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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.7</span> <span>2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2021" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2021"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.8</span> <span>2021</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2021-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 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href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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class="mw-page-title-main">Cherkessk</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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interwiki-ady mw-list-item"><a href="https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81-%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8D" title="Черкес-къалэ – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Черкес-къалэ" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsjerkessk" title="Tsjerkessk – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Tsjerkessk" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83" title="تشيركيسك – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تشيركيسك" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkesk" title="Cherkesk – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cherkesk" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87erkessk" title="Çerkessk – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çerkessk" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3%DA%A9" title="چرکسک – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="چرکسک" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkessk" title="Cherkessk – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Cherkessk" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Чаркеск – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Чаркеск" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкеск – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Черкеск" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txerkessk" title="Txerkessk – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Txerkessk" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkessk" title="Cherkessk – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Cherkessk" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cerkesk" title="Čerkesk – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Čerkesk" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsjerkessk" title="Tsjerkessk – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tsjerkessk" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tscherkessk" title="Tscherkessk – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tscherkessk" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%A1erkessk" title="Tšerkessk – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tšerkessk" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%BA" title="Τσερκέσκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τσερκέσκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%BE%D1%88" title="Черкесск ош – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Черкесск ош" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkesk" title="Cherkesk – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cherkesk" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88erkessk" title="Ĉerkessk – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉerkessk" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txerkessk" title="Txerkessk – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Txerkessk" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3%DA%A9" title="چرکسک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چرکسک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcherkessk" title="Tcherkessk – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tcherkessk" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D2%BB%D1%81%D0%BD" title="Черкесск балһсн – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Черкесск балһсн" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%B4%EB%A5%B4%EC%BC%80%EC%8A%A4%ED%81%AC" title="체르케스크 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="체르케스크" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AF" title="Չերկեսկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Չերկեսկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cerkesk" title="Čerkesk – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Čerkesk" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cerkesk" title="Čerkesk – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Čerkesk" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkessk" title="Cherkessk – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cherkessk" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cerkessk" title="Čerkessk – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Čerkessk" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%27%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%A7" title="צ'רקסק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צ'רקסק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="ჩერკესკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჩერკესკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkessk" title="Cherkessk – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Cherkessk" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerchessk" title="Cerchessk – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Cerchessk" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cerkeska" title="Čerkeska – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Čerkeska" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cerkeskas" title="Čerkeskas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Čerkeskas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="ჩერკესკი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჩერკესკი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsjerkessk" title="Tsjerkessk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tsjerkessk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF" title="チェルケスク – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="チェルケスク" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsjerkessk" title="Tsjerkessk – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tsjerkessk" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsjerkessk" title="Tsjerkessk – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Tsjerkessk" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkessk" title="Cherkessk – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Cherkessk" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%DA%A9" title="چرکیسک – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چرکیسک" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%90%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%90%D8%B3%DA%A9" title="چېرکېسک – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="چېرکېسک" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czerkiesk" title="Czerkiesk – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Czerkiesk" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcherkessk" title="Tcherkessk – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Tcherkessk" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87erkessk" title="Çerkessk – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Çerkessk" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerkessk" title="Cerkessk – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Cerkessk" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkessk" title="Cherkessk – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Cherkessk" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cerkessk" title="Čerkessk – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Čerkessk" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czerkesk" title="Czerkesk – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Czerkesk" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкеск – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Черкеск" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%A1erkessk" title="Tšerkessk – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Tšerkessk" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerkessk" title="Tjerkessk – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Tjerkessk" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkessk" title="Cherkessk – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Cherkessk" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%8C" title="เชียร์เคสสค์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เชียร์เคสสค์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87erkessk" title="Çerkessk – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Çerkessk" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA" title="Черкесск – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Черкесск" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk 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style="display:flex"><div>From the top to bottom-right, Aerial view of the City, Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Friendship Monument, Central Mosque, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet-Era</a> Cinema Building</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Cherkessk_(Karachay-Cherkessia).