Kizlyar (Russian: Кизля́р; Avar: Гъизляр; Kumyk: Къызлар, Qızlar) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the border with the Chechen Republic in the delta of the Terek River 221 kilometers (137mi) northwest of Makhachkala, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was48,984.[2]
According to some researchers, the name of the city comes from an old name for the Terek River. Another translation of the name Kizlyar is from an unspecified Turkic language, meaning "girls".[lower-alpha 1] According to Vyacheslav Nikonov, correct translation of this Turkic toponym is "red cliff".[lower-alpha 2][7]
History
The first documented reference to Kizlyar dates back to 1609, although some historians associate the place with Samandar, the 8th-century capital of Khazaria.[citation needed] In 1735 the Russian government built a fortress in Kizlyar and laid foundations for the Caucasus fortified borderline. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Kizlyar operated as one of the trading posts between Russia and the Middle East and Central Asia. During this period, the population was largely Armenian and Russian. In 1796 2,800 Armenians and 1,000 Russians lived in Kizlyar.[8] During the Russian Empire, the settlement was the administrative capital of the Kizlyarsky Otdel of the Terek Oblast. In 1942 the Germans briefly took Kizylar (Kizjlar).
In January 1996 Chechen separatists raided the local airbase in the course of the Kizlyar raid, which claimed the lives of seventy-eight Russian soldiers.
On 18 February 2018 five people were killed and five wounded after a shooting attack took place outside a Christian church in Kizlyar. Police killed the attacker in a shootout.[9][10]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kizlyar serves as the administrative center of Kizlyarsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one urban-type settlement (Komsomolsky) and one rural locality (the railway crossing loop of No.17), incorporated separately as the Town of Kizlyar—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Kizlyar is incorporated as Kizlyar Urban Okrug.[4]
As of the 2002 Census, the town's ethnic composition was as follows:[14]
Russians (48.6%)
Avars (15.4%)
Dargins (11.7%)
Kumyks (5.0%)
Lezgins (4.0%)
Laks (3.2%)
Azerbaijanis (1.8%)
Nogais (1.4%)
Tabasarans (1.3%)
Rutuls (1.3%)
Chechens (1.1%)
Economy
In the early 19th century, Kizlyar became a center of viticulture and wine making. The local cognac factory (Kizlyar Brandy Factory) produces a variety of alcoholic beverages but specializes primarily in a regional variant of brandy, marketed throughout Russia as "cognac". Kizlyarka is a type of grape vodka produced in Kizlyar. Kizlyar is also known for traditional knife, dagger, and saber making.
Climate
Kizlyar has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk).
Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том1[2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol.1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России[All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia](XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан.Закон№16от10 апреля 2002 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №106 от30 декабря 2013 г.«О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силусо дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №81, 12 апреля 2002 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan.Law#16ofApril10, 2002 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law#106 ofDecember30, 2013 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as ofthe day of the official publication.).
Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан.Закон№6от13 января 2005 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №43 от30 апреля 2015 г.«О статусе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала", статусе и границах внутригородских районов в составе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала" и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силусо дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №8, 15 февраля 2005 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan.Law#6ofJanuary13, 2005 On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law#43 ofApril30, 2015 On the Status of the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, the Status and the Borders of the Intra-City Districts Comprising the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as ofthe day of the official publication.).
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