Editing Cherkessk

{{Short description|City in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia}}
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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).

==Names==
In Russian, the city is called {{lang|ru|Черке́сск}} (''Čerkessk'')<ref name=KNAB>{{cite web|url=http://www.eki.ee/knab/p_mm_en.htm |title=KNAB, the Place Names Database of EKI |publisher=Eki.ee |access-date=2015-02-20}}</ref> and has similar names in the languages of the city's other major ethnic groups.  In [[Karachay language|Karachay]], it is {{lang|krc|Черкесск}} (''Çerkessk'')<ref name=KNAB/> or {{lang|krc|Черкесск шахар}} (''Çerkessk şahar''); in [[Kabardian language|Kabardian]], it is {{lang|kbd|Шэрджэс къалэ}} (''Şărdjăs qală'') or {{lang|kbd|Черке́сск}} (''Čerkessk'');<ref name=KNAB/> in [[Abaza language|Abaza]], it is {{lang|abq|Черкес къала}} (''Čerkes q̇ala'') or {{lang|abq|Черкесск}} (''Čerkessk'');<ref name=KNAB/> in [[Nogai language|Nogai]], it is {{lang|nog|Шеркеш шахар}} (''Şerkeş şahar'') and in [[Chechen language|Chechen]], it is {{lang|ce|Черкесск}} (''Čerkessk'').

For its first century of existence, Cherkessk was a ''[[stanitsa]]'', a village inside a Cossack host, which from 1825 to 1931 was named '''Batalpashinskaya stanitsa''' (Russian: {{lang|ru|Баталпашинская станица}} ''Batalpašinskaja stanica'')<ref name=KNAB/> and nicknamed '''Pashinka''' ({{lang|ru|Пашинка}} ''Pašinka'')  In 1931, it was renamed '''Batalpashinsk''' ({{lang|ru|Баталпашинск}} ''Batałpašinsk''),<ref name=GR>[http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/city_of_russia/1196/Черкесск Города России: Черкесск. Энциклопедия] — М.: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. И. Кондратьева, 1994. {{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref name=KNAB/> and then in quick succession '''Sulimov''' ({{lang|ru|Сулимов}} ''Sulimov'') in 1934<ref name=GR/><ref name=KNAB/> for [[Daniil Sulimov]], Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, and following Sulimov's execution in the [[Great Purge]], '''Yezhovo-Cherkessk''' ({{lang|ru|Ежово-Черкесск}} ''Ježovo-Čerkessk'') in 1937<ref name=GR/><ref name=KNAB/> for [[Nikolai Yezhov]], head of the NKVD.  With Yezhov's arrest, the initial "Yezhovo-" was dropped, and the city received its present name in 1939.<ref name=GR/><ref name=KNAB/>

==History==

[[File:Важная выписка из постановления ВЦИК - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Extract from the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee]]

What is now Cherkessk was established in 1804 as a [[Russian Empire|Russian]] military fort on the [[Kuban River]], what was then the border with [[Circassia]], on the spot where in 1790 Russian troops under the command of General [[Johann Hermann von Fersen]] (Ivan Ivanovich Herman fon Fersen) defeated the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Batal Pasha.<ref name=GR/>  In honor of the victory over Batal Pasha, the fort was named Batalpashinskaya; it was a [[redoubt]] surrounded by an earthen rampart and ditch.<ref name=GR/>  (That the fort was named for an enemy leader may have led villagers to prefer the nickname ''Pashinka''.)

[[File:Памятник "Дружба народов" , Черкесск.jpg|thumb|left|Friendship of the People's Monument]]

The settlement itself was founded as the [[Kuban Cossacks|Cossack]] ''[[stanitsa]]'' 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 ''stanitsa'' not earlier than spring of 1826.<ref>В. А. Колесников. Былое Невинного Мыса. К 185-летию переселения Хопёрского казачьего полка на Кубань и основания станицы Невиномысской. Ставрополь. «ЮРКИТ» 2011. {{in lang|ru}}</ref> In 1860, the village was designated as the administrative center of the [[Batalpashinsky Otdel]] of the [[Kuban Oblast]].<ref name=GR/>  A decree of 30 December 1869 by [[Alexander II of Russia|Tsar Alexander II]] transformed the village into a city of Batalpashinsk but the decree was never implemented,<ref>Филиппов Е. В. Город Баталпашинск: проекты и реалии. {{in lang|ru}}</ref> and Batalpashinskaya remained a ''stanitsa'' until the Soviet times.  In 1888, the village became a seat of one of Kuban's seven departments.

