Kizlyar
| Kizlyar (English) Кизляр (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan |
| Administratively subordinated to | Town of Kizlyar |
| Administrative center of | Kizlyarsky District, Town of Kizlyar |
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| Urban okrug | Kizlyar Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Kizlyar Urban Okrug, Kizlyarsky Municipal District |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 48,984 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| First mentioned | 1609 |
| Postal code(s) | 368830–368833, 368839, 368886 |
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| 2010 Census | 48,984 |
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| 2002 Census | 48,457 |
| 1989 Census | 39,748 |
| 1979 Census | 31,320 |
Kizlyar (Russian: Кизля́р) 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 (137 mi) northwest of Makhachkala, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 48,984.
The first reference to Kizlyar dates back to 1609, although some historians associate the place with Samandar, the 8th-century capital of Khazaria. 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 was 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, there were 2,800 Armenians and 1,000 Russians living in Kizlyar.
In January 1996, the local airbase was raided by the Chechen separatists in the course of the Kizlyar raid, which claimed the lives of seventy-eight Russian soldiers.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kizlyar serves as the administrative center of Kizlyarsky District, even though it is not a part of it. 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. As a municipal division, the Town of Kizlyar is incorporated as Kizlyar Urban Okrug.
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