Elkhotovo

Village Elchotowo Эльхотово ( Russian ) Елхот ( Ossetian ) Federal district North Caucasus republic North Ossetia-Alania Rajon Kirowski population 12,626 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86735 Post Code 363600 License Plate 15th OKATO 90 225 877 001 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 20 '  N , 44 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 20 '0 "  N , 44 ° 12' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in North Ossetia-Alania

List of large settlements in Russia

Elchotowo ( Russian Эльхотово , Ossetian Елхот , Elchot ) is a village (selo) in the Russian republic of North Ossetia in the Caucasus . It has 12,626 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located about 60 km northwest of the republic capital Vladikavkaz .

history

Elchotowo was founded as Aul around 1838 and at the end of the 19th century already had around 2,000 inhabitants. Today Elchotowo administrative center of the Rajons Kirov the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania .

On October 25, 1942, the 1st Panzer Army of Army Group A of the Wehrmacht began the advance through the nearby pass over the mountain group to the east in the direction of Vladikavkaz, which continued along the northern slopes of the Caucasus towards Grozny and until the lowest winter temperatures fell should generally lead towards the Caspian Sea . With Grozny, the German army command wanted to take possession of the second large oil production center of the Soviet Union in addition to the already conquered Maikop . But the attack got stuck in December 1942 in front of Vladikavkaz, then known as Ordzhonikidze. Other parts of Army Group A tried to advance through the Kalmyk steppe to the Caspian Sea and the port city of Astrakhan . After the regional capital Elista was taken , the advance was far ahead of the planned march goals. The little village of Terekli-Mekteb in the steppe, southeast of Elista, was the easternmost place to which the Wehrmacht was able to advance on the territory of the Soviet Union during World War II (80 kilometers from the Caspian Sea). The attacks to the east had to be broken off at the end of December 1942 in view of the encirclement of Stalingrad and in view of the insurmountable resistance of the Soviet armed forces, which the German troops had nothing to counter. From this point the German retreat began, which ended on May 8, 1945 in Berlin. In these two and a half years, the German troops were no longer able to form a solid line of defense.

On January 1, 1943, the North Caucasian operation of the Soviet armed forces began in Vladikavkaz , which ensured that the German retreat soon resembled an escape, and the Caucasus was liberated from German occupiers by spring 1943.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7.212
1959	7.101
1970	7,425
1979	8.003
1989	8,574
2002	12.208
2010	12,626

Note: census data

See also

• List of large settlements in Russia

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)
2. ↑ See war diary of the OKW , ed. by Percy Ernst Schramm , Munich 2005, vol. 4.2, 2nd half of 1942, p. 842 ff.

Web links

• For the 170th birthday of the place (Russian)