[[File:Памятник советским воинам, погибшим в годы Великой Отечественной войны площадь Кирова,, Черкесск.jpg|thumb|Monument to the Soviet Soldiers of Cherkessk]]

In 1922, the village became the seat of the [[Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast]] of the [[RSFSR]],<ref name=GR/> and in 1926, the [[Cherkess National Okrug]].  In 1931, it was granted town status and renamed Batalpashinsk.  It received its current name of Cherkessk in 1939.<ref name=KNAB/>  The city was occupied by the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' during [[World War II]] (the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]]) from 11 August 1942 to 17 January 1943<ref name=GR/> as part of the [[Case Blue]] offensive.  In 1957, it became the capital of the reformed Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast which became the [[Karachay–Cherkess Republic]] in 1991 with the fall of the [[Soviet Union]].

==Administrative and municipal status==
Cherkessk is the [[capital city|capital]] of the republic.<ref name="Ref44">Law #84-RZ</ref> Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it is incorporated as the '''[[city of federal subject significance|city of republic significance]] of Cherkessk'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic|districts]].<ref name="Ref44" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the city of republic significance of Cherkessk is incorporated as '''Cherkessk Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref735">Law #41-RZ</ref>

==Population==

[[File:ЗиУ 682г-016.05 №56.jpg|thumb|Cherkessk Mosque under construction]]

[[File:Cerkiew Czerkiesk.jpg|thumb|St. Nicholas Cathedral, Cherkessk]]

The population of Cherkessk was 129,069 in the [[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]],<ref name="2010Census"/> 116,244 in the [[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]]<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref> and 113,060 in the [[Soviet Census (1989)|1989 Soviet Census]].<ref>{{ru-pop-ref|1989Census}}</ref>

===Ethnic groups===
The city is inhabited by [[Russians]], native [[Cherkess]] ([[Circassians]]), [[Karachays]], [[Abaza people|Abaza]], [[Nogays]] and minorities of [[Ukrainians]], [[Greeks]] and [[Armenians]].

====1926====
According to the [[First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union]] of 1926, inhabitants of Batalpashinsk (present-day Cherkessk) included:<ref name=EK>[http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnkchr.html Этнокавказ. Национальный состав КЧР по переписям 1926—2002] {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
*[[Russians]] (82.7%)
*[[Ukrainians in Russia|Ukrainians]] (9.0%)
*[[Karachays]] (0.8%)
*[[Greeks in Russia|Greeks]] ([[Pontic Greeks]]) (0.2%)

====1939====
The [[Soviet Census (1937)|1937 census]] results were suppressed and destroyed but the [[Soviet Census (1939)|Soviet census of 1939]] recorded:<ref name=EK/>
*[[Russians]] (87.6%)
*Ukrainians (3.6%)
*[[Abazins|Abazin]] (1.5%)
*[[Adyghes]] (i.e. [[Circassians|Circassian]]) (1.4%)
*[[Karachays]] (0.8%)
*[[Ossetians]] (0.5%)
*[[Nogais]] (0.5%)
*[[Pontic Greeks|Greeks]] (0.5%)

====1959====
The [[Soviet Census (1959)|Soviet census of 1959]] recorded:<ref name=EK/>
*Russians (87.7%)
*Ukrainians (2.8%)
*[[Circassians|Circassian]] (2.1%)
*Abazins (1.8%)
*Karachays (1.6%)
*Nogais (0.4%)
*Greeks (0.4%)
*Ossetians (0.4%)

====1970====
The [[Soviet Census (1970)|Soviet census of 1970]] recorded:<ref name=EK/>
*Russians (74.5%)
*Circassian (6.4%)
*Karachays (6.2%)
*Abazins (5.0%)
*Ukrainians (2.1%)
*Nogais (1.0%)
*Greeks (0.5%)
*Ossetians (0.5%)

====1989====
According to the 1989 data from [[Soviet Census (1989)|the final Soviet census]], the population of the city included:<ref name=EK/>
*Russians (67.8%)
*Circassian (9.0%)
*Karachays (7.8%)
*Abazins (6.5%)
*Ukrainians (2.2%)
*Nogais (1.2%)
*Ossetians (0.5%)
*Greeks (0.5%)

