Kizlyar

Kizlyar (Russian: Кизля́р) (Chechen: ГӀизлар) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the border with the Chechen Republic in the delta of the Terek River 221 kilometers (137 mi) northwest of Makhachkala, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 48,984.[2]

For other uses, see Kizlyar (disambiguation).

Kizlyar Кизляр
Town[1]
Kizlyar Station
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Kizlyar
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Coordinates: 43°51′N 46°43′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Dagestan[1]
First mentioned	1609
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	48,984
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	48,907 (-0.2%)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Town of Kizlyar[1]
• Capital of	Kizlyarsky District[1], Town of Kizlyar[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Kizlyar Urban Okrug[4]
• Capital of	Kizlyar Urban Okrug[4], Kizlyarsky Municipal District
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	368830–368833, 368839, 368886
OKTMO ID	82730000001
Website	mo-kizlyar.ru

Etymology

According to some researchers, the name of the city comes from an old name for the Terek River. Another translation of the name Kizlyar is from an unspecified Turkic language, meaning "girls".[lower-alpha 1] According to Vyacheslav Nikonov, correct translation of this Turkic toponym is "red cliff".[lower-alpha 2][7]

History

The first documented reference to Kizlyar dates back to 1609, although some historians associate the place with Samandar, the 8th-century capital of Khazaria. In 1735 the Russian government built a fortress in Kizlyar and laid foundations for the Caucasus fortified borderline. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Kizlyar operated as one of the trading posts between Russia and the Middle East and Central Asia. During this period, the population was largely Armenian and Russian. In 1796 2,800 Armenians and 1,000 Russians lived in Kizlyar.[8]Germany took Kizlyar briefly in 1942.

In January 1996 Chechen separatists raided the local airbase in the course of the Kizlyar raid, which claimed the lives of seventy-eight Russian soldiers.

On 18 February 2018 five people were killed and five wounded after a shooting attack took place outside a Christian church in Kizlyar. Police killed the attacker in a shootout.[9][10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kizlyar serves as the administrative center of Kizlyarsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one urban-type settlement (Komsomolsky) and one rural locality (the railway crossing loop of No. 17), incorporated separately as the Town of Kizlyar—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Kizlyar is incorporated as Kizlyar Urban Okrug.[4]

Demographics

Kizlyar population

2010 Census	48,984[2]
2002 Census	48,457[11]
1989 Census	39,748[12]
1979 Census	31,320[13]

As of the 2002 Census, the town's ethnic composition was as follows:[14]

• Russians (48.6%)
• Avars (15.4%)
• Dargins (11.7%)
• Kumyks (5.0%)
• Lezgins (4.0%)
• Laks (3.2%)
• Azerbaijanis (1.8%)
• Nogais (1.4%)
• Tabasarans (1.3%)
• Rutuls (1.3%)
• Chechens (1.1%)

Economy

In the early 19th century, Kizlyar became a center of viticulture and wine making. The local cognac factory (Kizlyar Brandy Factory) produces a variety of alcoholic beverages but specializes primarily in a regional variant of brandy, marketed throughout Russia as "cognac". Kizlyarka is a type of grape vodka produced in Kizlyar. Kizlyar is also known for traditional knife, dagger, and saber making.

Climate

Kizlyar has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk).

Climate data for Kizlyar
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	1.0 (33.8)	2.2 (36.0)	7.3 (45.1)	16.3 (61.3)	23.1 (73.6)	27.7 (81.9)	30.2 (86.4)	29.6 (85.3)	23.9 (75.0)	16.5 (61.7)	9.1 (48.4)	3.7 (38.7)	15.9 (60.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−2.2 (28.0)	−1.3 (29.7)	3.5 (38.3)	11.1 (52.0)	17.8 (64.0)	22.4 (72.3)	25.1 (77.2)	24.3 (75.7)	18.8 (65.8)	12.0 (53.6)	5.7 (42.3)	0.9 (33.6)	11.5 (52.7)
Average low °C (°F)	−5.7 (21.7)	−4.3 (24.3)	−0.3 (31.5)	6.0 (42.8)	12.5 (54.5)	17.1 (62.8)	20.0 (68.0)	19.0 (66.2)	13.8 (56.8)	7.6 (45.7)	2.4 (36.3)	−1.9 (28.6)	7.2 (44.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	17 (0.7)	19 (0.7)	20 (0.8)	31 (1.2)	39 (1.5)	47 (1.9)	28 (1.1)	23 (0.9)	30 (1.2)	31 (1.2)	28 (1.1)	21 (0.8)	334 (13.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org [15]

Twin towns and sister cities

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Kizlyar has sister city relationships with:[16]

• Baku, Azerbaijan
• Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia
• Azov, Rostov Oblast, Russia

Notable people

• Roman Bagration (1778–1834), general in the Imperial Russian Army
• Romanos Melikian (1883–1935), composer
• Rasul Mirzaev (born 1986), mixed martial artist
• Emma Hagieva (born 1989), figure skater
• Tagir Gadzhiev (born 1994), Russian international Rugby player.

Notes

1. Kiz — "girl"; lar — plural.
2. Kizl — "red"; yar — "cliff".

References

St. George church in Kizlyar

1. Law #16
2. 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.
3. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
4. Law #6
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
7. Tvordyy, Alexander Vasilievich (2006). Топонимический словарь Северного Кавказа (in Russian) (1, 2 ed.). Krasnodar: Краснодарское книжное издательство.
8. Jane Burbank and David L. Ransel, Imperial Russia: New Histories of the Empire (Indiana University Press, 1998), 160.
9. TASS. "TASS: World - Four killed, four wounded by unidentified shooter in Dagestan's Kizlyar". Retrieved 18th February 2018.
10. BBC News. "Dagestan church shooting leaves five dead in Kizlyar". Retrieved 18th February 2018.
11. Russian 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).
12. "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.
13. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России" [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
14. http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/kizlyar02.html
15. "Climate: Kizlyar". Retrieved February 27, 2016.
16. Kizlyar official site Archived March 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

Sources

• Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №16 от 10 апреля 2002 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №106 от 30 декабря 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №81, 12 апреля 2002 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #16 of April 10, 2002 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law #106 of December 30, 2013 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №6 от 13 января 2005 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №43 от 30 апреля 2015 г. «О статусе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала", статусе и границах внутригородских районов в составе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала" и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №8, 15 февраля 2005 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #6 of January 13, 2005 On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law #43 of April 30, 2015 On the Status of the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, the Status and the Borders of the Intra-City Districts Comprising the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).