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Cherkessk"><img alt="Flag of Cherkessk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png/125px-Flag_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png/188px-Flag_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png/250px-Flag_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1480" data-file-height="940" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Cherkessk_(Karachay-Cherkessia).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Cherkessk"><img alt="Coat of arms of Cherkessk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Coat_of_Arms_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png/70px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Coat_of_Arms_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png/105px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Coat_of_Arms_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Cherkessk_%28Karachay-Cherkessia%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1992" data-file-height="2983" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output 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width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Cherkessk&revid=1275228909&groups=_667c1701a48643e8223fc74e6d6e08b12676edd4 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Outline_Map_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cherkessk is located in Karachay-Cherkessia"><img alt="Cherkessk is located in Karachay-Cherkessia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Outline_Map_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg/250px-Outline_Map_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Outline_Map_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg/375px-Outline_Map_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="display:none">Show map of Karachay-Cherkessia</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European_Russia_location_map_(2014%E2%80%932022,_Crimea_disputed).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cherkessk is located in European Russia"><img alt="Cherkessk is located in European Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/250px-European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/375px-European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/500px-European_Russia_location_map_%282014%E2%80%932022%2C_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1558" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:88.219%;left:48.79%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cherkessk"><img alt="Cherkessk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Russia_administrative_location_map.svg/250px-Russia_administrative_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Russia_administrative_location_map.svg/375px-Russia_administrative_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Russia_administrative_location_map.svg/500px-Russia_administrative_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1299" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:66.61%;left:5.658%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cherkessk"><img alt="Cherkessk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Cherkessk</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Cherkessk (Russia)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Russia</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cherkessk is located in Europe"><img alt="Cherkessk is located in Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg/250px-Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg/500px-Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1401" data-file-height="1198" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.839%;left:87.416%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Cherkessk"><img alt="Cherkessk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Cherkessk</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Cherkessk (Europe)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Europe</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cherkessk&params=44_13_N_42_03_E_type:city(129069)_region:RU-KC"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°13′N</span> <span class="longitude">42°03′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.217°N 42.050°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.217; 42.050</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">Federal subject</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karachay-Cherkessia" title="Karachay-Cherkessia">Karachay-Cherkessia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1825</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City status since</th><td class="infobox-data">1931</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Alexey Baskaev<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">69.8 km<sup>2</sup> (26.9 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">530 m (1,740 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2010)">2010 Census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">129,069</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2018)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-d84f748bde80dac87e899490e943a9ac5d33eca8-v18_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-d84f748bde80dac87e899490e943a9ac5d33eca8-v18-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">122,395 (<span style="color:red;">−5.2%</span>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Russia_by_population" title="List of cities and towns in Russia by population">127th</a> in 2010</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,849.12/km<sup>2</sup> (4,789.2/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">Administrative status</a></div><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;">Subordinated to</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/City_of_federal_subject_significance" title="City of federal subject significance">city of republic significance</a> of Cherkessk<sup id="cite_ref-Ref44_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref44-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;">Capital of</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Karachay-Cherkess Republic<sup id="cite_ref-Ref44_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref44-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">Capital</a> of</span></th><td class="infobox-data">city of republic significance of Cherkessk<sup id="cite_ref-Ref44_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref44-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">Municipal status</a></div><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;">Urban okrug</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Cherkessk Urban Okrug<sup id="cite_ref-Ref735_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref735-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">Capital</a> of</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Cherkessk Urban Okrug<sup id="cite_ref-Ref735_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref735-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moscow_Time" title="Moscow Time">MSK</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5328?uselang=en#P421" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-vremeni_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vremeni-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Russia" title="Postal codes in Russia">Postal code(s)</a><sup id="cite_ref-PostalCode_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PostalCode-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">3690XX</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Russia" title="Telephone numbers in Russia">Dialing code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+7 8782</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OKTMO" title="OKTMO">OKTMO</a> ID</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">91701000001</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cherkessk09.ru/">cherkessk09<wbr />.ru</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cherkessk</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Черке́сск</span>; <a href="/wiki/Adyghe_language" title="Adyghe language">Adyghe</a>: Шэрджэс къалэ; <a href="/wiki/Kabardian_language" title="Kabardian language">Kabardian</a>: Черкес-къалэ) is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Karachay-Cherkessia" title="Karachay-Cherkessia">Karachay-Cherkessia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, as well as its political, economic, and cultural center. Population: <span class="nowrap">129,069 (<a href="/wiki/2010_Russian_census" title="2010 Russian census">2010 Census</a>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 112,782 (2024).