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1922. It was split into Karachay Autonomous Oblast and

Cherkess National District on April 26, 1926. Cherkess National District was elevated to an autonomous oblast status on April 30, 1928. In 1943, Karachay Autonomous Oblast was abolished and the Karachay population was deported to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan accused of collaboration with the Nazis. Most of the Karchay territory was split between Stavropol Krai and Georgia. The remaining territory populated by the Cherkessians was known as Cherkess Autonomous Oblast until January 9, 1957 when it was re-established into Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast in its former borders due to the re-habilitation of the Karachay. On July 3, 1991, the autonomous oblast was elevated to the status of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia (under the jurisdiction of the Russian SFSR). With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the words "Autonomous Soviet Socialist" was dropped from the name.

of
Big Caucasus, to the east and
north from

Elbrus, part of
North Caucasian Federal District.
The length of republic territory
from north to south is 140 km,
from west to east - 170 km. The
republic borders on the Krasnodar
Territory in the west, the Stavropol
Territory in the north and northeast,
the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
in the east, and Georgia and Abhazia
in the south.

is situated on the right bank of the Kuban

River. It is a railway station on the way Nevinnomysk-
Dzheguta from the way Armavir-Baku. Cherkessk is divided
into three districts: central, southern and northern. The
central one consists of the most ancient buildings with
curved streets of a Cossack village. It is an industrial,
administrative, and culture centre of the city. The biggest
public buildings are located here: the House of the
Soviets, regional library, the Drama theatre. A park A
green island, located in the flood bed of the Kuban
River, is a part of the district. The northern district is
primarily industrial, the southern the place of manors
build up. There are put up monuments to V.I. Lenin, to
The Hero of the Civil War, to Y.F.Balakhonov in the city.
Cherkessk is a cultural centre of the Republic. There
is a technological institute, the institute of economy,
history, and literature in the city. There is also a
regional natural museum-reserve, established in 1918.

as a Russian
military fortress on the Kuban boundary,

where
Russian army under General I.I.Herman
defeated 40-thousands Turkish army Batal-
Pashy in 1790. In honour of this victory,
Batalpashinskaya village was established,
meaning it is situated on the place Batal-
Pasha defeat. The village has been an
administrative centre of the Kuban region since
1880. It has become a city Batalpashinsk since
1931. In 1934 the city was renamed into Sulimov
after the chairman of the Council of People's
Commissars. Sulimov was arrested in 1937 and
the city was renamed into Ezhovo-Cherkessk
after N.I. Ezhov, an executive of arrests and
decimations. In 1939 Ezhov was arrested as well,
and the city has kept its second part Cherkessk,
the centre of Cherkessia. It has been the centre
of the Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region 
since 1957, and since 1991 it has been the capital
of the Karachayevo-Cherkessian Republic.

with short
winters and long and warm
summers. The

average
temperature in January is
-3°C, and the average
temperature in July is +22°C.
The highest recorded
temperature is +39°C, and
the lowest is -29°C.

and tourism. It is the place where a man

can merge with nature.

is mountainous.

and forests, hospitable people are our pride.

The republic has an abundance of water resources. 172

small and large rivers flow through the republic, the largest is Kuban, Bolshoi and Maly Zelenchuk, Urup, and Laba rivers. There are about 130 glacial alpine lakes and numerous alpine waterfalls.

roe deer, bears, squirrels, foxes, muskrats, martens, mink, jackals,

wolves, raccoon dogs, European hares, otters, forest cats, badgers, lynx, grey partridge, pheasants, Caucasian grouse, Caucasian snow cocks, and ducks. Flora includes more than 1,260 different plants (235 of them endemic).

in our republic.

to visit. It is the Face of the Christ

on a rock in Arkhyz.

places in the world. Welcome to our republic!