====2002====
In 2002, the [[Russian Census (2002)|Russian census]] reported the population including:<ref name="narod1">{{cite web |title=Население по национальной принадлежности, владению русским языком и его использованию по городским и муниципальным округам КЧР |url=https://26.rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%203.%20%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD,%20%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8E%20%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%20%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%20%D0%B8%20%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%20%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8E%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%20%D0%B8%20%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%20%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BC%20%D0%9A%D0%A7%D0%A0.xlsx |access-date=4 July 2023 |publisher=Rosstat}}</ref>
*[[Russians]] (55.5%)
*[[Karachays]] (13.8%)
*[[Circassians|Circassian]] (12.6%)
*[[Abazins]] (8.1%)
*[[Nogais]] (1.5%)
*[[Ukrainians in Russia|Ukrainians]]  (1.3%)
*[[Ossetians]] (0.6%)
*[[Greeks in Russia|Greeks]] ([[Pontic Greeks]]) (0.4%)
*Other (6.1%)

====2010====
In 2010, the population included:{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
*[[Russians]] (54.7%)
*[[Karachays]] (16.4%)
*[[Circassians|Circassian]] (13.2%)
*[[Abazins]] (8.2%)
*[[Nogais]] (1.5%)
*Other (6.0%)

====2021====
In 2021, the population included:<ref name="narod1" />
*[[Russians]] (45.5%)
*[[Karachays]] (23.8%)
*[[Circassians]] (16%)
*[[Abazins]] (9.5%)
*[[Nogais]] (1.5%)
*Other (3.7%)

==Climate==
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| location = Cherkessk (1991-2020 normals)
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| Jan mean C  =-2.1
| Feb mean C  =-1.3
| Mar mean C  =3.6
| Apr mean C  =9.7
| May mean C  =15.1
| Jun mean C  =19.1
| Jul mean C  =21.8
| Aug mean C  =21.4
| Sep mean C  =16.6
| Oct mean C  =10.6
| Nov mean C  =3.8
| Dec mean C  =-0.3
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| Jan precipitation mm  =22
| Feb precipitation mm  =22
| Mar precipitation mm  =37
| Apr precipitation mm  =52
| May precipitation mm  =79
| Jun precipitation mm  =98
| Jul precipitation mm  =64
| Aug precipitation mm  =65
| Sep precipitation mm  =52
| Oct precipitation mm  =47
| Nov precipitation mm  =32
| Dec precipitation mm  =27
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| Feb precipitation days  =5
| Mar precipitation days  =7
| Apr precipitation days  =8
| May precipitation days  =10
| Jun precipitation days  =11
| Jul precipitation days  =8
| Aug precipitation days  =7
| Sep precipitation days  =7
| Oct precipitation days  =7
| Nov precipitation days  =6
| Dec precipitation days  =6
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| Jan sun  =94
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| Oct sun  =156
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|source = Климатические нормы<ref>{{cite web |title=Climatic Norms |url=https://meteoinfo.ru/climatcities |language =Russian |website=meteoinfo |publisher=Hydrometeo Center of Russia|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>

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| Jan high C  =2.1
| Feb high C  =3.9
| Mar high C  =8.2
| Apr high C  =14.0
| May high C  =18.7
| Jun high C  =22.6
| Jul high C  =25.6
| Aug high C  =26.1
| Sep high C  =20.9
| Oct high C  =14.9
| Nov high C  =8.8
| Dec high C  =3.8
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| Feb mean C  =-1.3
| Mar mean C  =2.9
| Apr mean C  =8.7
| May mean C  =13.9
| Jun mean C  =18.1
| Jul mean C  =20.9
| Aug mean C  =21.0
| Sep mean C  =15.9
| Oct mean C  =9.7
| Nov mean C  =3.3
| Dec mean C  =-1.2
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| Jan low C  =-7.4
| Feb low C  =-5.9
| Mar low C  =-2.4
| Apr low C  =2.7
| May low C  =8.1
| Jun low C  =12.3
| Jul low C  =15.1
| Aug low C  =15.4
| Sep low C  =10.7
| Oct low C  =5.1
| Nov low C  =-0.8
| Dec low C  =-5.2
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| Jan rain mm  =38.3
| Feb rain mm  =29.5
| Mar rain mm  =62.5
| Apr rain mm  =57.8
| May rain mm  =120.4
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| Jul rain mm  =58.7
| Aug rain mm  =46
| Sep rain mm  =60
| Oct rain mm  =50.9
| Nov rain mm  =37.1
| Dec rain mm  =35.9

