Alagir
| Alagir (English) Алагир (Russian) Алагир (Ossetic) |
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.svg) Location of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of November 2013) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of North Ossetia–Alania |
| Administrative district | Alagirsky District |
| Town Under District Jurisdiction | Alagir |
| Administrative center of | Alagirsky District, Alagir Town Under District Jurisdiction |
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| Municipal district | Alagirsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Alagirskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Alagirsky Municipal District, Alagirskoye Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 20,949 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1850 |
| Town status since | 1938 |
| Postal code(s) | 363240–363243, 363245, 363246 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 86731 |
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| 2010 Census | 20,949 |
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| 2002 Census | 21,496 |
| 1989 Census | 21,132 |
| 1979 Census | 19,007 |
Alagir (Russian: Алаги́р; Ossetian: Алагир) is an industrial town and the administrative center of Alagirsky District in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia, located on the west bank of the Ardon River, 54 kilometers (34 mi) west of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 20,949.
The town was established in 1850 by Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, the Viceroy of the Caucasus, near an ancient silver/lead mine in the nearby Alagir Gorge. It was built up as a fortification around a smelting plant and became a major mining center. By the end of the 19th century, it had been increasingly populated by Georgians and Russians who came to work there. During the Russian Civil War, in January 1919, Alagir was a scene of intense fighting, which resulted in heavy casualties in Georgian population and difficult flight of the survivors through the mountainous passes into Georgia. The Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin commented on the incident, blaming "counter-revolutionaries" for atrocities in Alagir, which Georgians tend to attribute to the Ossetian radicals.
Alagir was granted town status in 1938. During World War II, on November 5, 1942, the German III Panzer Corps and Romanian 2nd Mountain Division (under von Kleist) captured the town and held it until it was recovered by the Soviet forces in early January 1943.
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