Nazran

This article covers the city; for the hero of the same name in the nartan saga, see Nazran (saga) .

city Nazran Назрань ( Russian ) Наьсара ( Ingush ) flag coat of arms Federal district North Caucasus republic Ingushetia Urban district Nazran First mention 18th century Earlier names Kosta-Chetagurowo (1944-57) City since 1967 surface 241  km² population 93,335 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 387 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 520  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87322 Post Code 38610x License Plate 06 OKATO 26 406 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 13 '  N , 44 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 13 '0 "  N , 44 ° 46' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ingushetia

List of cities in Russia

Nazran ( Russian Назрань , Ingush Наьсара / Nasara) is the largest city in the Russian republic of Ingushetia in the North Caucasus. Nazran is located about 1900 km south of Moscow and has 93,335 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010), as well as Ingush and Russians as well as many Chechen refugees.

history

Memorial for victims of political repression in Nazran

The place has existed since the 19th century at the latest. Originally it was a typical Caucasus mountain village ( Aul ); the name goes back to a folk legend of the first settler named Nyassar.

From 1944 to 1957 the settlement was part of the autonomous Soviet Republic of North Ossetia and was called Kosta-Chetagurowo in honor of the popular Ossetian poet Kosta Chetagurow during this time . In 1967 Nazran, which meanwhile belonged again to the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, received city status.

With the separation of Ingushetia from Chechnya in 1992, Nazran became the capital of the republic, but since December 2002 the newly built city of Magas, six kilometers from Nazran, has been the official seat of government. In June 2004 there was a heavy rebel attack across Ingushetia. Soldiers as well as employees of the public prosecutor's office and the FSB domestic intelligence service were shot dead.

The interior ministry and border police headquarters in Nazran were stormed and the interior minister of the Caucasian republic, Abukar Kostoyev, as well as his deputy, the health minister Jabrail Kostoyev and a UN official were killed. After about 7 hours of fighting, security forces were able to repel the presumably Chechen terrorists. Several thousand soldiers of the Russian armed forces were marched to Nazran. 90 people died in the attack.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2,838
1959	5,703
1970	12,894
1979	14,945
1989	18,246
2002	125,066
2010	93,335

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

There is a concrete and an alloy factory in Nazran, among other things, but overall industry in this area plays a rather subordinate role compared to agriculture.

The city is located on the M29 trunk road , which runs from the Krasnodar Territory to Dagestan , and also has a rail connection.

sons and daughters of the town

• Islam Timursiev (1983-2015), boxer
• Musa Moguschkow (* 1988), judoka
• Hassan Chalmursayev (* 1993), judoka
• Selimkhan Bakayev (* 1996), football player

Web links

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

• Nazran on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• News from Nazran (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)