Orbelyanovka

Orbelyanovka (Russian: Орбельяновка, German: Orbeljanowka) is a rural locality (a selo) in Stavropol Krai, in southern Russia.

Location

Orbelyanovka is located in the North Caucasus, around 20 km west of Mineralnye Vody, and around 25 km northwest of the health resort city Pyatigorsk. The village lies on the right bank of Kuma River at 400 m above the sea level, to the north of the so-called Camel Mountain with two distinctive humps.

History

Orbelyanovka was founded in 1868 by German Christians affiliated with the Temple Society.[1]

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References
  1. Damals am Kaukasus. Ein Erzählbuch über Entstehung, Blütezeit und Untergangs der deutschen Tempelsiedlungen im Nordkaukasus-Gebiet. Tempelgesellschaft in Deutschland, Stuttgart 2001, S. 46, 57.



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