Alagir

city Alagir Алагир Federal district North Caucasus republic North Ossetia-Alania Rajon Alagir mayor German Borissowitsch Gagijew Founded 1850 City since 1938 surface 23  km² population 20,949 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 911 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 600  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86731 Post Code 36324x License Plate 15th OKATO 90 205 501 Website alagir.ru Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 2 '  N , 44 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '0 "  N , 44 ° 13' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in North Ossetia-Alania

List of cities in Russia

Alagir ( Russian Алаги́р , Ossetian Алагир ) is an industrial city in the Russian republic of North Ossetia-Alania . It is located on the western bank of the Ardon , 54 kilometers west of the North Ossetian capital of Vladikavkaz . 20,949 people live in Alagir (as of October 14, 2010).

history

Ascension Cathedral in Alagir

The city was founded in 1850 by Prince Mikhail Semjonowitsch Voronzow , the viceroy of the Caucasus , near a former silver mine . Alagir was built as a fortified settlement around a melt and quickly rose to become a center for mining . In 1938 Alagir was promoted to city.

Alagir was occupied by German troops during the German summer offensive in 1942 ( company Edelweiss ) and liberated again in January 1943 after the offensive was discontinued at the turn of the year 1942/43 and the start of the Soviet counter-offensive ( North Caucasian operation ).

Population development

year	Residents
1939	12,648
1959	15.163
1970	18,161
1979	19.007
1989	21,132
2002	21,496
2010	20,949

Note: census data

economy

The city's economy is still dominated by mining today. In addition, wood processing companies, canning factories and manufacturing plants have settled in the city.

sons and daughters of the town

• Stanislaw Tschertschessow (* 1963), football goalkeeper and coach
• Chetag Gasjumow (* 1983), wrestler

Web links

Commons : Alagir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alagir on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)