Editing Cherkessk (section)

{{Short description|City in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
| en_name                 = Cherkessk
| ru_name                 = Черкесск
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| image1 = The city of Cherkessk.jpg
| image2 = Никольский собор, Черкесск, КЧР.jpg
| image3 = Памятник "Дружба народов" , Черкесск 02.jpg
| image4 = Мечеть в Черкесске.jpg
| image5 = Cherkessk - Cinema building.jpg
| footer = From the top to bottom-right, Aerial view of the City, Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Friendship Monument, Central Mosque, [[Soviet Union|Soviet-Era]] Cinema Building}}
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| federal_subject         = [[Karachay-Cherkess Republic]]
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| adm_inhabloc_jur        = [[city of federal subject significance|city of republic significance]] of Cherkessk
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| capital_of              = Karachay-Cherkess Republic
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| urban_okrug_jur         = Cherkessk Urban Okrug
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| mun_admctr_of1          = Cherkessk Urban Okrug 
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| leader_title            = Mayor
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| leader_name             = Alexey Baskaev
| leader_name_ref         =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.rambler.ru/other/44377186-glavoy-cherkesska-izbran-byvshiy-zammera-goroda-aleksey-baskaev/|title=Главой Черкесска избран бывший заммэра города Алексей Баскаев|date=June 19, 2020 }}</ref> 
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| area_km2                = 69.8
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| pop_2010census          = 129069
| pop_2010census_rank     = 127th
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| pop_density             = 1849.12
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| established_date        = 1825
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| current_cat_date        = 1931
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| postal_codes            = 3690XX
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| dialing_codes           = 8782
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| website                 = http://cherkessk09.ru/
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'''Cherkessk''' ({{langx|ru|Черке́сск}}; [[Adyghe language|Adyghe]]: Шэрджэс къалэ; [[Kabardian language|Kabardian]]: Черкес-къалэ) is the [[capital city]] of [[Karachay-Cherkessia]], [[Russia]], as well as its political, economic, and cultural center. Population: {{ru-census2010|129,069|.}} 112,782 (2024).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosstat2024 |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%A1hisl_MO_01-01-2024.xlsx}}</ref>

It was previously known as ''Batalpashinskaya'' (until 1931), ''Batalpashinsk''  (until 1934), ''Sulimov'' (until 1937), ''Yezhovo-Cherkessk'' (until 1939).