Pervomaiskoye (Dagestan, Khassavyurt)

Federal district	North Caucasus
republic	Dagestan
Rajon	Hasavyurt
population	1228 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Time zone	UTC + 3
Post Code	368032
License Plate	05
OKATO	82 254 000 017
Geographical location
Coordinates	43 ° 26 ' N , 46 ° 21' E Coordinates: 43 ° 26 '20 " N , 46 ° 20' 40" E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Dagestan

Pervomaiskoje ( Russian Первомайское ) is a village in the Republic of Dagestan in (Russia) on the border with the Chechen Republic with 1228 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

On 9 January 1996, a Chechen commando attacked terrorists a hospital in Dagestan Kizlyar and took an estimated 3,000 hostages . The hostage-takers demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya. The commando left the hospital with 160 hostages and holed up in Pervomaiskoje. Russian special forces set fire to the village on January 16, 1996, killing at least 150 people, including a large number of hostage-takers. According to the Russian government, 82 hostages were freed. The alleged leader of the command, Salman Raduyev , escaped.

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)

[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)