Mozdok, Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
| Mozdok (English) Моздок (Russian) Мæздæг (Ossetic) |
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| Administrative status (as of November 2013) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of North Ossetia–Alania |
| Administrative district | Mozdoksky District |
| Town Under District Jurisdiction | Mozdok |
| Administrative center of | Mozdoksky District, Mozdok Town Under District Jurisdiction |
| Municipal status (as of January 2006) | |
| Municipal district | Mozdoksky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Mozdoksky Municipal District, Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 38,768 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1763 |
| Postal code(s) | 362028, 363750–363760 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 86736 |
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| 2010 Census | 38,768 |
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| 2002 Census | 42,865 |
| 1989 Census | 38,037 |
| 1979 Census | 34,394 |
Mozdok (Russian: Моздо́к; Ossetian: Мæздæг, Mæzdæg) is a town and the administrative center of Mozdoksky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the left shore of the Terek River, 92 kilometers (57 mi) north of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 38,768.
The town's name comes from the Kabardian word for "the dense forest".
It was established in 1763 as a Russian fort at the site of a Kabardian village founded four years earlier, settling the families of the Volga Cossacks in stanitsas around it. Hundreds of Kabardians followed, fleeing their feudal lords from the neighboring areas into the Russian territory. In 1764, the Kabardian leaders' request to the Russian government that the fortress be destroyed went unanswered. In the years that followed, the Kabardians tried to besiege the town, but they were eventually compelled to retreat. With the foundation of Mozdok, Russian authorities encouraged Ossetians, Georgians, Armenians, and other Christians to populate the town. It soon emerged as a key Russian military outpost linked to Kizlyar with a fortified line as well as the center of local trade, ethnic diversity, and Russian-Caucasian interchange. In 1789, 55.6% of its population was Armenian and Georgian. Ossetian settlement particularly increased in the 1820s when the Russian commander Yermolov began removing Kabardians from the area of the Georgian Military Road and settling Ossetians there.
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