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was previously known as <i>Batalpashinskaya</i> (until 1931), <i>Batalpashinsk</i> (until 1934), <i>Sulimov</i> (until 1937), <i>Yezhovo-Cherkessk</i> (until 1939). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names">Names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Russian, the city is called <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Черке́сск</span></span> (<i>Čerkessk</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has similar names in the languages of the city's other major ethnic groups. In <a href="/wiki/Karachay_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Karachay language">Karachay</a>, it is <span title="Karachay-Balkar-language text"><span lang="krc">Черкесск</span></span> (<i>Çerkessk</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <span title="Karachay-Balkar-language text"><span lang="krc">Черкесск шахар</span></span> (<i>Çerkessk şahar</i>); in <a href="/wiki/Kabardian_language" title="Kabardian language">Kabardian</a>, it is <span title="Kabardian-language text"><span lang="kbd">Шэрджэс къалэ</span></span> (<i>Şărdjăs qală</i>) or <span title="Kabardian-language text"><span lang="kbd">Черке́сск</span></span> (<i>Čerkessk</i>);<sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Abaza_language" title="Abaza language">Abaza</a>, it is <span title="Abaza-language text"><span lang="abq">Черкес къала</span></span> (<i>Čerkes q̇ala</i>) or <span title="Abaza-language text"><span lang="abq">Черкесск</span></span> (<i>Čerkessk</i>);<sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Nogai_language" title="Nogai language">Nogai</a>, it is <span title="Nogai-language text"><span lang="nog">Шеркеш шахар</span></span> (<i>Şerkeş şahar</i>) and in <a href="/wiki/Chechen_language" title="Chechen language">Chechen</a>, it is <span title="Chechen-language text"><span lang="ce">Черкесск</span></span> (<i>Čerkessk</i>). </p><p>For its first century of existence, Cherkessk was a <i><a href="/wiki/Stanitsa" title="Stanitsa">stanitsa</a></i>, a village inside a Cossack host, which from 1825 to 1931 was named <b>Batalpashinskaya stanitsa</b> (Russian: <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Баталпашинская станица</span></span> <i>Batalpašinskaja stanica</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and nicknamed <b>Pashinka</b> (<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Пашинка</span></span> <i>Pašinka</i>) In 1931, it was renamed <b>Batalpashinsk</b> (<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Баталпашинск</span></span> <i>Batałpašinsk</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-GR_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then in quick succession <b>Sulimov</b> (<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Сулимов</span></span> <i>Sulimov</i>) in 1934<sup id="cite_ref-GR_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for <a href="/wiki/Daniil_Sulimov" title="Daniil Sulimov">Daniil Sulimov</a>, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, and following Sulimov's execution in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Purge" title="Great Purge">Great Purge</a>, <b>Yezhovo-Cherkessk</b> (<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Ежово-Черкесск</span></span> <i>Ježovo-Čerkessk</i>) in 1937<sup id="cite_ref-GR_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov" title="Nikolai Yezhov">Nikolai Yezhov</a>, head of the NKVD. With Yezhov's arrest, the initial "Yezhovo-" was dropped, and the city received its present name in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-GR_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%9A_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%9A_-_panoramio.jpg/250px-%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%9A_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%9A_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%9A_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%9A_-_panoramio.jpg/500px-%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%A6%D0%98%D0%9A_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3232" data-file-height="2424" /></a><figcaption>Extract from the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee</figcaption></figure> <p>What is now Cherkessk was established in 1804 as a <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian</a> military fort on the <a href="/wiki/Kuban_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuban River">Kuban River</a>, what was then the border with <a href="/wiki/Circassia" title="Circassia">Circassia</a>, on the spot where in 1790 Russian troops under the command of General <a href="/wiki/Johann_Hermann_von_Fersen" title="Johann Hermann von Fersen">Johann Hermann von Fersen</a> (Ivan Ivanovich Herman fon Fersen) defeated the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> Batal Pasha.<sup id="cite_ref-GR_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In honor of the victory over Batal Pasha, the fort was named Batalpashinskaya; it was a <a href="/wiki/Redoubt" title="Redoubt">redoubt</a> surrounded by an earthen rampart and ditch.<sup id="cite_ref-GR_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (That the fort was named for an enemy leader may have led villagers to prefer the nickname <i>Pashinka</i>.) </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%22%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%22_,_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%22%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%22_%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg/250px-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%22%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%22_%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%22%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%22_%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg/330px-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%22%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%22_%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%22%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%22_%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg/500px-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%22%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%22_%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3672" data-file-height="4896" /></a><figcaption>Friendship of the People's Monument</figcaption></figure> <p>The settlement itself was founded as the <a href="/wiki/Kuban_Cossacks" title="Kuban Cossacks">Cossack</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Stanitsa" title="Stanitsa">stanitsa</a></i> of Batalpashinskaya near the Russian Army outpost. The officially recognized year of founding of Batalpashinskaya and modern Cherkessk is 1825. However, the Cossack settlers from the Khopyour and Kuban regiments began arriving in the newly organized <i>stanitsa</i> not earlier than spring of 1826.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1860, the village was designated as the administrative center of the <a href="/wiki/Batalpashinsky_Otdel" class="mw-redirect" title="Batalpashinsky Otdel">Batalpashinsky Otdel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kuban_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuban Oblast">Kuban Oblast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A decree of 30 December 1869 by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia" title="Alexander II of Russia">Tsar Alexander II</a> transformed the village into a city of Batalpashinsk but the decree was never implemented,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Batalpashinskaya remained a <i>stanitsa</i> until the Soviet times. In 1888, the village became a seat of one of Kuban's seven departments. