Cherkessk
| Cherkessk (English) Черкесск (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of July 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of republic significance of Cherkessk |
| Capital of | Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
| Administrative center of | city of republic significance of Cherkessk |
| Municipal status (as of June 2008) | |
| Urban okrug | Cherkessk Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Cherkessk Urban Okrug |
| Mayor | Ruslan Tambiev |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 129,069 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 127th |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1825 |
| City status since | 1931 |
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Batalpashinskaya (until 1931), Batalpashinsk (until 1934), Sulimov (until 1937), Yezhovo-Cherkessk (until 1939) |
| Postal code(s) | 3690XX |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 8782 |
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Cherkessk (Russian: Черке́сск) is the capital city of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia, as well as its political, economic, and cultural center. Its population was 129,069 (in 2010).
In Russian, the city is called Черке́сск (Čerkessk) and has similar names in the languages of the city's other major ethnic groups. In Karachay, it is Черкесск (Çerkessk) or Черкесск шахар (Çerkessk şahar); in Kabardian, it is Шэрджэс къалэ (Şărdjăs qală) or Черке́сск (Čerkessk); in Abaza, it is Черкес къала (Čerkes q̇ala) or Черкесск (Čerkessk); in Nogai, it is Шеркеш шахар (Şerkeş şahar) and in Ukrainian, it is Черкеськ (Čerkeśk).
For its first century of existence, Cherkessk was a stanitsa, a village inside a Cossack host, which from 1825 to 1931 was named Batalpashinskaya stanitsa (Russian: Баталпашинская станица Batalpašinskaja stanica) and nicknamed Pashinka (Пашинка Pašinka) In 1931, it was renamed Batalpashinsk (Баталпашинск Batałpašinsk), and then in quick succession Sulimov (Сулимов Sulimov) in 1934 for Daniil Sulimov, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, and following Sulimov's execution in the Great Purge, Yezhovo-Cherkessk (Ежово-Черкесск Ježovo-Čerkessk) in 1937 for Nikolai Yezhov, head of the NKVD. With Yezhov's arrest, the initial "Yezhovo-" was dropped, and the city received its present name in 1939.
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