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Zelenchukskaya

Human settlement in Zelenchuksky District, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zelenchukskaya
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43°51′N 41°36′E

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RT-32 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya

Zelenchukskaya (Russian: Зеленчу́кская; Karachay-Balkar: Зеленчук, Джаланджюк, romanized: Zelençuk, Calancük,[1] Abaza: Зеленчыкв, Зеленчукская,[2] Nogai: Зеленчукский, romanized: Zelençukskiy[3]) is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Zelenchuksky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia,[4] located on the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River.

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Rural locality

Population: 19,449(2010 Census);[5] 21,025(2002 Census);[6] 20,455(1989 Soviet census).[7] In terms of population, it is the most populous rural locality in the republic.[5]

The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science is located to the south of the stanitsa.[8]

History

The stanitsa was founded on May 1, 1859 and named after the river on which it stands.[citation needed] On December 8-9, 1942, approximately 180 Jews were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by German troops in a trench dug 2-3 km out of the village.[9]

Demographics

In 2002, the population included:[10]

  • Russians (77.1%)
  • Karachays (17.4%)
  • all other ethnicities comprising less than 1% of population each

Climate

Zelenchukskaya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) with moderately warm and very humid summers and cold, dry winters.

More information Climate data for Zelenchukskaya (Зеленчукская), Month ...
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