Gisel (Russia)

Federal district	North Caucasus
republic	North Ossetia-Alania
Rajon	Prigorodny
population	7814 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Height of the center	640 m
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 86738
Post Code	363125
License Plate	15th
OKATO	90 240 810 001
Geographical location
Coordinates	43 ° 2 ' N , 44 ° 34' E Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '0 " N , 44 ° 34' 0" E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in North Ossetia-Alania

Gisel ( Russian Гизель , Ossetian Джызӕл ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in Russia with 7814 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is on the northern edge of the Greater Caucasus about ten kilometers west of the republic capital Vladikavkaz . It belongs to the Prigorodny district .

history

During the Second World War , Gisel was occupied by German troops from Army Group A and the 1st Panzer Army in December 1942 , which, however, had to end their advance towards Vladikavkaz and Grozny due to the strong resistance of the Soviet troops. Gisel or Wladikawkas (Ordzhonikidze at that time) can therefore be regarded as the most southeastern point to which the Wehrmacht advanced on Soviet territory during the Second World War.

Since South Ossetia's war of independence against Georgia in 1992, Gisel has been the location of a large refugee camp run by the UNHCR .

The place was hit by the effects of a large mudslide that fell from the northern slopes of the Caucasus in 2002. They claimed at least 150 people dead.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	5645
1979	5899
2002	7129
2010	7814

Note: census data

Sons and daughters of the place

Arsen Kozojew (1872–1944), writer

Individual evidence

↑ ^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)
^ War diary of the OKW , Ed. Percy Ernst Schramm , Munich 2005, Volume 4.1, 2nd half of 1942, pp. 842 ff.
^ Report on the refugee camp on the UNHCR homepage 2005 (English).
↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Report on the avalanche; BBC report online about the avalanche . @1@ 2

[einwohner_aktuell-1] 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] War diary of the OKW , Ed. Percy Ernst Schramm , Munich 2005, Volume 4.1, 2nd half of 1942, pp. 842 ff.

[3] Report on the refugee camp on the UNHCR homepage 2005 (English).

[4] Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Report on the avalanche; BBC report online about the avalanche . @1@ 2