Adygeysk (russian: Адыге́йск; ady, Адыгэкъалэ, ''Adıgəqalə'') is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the

Republic of Adygea The Republic of Adygea (; russian: Республика Адыгея, Respublika Adygeya, p=ɐdɨˈɡʲejə; ady, Адыгэ Республик, ''Adıgə Respublik''), also known as the Adyghe Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated ...

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, located near

Krasnodar Reservoir Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...

, northwest of

Maykop Maykop (russian: Майкоп, p=mɐjˈkop Help:IPA/Russian, mɐj'kop); ady, Мыекъуапэ, Mıéquapə ) is the capital city of the Republic of Adygea in Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River (Kuban), Belaya River (a tribut ...

, the

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of the republic. Population: 12,721 (2020), It was previously known as ''Adygeysk(y)'' (until July 27, 1976),''Teuchezhsk'' (until 1990).

History

It was founded as the settlement of Adygeysky () in 1969 due to the construction of

.''Cities and Towns of Russia Encyclopedia'', p. 14 According to some other sources, the original name was "Adygeysk".Azarenkova et al., p. 269.Pospelov, p. 23 The name alluded to the

Adyghe people The Circassians (also referred to as Cherkess or Adyghe; Adyghe and Kabardian: Адыгэхэр, romanized: ''Adıgəxər'') are an indigenous Northwest Caucasian ethnic group and nation native to the historical country-region of Circassia in ...

indigenous to the region. On July 27, 1976, it was granted town status and renamed Teuchezhsk (), for Adyghe poet Tsug Teuchezh. In 1990, the original name was restored.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #171 It has the following rural localities under its jurisdiction:Law #270 *''

aul An aul (; ce, oil; russian: аул) is a type of fortified village or town found throughout the Caucasus mountains and Soviet Central Asia, Central Asia. The word itself is of Turkic origin and simply means ''village'' in many Turkic language ...

'' of Gatlukay *''

khutor A khutor ( rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir ( uk, хутiр, pl. , ''khutory'') is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single-homestead settlement.

'' of Psekups As a municipal division, Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug is incorporated as Adygeysk Urban Okrug.Law #171 stipulates that the borders of the republican urban okrugs are identical to those of the municipal urban okrugs.

References

Notes

Sources

* * * *Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary." Москва, "Русские словари", 1993. *

External links

Official website of Adygeysk

Directory of organizations in Adygeysk
{{Use mdy dates, date=September 2012 Cities and towns in Adygea Populated places established in 1969 Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union