Teberda
43°26′38″N 41°44′43″E / 43.44389°N 41.74528°E
Teberda (Russian: Теберда́, Karachay-Balkar: Теберди, Teberdi) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk in the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia, located in the Caucasus Mountains 105 kilometers (65 mi) south of Cherkessk at the elevation of about 1,280 meters (4,200 ft). Population: 9,058 (2010 Census);[1] 7,827 (2002 Census);[2] 8,840 (1989 Soviet census).[3] The Teberda River flows through the town. It is the gateway to the Teberda Nature Reserve, an area is known for its natural environment and hiking trails.[citation needed]
History
[edit]It was founded in 1868 as a Karachay settlement, and was originally called Baychoralany-Kyabak. Town status was granted to it in 1971. During WWII, in 1942, hundreds of local Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetred by Germans.[4]
From 1944 till 1957 Teberda was part of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.[5][6]
Demographics
[edit]In 2002, the population included:[7]
- Karachays (64.0%)
- Russians (29.1%)
- Ossetians (1.1%)
- all other ethnicities comprising less than 1% of population each.
References
[edit]- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
- ^ "Yahad - in Unum".
- ^ "Map of Georgian SSR, 1950".
- ^ Minority Rights Group International (May 2018). "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Russian Federation : Karachay and Cherkess".
- ^ "Карачаевская городская администрация 2002".
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