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Karachaevsk

Karachayevsk (English)
Карачаевск (Russian)
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Confluence of the Teberda and Kuban Rivers in Karachayevsk
Map of Russia - Karachay-Cherkess Republic (2008-03).svg
Location of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in Russia
Karachayevsk is located in Karachay-Cherkessia
Karachayevsk
Karachayevsk
Location of Karachayevsk in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Coordinates: 43°46′23″N 41°55′01″E / 43.77306°N 41.91694°E / 43.77306; 41.91694Coordinates: 43°46′23″N 41°55′01″E / 43.77306°N 41.91694°E / 43.77306; 41.91694
Administrative status (as of July 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Karachayevsk
Administrative center of Karachayevsky District, town of republic significance of Karachayevsk
Municipal status (as of July 2009)
Urban okrug Karachayevsky Urban Okrug
Administrative center of Karachayevsky Urban Okrug, Karachayevsky Municipal District
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 21,483 inhabitants
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)
Founded 1929
Previous names Georgiyevskoye,
Mikoyan-Shakhar (until 1944),
Klukhori (until 1957)
Postal code(s) 369200–369202, 369204
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Karachayevsk (Russian: Карача́евск) is a town in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia, located on the Kuban River in the Caucasus Mountains. Population: 21,483 (2010 Census);22,113 (2002 Census);21,582 (1989 Census).

It was founded in 1929 as Georgiyevskoye and was soon renamed after Anastas Mikoyan as Mikoyan-Shakhar. From October 5, 1944 to January 1, 1957, when the Karachays were in exile to the Central Asian deserts, it was part of the Georgian SSR as Klukhori.

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

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Karachayevsk serves as the administrative center of Karachayevsky District, even though it is not a part of it. 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. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk is incorporated as Karachayevsky Urban Okrug.


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