Nogir

Village Nogir Ногир Federal district North Caucasus republic North Ossetia-Alania Rajon Prigorodny head Alan Taimasov Founded 1921 population 11,480 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 620  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86738 Post Code 363121 License Plate 15th OKATO 90 240 855 001 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 5 '  N , 44 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 4 '40 "  N , 44 ° 38' 10"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in North Ossetia-Alania

List of large settlements in Russia

Nogir ( Russian and Ossetian Ноги́р ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in Russia with 11,480 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located on the northern edge of the Greater Caucasus about 6 km as the crow flies northwest of the center of the republic capital Vladikavkaz , in fact immediately as a suburb of this, on the left bank of the Terek .

Nogir belongs to Prigorodny Raion and is located about 10 km northwest of its administrative center Oktyabrskoye . The village is the seat and only locality of the rural community Nogirskoje selskoje posselenije.

history

The village was founded in 1921 on the site of a former training ground of the Imperial Russian Army by refugees from South Ossetia who had previously been temporarily housed in the village of Christianovskoye (now the city of Digora ). The place name stands in Ossetian for "New Ossetia" (Nog Ir).

Population development

year	Residents
1939	5.131
1970	5,490
1979	6,387
2002	11,269
2010	11,480

Note: census data

traffic

West of Nogir runs the new, motorway-like branch of the federal highway R217 Kawkas (formerly M29) from Beslan to Wladikawkas, which continues as A161 (formerly A301) to Georgia and is part of European route 117 . The Prochladnaya  - Beslan - Vladikavkaz railway line, opened in 1875, runs on the opposite, right bank of the Terek ; Wladikawkas the stations (22 kilometer from Beslan) and Kolonka (at Sawodskoi and Mikhailovskoie , Kilometer 14) are the nearest stations.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Tymur Tajmasow (* 1970), Ukrainian weightlifter, 1996 Olympic champion
• Artur Taymazov (* 1979), Uzbek wrestler, Olympic champion in 2004, 2008 and 2012
• Elbrus Tedejew (* 1974), Ukrainian wrestler (Olympic champion 2004) and politician

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)