Budyonnovsk

city Budyonnovsk Будённовск flag coat of arms Federal district North Caucasus region Stavropol Urban district Budyonnovsk mayor Alexander Yurchenko Founded 1795 City since 1799 surface 62  km² population 64,624 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1042 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 115  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86559 Post Code 35680x License Plate 26, 126 OKATO 07 402 Website www.budgorod.ru Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 47 '  N , 44 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 47 '0 "  N , 44 ° 9' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Stavropol Territory

List of cities in Russia

Budjonnowsk ( Russian Будённовск ) is a district town with 64,624 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in southern Russia in the Stavropol region .

geography

Budyonnovsk is located in the foothills of the Caucasus on the Kuma River , 220 km southeast of the regional capital Stavropol . The closest city with 45 km is Zelenokumsk .

history

From the 13th to the 16th centuries existed in place of the present village the Tatar -mongolische city Madschar (russ. Маджар , Tatar Маҗар ) on the trade route from Asia to Europe , whose heyday with the destruction by Timur ended 1395th Older settlement remains were also found, dating back to the 2nd century. Unconfirmed hypotheses have existed since the 19th century that connect this settlement with the Khazarian Khaganate and - because of its name - with the Magyars (Hungarians), especially since some Magyar tribes actually nomadized in the northern Caucasus foothills in the first centuries after Christ .

In the second half of the 18th century, the area fell to Russia . In 1795 the military settlement of Staryje Maschary was founded. The place was named Swjatoi Krest ( Святой Крест , "Holy Cross") or (gorod) Swjatowo Kresta ( (город) Святого Креста , "City of the Holy Cross") and was named a city. In 1920 the city was renamed Prikumsk ( Прикумск ), which is also the name it had from 1957 to 1973. From 1935 to 1957 and again from 1973 it was called Budyonnovsk, named after Semyon Budyonny (1883–1973), a marshal of the Soviet Union and hero of the Soviet Union .

The city hit the international headlines in June 1995. When Budyonnovsk was taken hostage by Chechen terrorists under Shamil Basayev , 150 people were killed in the Budyonnovsk hospital.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	6,583
1926	15,800
1939	23,150
1959	27,895
1970	35,768
1979	45,568
1989	55,350
2002	65,687
2010	64,624

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

economy

Budyonnowsk is the center of the chemical industry and an extensive food industry, as well as the clothing industry. There are oil, gas and clay deposits in the vicinity of the city.

education

Budyonnovsk is the seat of several universities of applied sciences for agriculture and viticulture, and there is also a branch of the Stavropol University.

Culture

The city has a local museum. The historic station building is also worth seeing.

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)

Web links

• Official homepage of Budyonnowsk (Russian)
• Information about the city (Russian)
• Budjonnowsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)