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC,_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B2_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0,,_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%2C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B2_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg/250px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%2C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B2_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%2C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B2_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA.jpg/500px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5972" data-file-height="3951" /></a><figcaption>Monument to the Soviet Soldiers of Cherkessk</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1922, the village became the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Karachay-Cherkess_Autonomous_Oblast" title="Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast">Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast</a> of the <a href="/wiki/RSFSR" class="mw-redirect" title="RSFSR">RSFSR</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1926, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkess_National_Okrug&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cherkess National Okrug (page does not exist)">Cherkess National Okrug</a>. In 1931, it was granted town status and renamed Batalpashinsk. It received its current name of Cherkessk in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-KNAB_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KNAB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi German</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a></i> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a>) from 11 August 1942 to 17 January 1943<sup id="cite_ref-GR_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">Case Blue</a> offensive. In 1957, it became the capital of the reformed Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast which became the <a href="/wiki/Karachay%E2%80%93Cherkess_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Karachay–Cherkess Republic">Karachay–Cherkess Republic</a> in 1991 with the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_and_municipal_status">Administrative and municipal status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Administrative and municipal status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cherkessk is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital</a> of the republic.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref44_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref44-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within the <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">framework of administrative divisions</a>, it is incorporated as the <b><a href="/wiki/City_of_federal_subject_significance" title="City of federal subject significance">city of republic significance</a> of Cherkessk</b>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Karachay-Cherkess_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic">districts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref44_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref44-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">municipal division</a>, the city of republic significance of Cherkessk is incorporated as <b>Cherkessk Urban Okrug</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref735_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref735-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3_682%D0%B3-016.05_%E2%84%9656.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3_682%D0%B3-016.05_%E2%84%9656.jpg/220px-%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3_682%D0%B3-016.05_%E2%84%9656.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3_682%D0%B3-016.05_%E2%84%9656.jpg/330px-%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3_682%D0%B3-016.05_%E2%84%9656.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3_682%D0%B3-016.05_%E2%84%9656.jpg/440px-%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A3_682%D0%B3-016.05_%E2%84%9656.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2395" /></a><figcaption>Cherkessk Mosque under construction</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cerkiew_Czerkiesk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cerkiew_Czerkiesk.jpg/220px-Cerkiew_Czerkiesk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cerkiew_Czerkiesk.jpg/330px-Cerkiew_Czerkiesk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cerkiew_Czerkiesk.jpg/440px-Cerkiew_Czerkiesk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>St. Nicholas Cathedral, Cherkessk</figcaption></figure> <p>The population of Cherkessk was 129,069 in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2010)">2010 Census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 116,244 in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2002)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2002)">2002 Census</a><sup id="cite_ref-2002Census_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2002Census-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 113,060 in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1989)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Census (1989)">1989 Soviet Census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a>, native <a href="/wiki/Cherkess" class="mw-redirect" title="Cherkess">Cherkess</a> (<a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassians</a>), <a href="/wiki/Karachays" title="Karachays">Karachays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abaza_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Abaza people">Abaza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nogays" class="mw-redirect" title="Nogays">Nogays</a> and minorities of <a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1926">1926</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1926"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/First_All-Union_Census_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union">First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union</a> of 1926, inhabitants of Batalpashinsk (present-day Cherkessk) included:<sup id="cite_ref-EK_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EK-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> (82.7%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainians_in_Russia" title="Ukrainians in Russia">Ukrainians</a> (9.0%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachays" title="Karachays">Karachays</a> (0.8%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeks_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Greeks in Russia">Greeks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pontic_Greeks" title="Pontic Greeks">Pontic Greeks</a>) (0.2%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1939">1939</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1939"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1937)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Census (1937)">1937 census</a> results were suppressed and destroyed but the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Census (1939)">Soviet census of 1939</a> recorded:<sup id="cite_ref-EK_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EK-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> (87.6%)</li> <li>Ukrainians (3.6%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abazins" title="Abazins">Abazin</a> (1.5%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adyghes" class="mw-redirect" title="Adyghes">Adyghes</a> (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassian</a>) (1.4%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachays" title="Karachays">Karachays</a> (0.8%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossetians" title="Ossetians">Ossetians</a> (0.5%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nogais" title="Nogais">Nogais</a> (0.5%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontic_Greeks" title="Pontic Greeks">Greeks</a> (0.5%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1959">1959</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1959"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1959)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Census (1959)">Soviet census of 1959</a> recorded:<sup id="cite_ref-EK_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EK-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Russians (87.7%)</li> <li>Ukrainians (2.8%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassian</a> (2.1%)</li> <li>Abazins (1.8%)</li> <li>Karachays (1.6%)</li> <li>Nogais (0.4%)</li> <li>Greeks (0.4%)</li> <li>Ossetians (0.4%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1970">1970</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1970"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1970)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Census (1970)">Soviet census of 1970</a> recorded:<sup id="cite_ref-EK_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EK-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Russians (74.5%)</li> <li>Circassian (6.4%)</li> <li>Karachays (6.2%)</li> <li>Abazins (5.0%)</li> <li>Ukrainians (2.1%)</li> <li>Nogais (1.0%)</li> <li>Greeks (0.5%)</li> <li>Ossetians (0.5%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1989">1989</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1989"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 1989 data from <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1989)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Census (1989)">the final Soviet census</a>, the population of the city included:<sup id="cite_ref-EK_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EK-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Russians (67.8%)</li> <li>Circassian (9.0%)</li> <li>Karachays (7.8%)</li> <li>Abazins (6.5%)</li> <li>Ukrainians (2.2%)</li> <li>Nogais (1.2%)</li> <li>Ossetians (0.5%)</li> <li>Greeks (0.5%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2002">2002</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2002)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2002)">Russian census</a> reported the population including:<sup id="cite_ref-narod1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-narod1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> (55.5%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachays" title="Karachays">Karachays</a> (13.8%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassian</a> (12.6%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abazins" title="Abazins">Abazins</a> (8.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nogais" title="Nogais">Nogais</a> (1.5%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainians_in_Russia" title="Ukrainians in Russia">Ukrainians</a> (1.3%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossetians" title="Ossetians">Ossetians</a> (0.6%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeks_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Greeks in Russia">Greeks</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pontic_Greeks" title="Pontic Greeks">Pontic Greeks</a>) (0.4%)</li> <li>Other (6.1%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010">2010</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, the population included:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> (54.7%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachays" title="Karachays">Karachays</a> (16.4%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassian</a> (13.2%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abazins" title="Abazins">Abazins</a> (8.2%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nogais" title="Nogais">Nogais</a> (1.5%)</li> <li>Other (6.0%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2021">2021</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2021"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2021, the population included:<sup id="cite_ref-narod1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-narod1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> (45.5%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachays" title="Karachays">Karachays</a> (23.8%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassians</a> (16%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abazins" title="Abazins">Abazins</a> (9.5%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nogais" title="Nogais">Nogais</a> (1.5%)</li> <li>Other (3.7%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Cherkessk (1991-2020 normals) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.1<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.3<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.3<br />(31.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #DBFFDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65<br />(2.6) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #D6FFD6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">597<br />(23.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">88 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #AAAAA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94 </td> <td style="background: #BABA45; color:#000000;" class="notheme">118 </td> <td style="background: #BFBF2B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">190 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">232 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">258 </td> <td style="background: #EDED09; color:#000000;" class="notheme">296 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">279 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">215 </td> <td style="background: #C6C600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">156 </td> <td style="background: #B5B563; color:#000000;" class="notheme">115 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,186 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Климатические нормы<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Cherkessk </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.3<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(37.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.2<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.4<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.9<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.4<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.2<br />(22.6) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #C5FFC5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(1.51) </td> <td style="background: #CEFFCE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(1.16) </td> <td style="background: #A1FFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.5<br />(2.46) </td> <td style="background: #A5FFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.8<br />(2.28) </td> <td style="background: #4BFF4B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120.4<br />(4.74) </td> <td style="background: #6BFF6B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.7<br />(3.77) </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.7<br />(2.31) </td> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.9<br />(2.00) </td> <td style="background: #C5FFC5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.1<br />(1.46) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(1.41) </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">692.8<br />(27.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #1616FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #5858FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(4.4) </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(3.0) </td> <td style="background: #2929FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60.3<br />(23.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">93 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">72 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #B4B469; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7 </td> <td style="background: #BBBB3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2 </td> <td style="background: #C4C40B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC07; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC05; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #B6B661; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8 </td> <td style="background: #ACAC9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Climate data(Temperatures 1991-2021<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.weather2visit.com/">Weather2visit</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldweatheronline.com/">World weather online</a> (rainfall-snowfall-UV 2009-2023)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cherkessk_academy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Cherkessk_academy.jpg/250px-Cherkessk_academy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Cherkessk_academy.jpg/330px-Cherkessk_academy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Cherkessk_academy.jpg/500px-Cherkessk_academy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Cherkessk academy</figcaption></figure> <p>Cherkessk is home to the following education institutions: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Caucasian_State_Academy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="North Caucasian State Academy (page does not exist)">North Caucasian State Academy</a>: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, energy engineering, business management, accounting, finance, medical school. www.kchgta.ru<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moscow_Social_Open_University_(branch)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moscow Social Open University (branch) (page does not exist)">Moscow Social Open University (branch)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moscow_Modern_Arts_Institute_(branch)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moscow Modern Arts Institute (branch) (page does not exist)">Moscow Modern Arts