Kizlyar

For other uses of "Kizlyar", see Kizlyar (disambiguation).

Kizlyar (English) Кизляр (Russian)
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Location of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia
Kizlyar Location of Kizlyar in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates:
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Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of December 2013)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan
Administratively subordinated to	Town of Kizlyar
Administrative center of	Kizlyarsky District, Town of Kizlyar
Municipal status (as of April 2015)
Urban okrug	Kizlyar Urban Okrug
Administrative center of	Kizlyar Urban Okrug, Kizlyarsky Municipal District
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	48,984 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
First mentioned	1609
Postal code(s)	368830–368833, 368839, 368886
Official website
[[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Kizlyar]] on Wikimedia Commons

Kizlyar (Russian: Кизля́р) 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.

History

The first 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 was 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, there were 2,800 Armenians and 1,000 Russians living in Kizlyar.

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

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. 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. As a municipal division, the Town of Kizlyar is incorporated as Kizlyar Urban Okrug.

Demographics

Kizlyar population

2010 Census	48,984
2002 Census	48,457
1989 Census	39,748
1979 Census	31,320

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

• 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

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Kizlyarka vodka

In the early 19th century, Kizlyar became a center of viticulture and wine making. The local "cognac factory" (Кизлярский коньячный завод) 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.

Twin towns and sister cities

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

Kizlyar has sister city relationships with:

• 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

References

File:Свято-Георгиевский храм г. Кизляр.jpg

St. George church in Kizlyar

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.).