| Jan snow cm  = 15.6
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| Jan rain days  =9
| Feb rain days  =7
| Mar rain days  =9
| Apr rain days  =7
| May rain days  =13
| Jun rain days  =12
| Jul rain days  =7
| Aug rain days  =6
| Sep rain days  =6
| Oct rain days  =5
| Nov rain days  =5
| Dec rain days  =7
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| Jan humidity    =83
| Feb humidity    =79
| Mar humidity    =75
| Apr humidity    =67
| May humidity    =67
| Jun humidity    =67
| Jul humidity    =64
| Aug humidity    =66
| Sep humidity    =67
| Oct humidity    =74
| Nov humidity    =78
| Dec humidity    =82
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| Jand sun  =3.7
| Febd sun  =4.2
| Mard sun  =4.8
| Aprd sun  =6.2
| Mayd sun  =7.8
| Jund sun  =9.1
| Juld sun  =9.3
| Augd sun  =9.2
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| Octd sun  =5.9
| Novd sun  =3.8
| Decd sun  =3.1
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|source = Climate data(Temperatures 1991-2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Cherkessk Climate |url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/russian-federation/karachay-cherkessia/cherkessk-19547/ |website=Climate data |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>)[https://www.weather2visit.com/ Weather2visit],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.weather2visit.com/europe/russia/cherkessk.htm |title=Cherkessk monthly weather averages |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=weather2visit}}</ref> [https://www.worldweatheronline.com/ World weather online] (rainfall-snowfall-UV 2009-2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual weather averages - Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkess, RU |url=https://www.worldweatheronline.com/cherkessk-weather-averages/karachay-cherkess/ru.aspx |website=World Weather Online |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>

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==Education==

[[File:Cherkessk academy.jpg|thumb|Cherkessk academy]]

Cherkessk is home to the following education institutions:
*[[North Caucasian State Academy]]: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, energy engineering, business management, accounting, finance, medical school. www.kchgta.ru<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kchgta.ru |title=Северо-Кавказская государственная гуманитарно-технологическая академия {{pipe}} СевКавГГТА |publisher=Kchgta.ru |date=2013-09-30 |access-date=2013-10-19}}</ref>
*[[Moscow Social Open University (branch)]]
*[[Moscow Modern Arts Institute (branch)]]
*[[Rostov State Economic University (branch)]]
*[[Karachay-Cherkess State College]]
*[[Daurov Art College]]: art, interior design, music, choreography divisions
*[[Republican Children Art School]]: music, art, choreography divisions

==Culture==
[[File:RU TCH DN 4.jpg|thumb|Tourism sign for Cherkessk]]
*Drama Theater: ethnic, modern and classical plays
*State Philharmonic: classical and ethnic orchestra performances
*Elbrus State Ensemble: ethnic North Caucasian dances, dance studio
*Ensemble of Cossack Dance and Song: ethnic performances

== Sport ==
*The association football team [[FC Inter Cherkessk]] play at the Stadium Nart. [[FC Nart Cherkessk]] previously played there, until they were dissolved in 2004.
*The demolished Dombay Stadium or Motodrom was a [[motorcycle speedway]] stadium located south of the Stadium Nart and Green Island off Ulitsa Michurina ({{coord|44|13|09|N|42|02|09|E}}). The stadium hosted important events including the [[Continental Speedway final]] round of the [[Speedway World Championship]] in 1972<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm |title=World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=World Championship  | website=Speedway.org |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> and a semi final of the 1991 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.
*The Cherkessk speedway team (under various nicknames) regularly participated in the [[Russian Team Speedway Championship|Soviet Union Championship]] from 1972 through to 1992<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmzsrr.php |title=Soviet Union Team Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> and then during 1993, in the [[Russian Team Speedway Championship|Russian Championship]], winning the bronze medal in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmrosji.php |title=Russian Team Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/ligi/rosyjskaliga.html |title=Soviet Union & Russian Team Championship |website=Speedway Fansite |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[David Safaryan]], World champion in freestyle wrestling representing Armenia

==References==
===Notes===
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===Sources===
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==External links==
*[https://cherkessk09.ru/ Official website of Cherkessk] {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://cherkessk.jsprav.ru/ Cherkessk Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}

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