Kholmskaya (russian: Хо́лмская) is a
rural locality
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(a ''
stanitsa
A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Ar ...
'') in
Abinsky District
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of
Krasnodar Krai
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,
Russia
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, located on the shores of the
Sukhoy Khabl River.
Municipally, it is a part of Kholmskoye Rural Settlement in Abinsky Municipal District. Population: 17,271 (
2002 Census).
It was founded by the
Azov Cossacks in 1863.
References
External links
Official website of Kholmskoye Rural Settlement
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Rural localities in Krasnodar Krai