Dombay (; , ''Dommay'') is an urban locality (a resort settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of

Karachayevsk Karachayevsk (; , ''Qaraçay şaxar'') is a town in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia, located on the Kuban River in the Caucasus Mountains. Population: History It was founded in 1926 as Georgiyevskoye settlement and by the resolution of the ...

in the

Karachay-Cherkess Republic Karachay-Cherkessia (), officially the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. It is administratively part of the North Caucasian Federal District. As of the 2021 census, Karachay-C ...

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. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 657.

Geography

Dombay is situated within the

Teberda Nature Reserve Teberda Nature Reserve () (also Teberdinsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict ecological reserve) located on the northern slopes of the western section of the Caucasus Mountains. It is the most visited nature reserve in the Russian Federation, wi ...

(''

zapovednik A zapovednik is an established term on the Post-Soviet states, territory of the former Soviet Union for a protected area which is kept "forever wild". It is the highest degree of environmental protection for the assigned areas, which are strictly ...

'') and is a tourist destination.

History

Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

status was granted to Dombay in 1965. In January 2013, the ski resort made international headlines when a man died from a broken neck and another was badly injured when a

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rolled out of control down a mountain, hitting rocks and eventually coming to a stop away on a frozen lake in Dombay. After the incident made international headlines, Russian authorities called for tougher safety laws.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the resort settlement of Dombay is subordinated to the town of republic significance of

.Law #84-RZ Within the framework of municipal divisions, Dombay is a part of Karachayevsky Urban Okrug.Law #9-RZ

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2012 Urban-type settlements in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Ski areas and resorts in Russia