the settlements of Mara-Ayagyy and Malokurganny), incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk is incorporated as Karachayevsky Urban Okrug.[4]

Demographics

In 2002, the population included:[11]

• Karachays (72.7%)
• Russians (16.3%)
• Ossetians (3.0%)
• Cherkess (1.4%)
• Nogays (1.1%)

References

Notes

Sources

• Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №84-РЗ от 24 февраля 2004 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Карачаево-Черкесской Республики», в ред. Закона №34-РЗ от 5 июля 2011 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Карачаево-Черкесской Республики в связи с изменением наименования должности высшего должностного лица Карачаево-Черкесской Республики». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №36-37 (16431), 28 февраля 2004 г. (People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic. Law #84-RZ of February 24, 2004 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, as amended by the Law #34-RZ of July 5, 2011 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic Due to the Change of the Title of the Top Executive Position of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic. Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №9-РЗ от 12 января 2005 г. «Об установлении границ Карачаевского муниципального образования и наделении его статусом городского округа», в ред. Закона №35-РЗ от 24 июля 2009 г «О внесении изменения в статью 1 Закона Карачаево-Черкесской Республики "Об установлении границ Карачаевского муниципального образования и наделении его статусом городского округа"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №6–7 (16621), 18 января 2005 г. (People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic. Law #9-RZ of January 12, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of Karachayevskoye Municipal Formation and on Granting It Urban Okrug Status, as amended by the Law #35-RZ of July 24, 2009 On Amending Article 1 of the Law of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic "On Establishing the Borders of Karachayevskoye Municipal Formation and on Granting It Urban Okrug Status". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №10-РЗ от 12 января 2005 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований на территории Карачаевского района и наделении их соответствующим статусом», в ред. Закона №39-РЗ от 24 июня 2008 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Карачаево-Черкесской Республики». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №6–7 (16621), 18 января 2005 г. (People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Law #10-RZ of January 12, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Karachayevsky District and on Granting Them Appropriate Status, as amended by the Law #39-RZ of June 24, 2008 On Amending Several Legislative Acts of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

External links

Media related to Karachayevsk at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of Karachayevsk (in Russian)
• Karachayevsk Business Directory (in Russian)

На других языках

[de] Karatschajewsk

[ru] Карачаевск