Institute (branch)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rostov_State_Economic_University_(branch)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rostov State Economic University (branch) (page does not exist)">Rostov State Economic University (branch)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karachay-Cherkess_State_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karachay-Cherkess State College (page does not exist)">Karachay-Cherkess State College</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daurov_Art_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daurov Art College (page does not exist)">Daurov Art College</a>: art, interior design, music, choreography divisions</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Republican_Children_Art_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Republican Children Art School (page does not exist)">Republican Children Art School</a>: music, art, choreography divisions</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RU_TCH_DN_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/RU_TCH_DN_4.jpg/250px-RU_TCH_DN_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/RU_TCH_DN_4.jpg/330px-RU_TCH_DN_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/RU_TCH_DN_4.jpg/500px-RU_TCH_DN_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Tourism sign for Cherkessk</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Drama Theater: ethnic, modern and classical plays</li> <li>State Philharmonic: classical and ethnic orchestra performances</li> <li>Elbrus State Ensemble: ethnic North Caucasian dances, dance studio</li> <li>Ensemble of Cossack Dance and Song: ethnic performances</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The association football team <a href="/wiki/FC_Inter_Cherkessk" title="FC Inter Cherkessk">FC Inter Cherkessk</a> play at the Stadium Nart. <a href="/wiki/FC_Nart_Cherkessk" title="FC Nart Cherkessk">FC Nart Cherkessk</a> previously played there, until they were dissolved in 2004.</li> <li>The demolished Dombay Stadium or Motodrom was a <a href="/wiki/Motorcycle_speedway" title="Motorcycle speedway">motorcycle speedway</a> stadium located south of the Stadium Nart and Green Island off Ulitsa Michurina (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cherkessk&params=44_13_09_N_42_02_09_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°13′09″N</span> <span class="longitude">42°02′09″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.21917°N 42.03583°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.21917; 42.03583</span></span></span></a></span></span>). The stadium hosted important events including the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Speedway_final" title="Continental Speedway final">Continental Speedway final</a> round of the <a href="/wiki/Speedway_World_Championship" title="Speedway World Championship">Speedway World Championship</a> in 1972<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a semi final of the 1991 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.</li> <li>The Cherkessk speedway team (under various nicknames) regularly participated in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Team_Speedway_Championship" title="Russian Team Speedway Championship">Soviet Union Championship</a> from 1972 through to 1992<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then during 1993, in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Team_Speedway_Championship" title="Russian Team Speedway Championship">Russian Championship</a>, winning the bronze medal in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Safaryan" title="David Safaryan">David Safaryan</a>, World champion in freestyle wrestling representing Armenia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 12,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Speedway+Fansite&rft.atitle=Soviet+Union+%26+Russian+Team+Championship&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspeedwayfansite.com%2Fligi%2Frosyjskaliga.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACherkessk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №84-РЗ от 24 февраля 2004 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Карачаево-Черкесской Республики», в ред. Закона №34-РЗ от 5 июля 2011 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Карачаево-Черкесской Республики в связи с изменением наименования должности высшего должностного лица Карачаево-Черкесской Республики». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №36-37 (16431), 28 февраля 2004 г.</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_of_Karachay%E2%80%93Cherkessia" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Assembly of Karachay–Cherkessia">People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic</a>. Law #84-RZ of February 24, 2004 <i>On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic</i>, as amended by the Law #34-RZ of July 5, 2011 <i>On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic Due to the Change of the Title of the Top Executive Position of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic</i>. Effective as of the official publication date.).</li> <li><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №41-РЗ от 7 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципального образования города Черкесска и наделении его статусом городского округа», в ред. Закона №35-РЗ от 23 июня 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Карачаево-Черкесской Республики "Об установлении границ муниципального образования города Черкесска и наделении его статусом городского округа"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №207–208 (16602), 14 декабря 2004 г.</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_of_the_Karachay%E2%80%93Cherkess_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Assembly of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic">People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic</a>. Law #41-RZ of December 7, 2004 <i>On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formation of the Town of Cherkessk and on Granting It Urban Okrug Status</i>, as amended by the Law #35-RZ of June 23, 2014 <i>On Amending the Law of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formation of the Town of Cherkessk and on Granting It Urban Okrug Status"</i>. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherkessk&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cherkessk09.ru/">Official website of Cherkessk</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cherkessk.jsprav.ru/">Cherkessk Business Directory</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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title="Malokarachayevsky District">Malokarachayevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nogaysky_District,_Karachay-Cherkess_Republic" title="Nogaysky District, Karachay-Cherkess Republic">Nogaysky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prikubansky_District,_Karachay-Cherkess_Republic" title="Prikubansky District, Karachay-Cherkess Republic">Prikubansky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urupsky_District" title="Urupsky District">Urupsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ust-Dzhegutinsky_District" title="Ust-Dzhegutinsky District">Ust-Dzhegutinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelenchuksky_District" title="Zelenchuksky District">Zelenchuksky</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Karachay-Cherkessia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Karachay-Cherkessia"><img alt="Flag of Karachay-Cherkessia" 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title="Ust-Dzheguta">Ust-Dzheguta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Urban-type_settlement" title="Urban-type settlement">Urban-type settlements</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dombay,_Karachay-Cherkess_Republic" title="Dombay, Karachay-Cherkess Republic">Dombay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbrussky_(urban-type_settlement)" title="Elbrussky (urban-type settlement)">Elbrussky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mednogorsky" title="Mednogorsky">Mednogorsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novy_Karachay" title="Novy Karachay">Novy Karachay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordzhonikidzevsky_(urban-type_settlement)" title="Ordzhonikidzevsky (urban-type