Prochladny

city Prokhladny Прохладный ( Russian ) КъалэкӀыхь ( Kabardian ) flag coat of arms Federal district North Caucasus republic Kabardino-Balkaria Urban district Prochladny Founded 1765 City since 1937 surface 29  km² population 59,601 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2055 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 200  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86631 Post Code 36104x License Plate 07 OKATO 83 410 Website http://prohladnyi.ru/ Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 45 '  N , 44 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 45 '0 "  N , 44 ° 2' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kabardino-Balkaria

List of cities in Russia

Prochladny ( Russian Прохладный , Kabardian КъалэкӀыхь ) is the second largest city in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the North Caucasus with 59,601 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) .

geography

The city is located in the northern foothills of the Caucasus , around 150 km northeast of the Elbrus and 52 km northeast of the republic capital Nalchik . The closest city is Maiski , 13 km as the crow flies.

history

The place was founded in 1765 as a settlement of the Zaporozhian Cossacks . In the 19th century it was a Cossack military outpost on Russia's southern border with the Caucasus. From 1825 the settlement was called Prokhladnaya. In 1937 it received the official city status under the name Prochladny.

During the Second World War, units of the 1st Panzer Army ( Army Group A ) of the Wehrmacht conquered the village, which, however, was liberated from the German occupiers in January 1943 in the course of the North Caucasian operation of the Soviet armed forces.

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  City administration building

Population development

year	Residents
1939	25,369
1959	28,828
1970	40,074
1979	47,557
1989	57.084
2002	61,772
2010	59,601

Note: census data

sons and daughters of the town

• Mikhail Akimenko (* 1995), track and field athlete
• Arseni Golowko (1906–1962), admiral
• Marija Lassizkene, b. