Karachayevsk
| Karachayevsk (English) Карачаевск (Russian) |
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 Confluence of the Teberda and Kuban Rivers in Karachayevsk |
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.svg) Location of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in Russia |
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 Karachayevsk
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| 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 |
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| Urban okrug | Karachayevsky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Karachayevsky Urban Okrug, Karachayevsky Municipal District |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 21,483 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1929 |
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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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