settlement)">Ordzhonikidzevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravokubansky" title="Pravokubansky">Pravokubansky</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cherkessk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elista" title="Elista">Elista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorno-Altaysk" title="Gorno-Altaysk">Gorno-Altaysk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grozny" title="Grozny">Grozny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izhevsk" title="Izhevsk">Izhevsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazan" title="Kazan">Kazan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyzyl" title="Kyzyl">Kyzyl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magas,_Russia" title="Magas, Russia">Magas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makhachkala" title="Makhachkala">Makhachkala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maykop" title="Maykop">Maykop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalchik" title="Nalchik">Nalchik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrozavodsk" title="Petrozavodsk">Petrozavodsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saransk" title="Saransk">Saransk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></i><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syktyvkar" title="Syktyvkar">Syktyvkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ufa" title="Ufa">Ufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulan-Ude" title="Ulan-Ude">Ulan-Ude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladikavkaz" title="Vladikavkaz">Vladikavkaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakutsk" title="Yakutsk">Yakutsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshkar-Ola" title="Yoshkar-Ola">Yoshkar-Ola</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup>Claimed by <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> and internationally recognized as part of Ukraine</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Capitals_of_European_states_and_territories937" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a></b>, Ireland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a></b>, Finland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></b>, Ukraine</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a></b>, Portugal</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ljubljana" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a></b>, Slovenia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></b>, United Kingdom</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_City" title="Luxembourg City">Luxembourg</a></b>, Luxembourg</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a></b>, Spain</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a></b>, Belarus</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a></b><sup>5</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b>, Russia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a></b>, Cyprus<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a></b>, Norway</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a></b>, France</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Podgorica" title="Podgorica">Podgorica</a></b>, Montenegro</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a></b>, Czech Republic</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a></b>, Iceland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a></b>, Latvia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></b>, Italy</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/City_of_San_Marino" title="City of San Marino">San Marino</a></b>, San Marino</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a></b>, Bosnia and Herzegovina</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Skopje" title="Skopje">Skopje</a></b>, North Macedonia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a></b>, Bulgaria</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></b>, Sweden</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a></b>, Estonia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a></b>, Georgia<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a></b>, Albania</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vaduz" title="Vaduz">Vaduz</a></b>, Liechtenstein</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a></b>, Malta</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></b><sup>4</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a></b>, Austria</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius</a></b>, Lithuania</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a></b>, Poland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a></b>, Armenia<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a></b>, Croatia</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States with<br />limited recognition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/North_Nicosia" title="North Nicosia">North Nicosia</a></b>, Northern Cyprus</i><sup>2</sup></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pristina" title="Pristina">Pristina</a></b>, Kosovo</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sokhumi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sokhumi">Sokhumi</a></b>, Abkhazia</i><sup>2</sup></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tiraspol" title="Tiraspol">Tiraspol</a></b>, Transnistria</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tskhinvali" title="Tskhinvali">Tskhinvali</a></b>, South Ossetia</i><sup>2</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent countries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></b></i>, England</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></b></i>, Scotland</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a></b></i>, Wales</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></b></i>, Northern Ireland</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Douglas,_Isle_of_Man" title="Douglas, Isle of Man">Douglas</a></b></i>, Isle of Man</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Episkopi_Cantonment" title="Episkopi Cantonment">Episkopi Cantonment</a></b></i>, Akrotiri and Dhekelia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></b></i>, Gibraltar</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/St_Helier" title="St Helier">St Helier</a></b></i>, Jersey</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter_Port" title="Saint Peter Port">Saint Peter Port</a></b></i>, Guernsey</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Longyearbyen" title="Longyearbyen">Longyearbyen</a></b>, Svalbard (Norway)</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/T%C3%B3rshavn" title="Tórshavn">Tórshavn</a></b>, Faroe Islands (Denmark)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Federal states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces of Austria">Austria</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bregenz" title="Bregenz">Bregenz</a></b></i>, Vorarlberg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Eisenstadt" title="Eisenstadt">Eisenstadt</a></b></i>, Burgenland</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Graz" title="Graz">Graz</a></b></i>, Styria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a></b></i>, Tyrol</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Klagenfurt" class="mw-redirect" title="Klagenfurt">Klagenfurt</a></b></i>, Carinthia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Linz" title="Linz">Linz</a></b></i>, Upper Austria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a></b></i>, Salzburg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sankt_P%C3%B6lten" title="Sankt Pölten">Sankt Pölten</a></b></i>, Lower Austria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a></b></i>, Vienna</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium#Communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" title="City of Brussels">Brussels</a></b></i>, Flemish Community and French Community</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Eupen" title="Eupen">Eupen</a></b></i>, German-speaking Community</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium#Regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" title="City of Brussels">Brussels</a></b></i>, Brussels-Capital Region and Flanders</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Namur" title="Namur">Namur</a></b></i>, Wallonia</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Political_divisions_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Banja_Luka" title="Banja Luka">Banja Luka</a></b></i> (de facto), Republika Srpska</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Br%C4%8Dko" title="Brčko">Brčko</a></b></i>, Brčko District</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a></b></i>, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">Germany</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></b></i>, Berlin</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a></b></i>, Bremen</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a></b></i>, Saxony</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a></b></i>, North Rhine-Westphalia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Erfurt" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a></b></i>, Thuringia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></b></i>, Hamburg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Hanover" title="Hanover">Hanover</a></b></i>, Lower Saxony</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a></b></i>, Schleswig-Holstein</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Magdeburg" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a></b></i>, Saxony-Anhalt</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a></b></i>, Rhineland-Palatinate</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a></b></i>, Bavaria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a></b></i>, Brandenburg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken" title="Saarbrücken">Saarbrücken</a></b></i>, Saarland</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Schwerin" title="Schwerin">Schwerin</a></b></i>, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a></b></i>, Baden-Württemberg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a></b></i>, Hesse</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">Russia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Republics_of_Russia" title="Republics of Russia">Republics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cheboksary" title="Cheboksary">Cheboksary</a></b></i>, Chuvashia</li> <li><i><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cherkessk</a></b></i>, Karachay-Cherkessia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Elista" title="Elista">Elista</a></b></i>, Kalmykia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Grozny" title="Grozny">Grozny</a></b></i>, Chechnya</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Izhevsk" title="Izhevsk">Izhevsk</a></b></i>, Udmurtia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kazan" title="Kazan">Kazan</a></b></i>, Tatarstan</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Magas,_Russia" title="Magas, Russia">Magas</a></b></i>, Ingushetia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Makhachkala" title="Makhachkala">Makhachkala</a></b></i>, Dagestan</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Maykop" title="Maykop">Maykop</a></b></i>, Adygea</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Nalchik" title="Nalchik">Nalchik</a></b></i>, Kabardino-Balkaria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Petrozavodsk" title="Petrozavodsk">Petrozavodsk</a></b></i>, Karelia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saransk" title="Saransk">Saransk</a></b></i>, Mordovia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></b></i>, Crimea (<a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Crimea" title="Political status of Crimea">disputed</a>)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Syktyvkar" title="Syktyvkar">Syktyvkar</a></b></i>, Komi</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ufa" title="Ufa">Ufa</a></b></i>, Bashkortostan</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vladikavkaz" title="Vladikavkaz">Vladikavkaz</a></b></i>, North Ossetia–Alania</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Yoshkar-Ola" title="Yoshkar-Ola">Yoshkar-Ola</a></b></i>, Mari El</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_okrugs_of_Russia" title="Autonomous okrugs of Russia">Autonomous okrugs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Naryan-Mar" title="Naryan-Mar">Naryan-Mar</a></b></i>, Nenets</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Krais_of_Russia" title="Krais of Russia">Krais</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Krasnodar" title="Krasnodar">Krasnodar</a></b></i>, Krasnodar Krai</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Perm,_Russia" title="Perm, Russia">Perm</a></b></i>, Perm Krai</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Stavropol" title="Stavropol">Stavropol</a></b></i>, Stavropol Krai</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Russia" title="Oblasts of Russia">Oblasts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Arkhangelsk" title="Arkhangelsk">Arkhangelsk</a></b></i>, Arkhangelsk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Astrakhan" title="Astrakhan">Astrakhan</a></b></i>, Astrakhan Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Belgorod" title="Belgorod">Belgorod</a></b></i>, Belgorod Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bryansk" title="Bryansk">Bryansk</a></b></i>, Bryansk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ivanovo" title="Ivanovo">Ivanovo</a></b></i>, Ivanovo Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad" title="Kaliningrad">Kaliningrad</a></b></i>, Kaliningrad Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kaluga" title="Kaluga">Kaluga</a></b></i>, Kaluga Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kirov,_Kirov_Oblast" title="Kirov, Kirov Oblast">Kirov</a></b></i>, Kirov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kostroma" title="Kostroma">Kostroma</a></b></i>, Kostroma Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Krasnogorsk,_Moscow_Oblast" title="Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast">Krasnogorsk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b></i>, Moscow Oblast (de facto)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Kursk">Kursk</a></b></i>, Kursk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lipetsk" title="Lipetsk">Lipetsk</a></b></i>, Lipetsk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Murmansk" title="Murmansk">Murmansk</a></b></i>, Murmansk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod" title="Nizhny Novgorod">Nizhny Novgorod</a></b></i>, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Orenburg" title="Orenburg">Orenburg</a></b></i>, Orenburg Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Oryol" title="Oryol">Oryol</a></b></i>, Oryol Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Penza" title="Penza">Penza</a></b></i>, Penza Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pskov" title="Pskov">Pskov</a></b></i>, Pskov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don" title="Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don</a></b></i>, Rostov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ryazan" title="Ryazan">Ryazan</a></b></i>, Ryazan Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Gatchina" title="Gatchina">Gatchina</a></b></i>, Leningrad Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Samara" title="Samara">Samara</a></b></i>, Samara Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saratov" title="Saratov">Saratov</a></b></i>, Saratov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Smolensk" title="Smolensk">Smolensk</a></b></i>, Smolensk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tambov" title="Tambov">Tambov</a></b></i>, Tambov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tula,_Russia" title="Tula, Russia">Tula</a></b></i>, Tula Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tver" title="Tver">Tver</a></b></i>, Tver Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ulyanovsk" title="Ulyanovsk">Ulyanovsk</a></b></i>, Ulyanovsk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Veliky_Novgorod" title="Veliky Novgorod">Veliky Novgorod</a></b></i>, Novgorod Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vladimir,_Russia" title="Vladimir, Russia">Vladimir</a></b></i>, Vladimir Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Volgograd" title="Volgograd">Volgograd</a></b></i>, Volgograd Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vologda" title="Vologda">Vologda</a></b></i>, Vologda Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Voronezh" title="Voronezh">Voronezh</a></b></i>, Voronezh Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Yaroslavl" title="Yaroslavl">Yaroslavl</a></b></i>, Yaroslavl Oblast</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_cities_of_Russia" title="Federal cities of Russia">Federal cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a></b></i> (<a 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title="Palermo">Palermo</a></b></i>, Sicily</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Trento" title="Trento">Trento</a></b></i>, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Aosta" title="Aosta">Aosta</a></b></i>, Aosta Valley</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Trieste" title="Trieste">Trieste</a></b></i>, Friuli Venezia Giulia</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Autonomous_regions53" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_regions_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous regions of Portugal">Autonomous regions</a></th><td 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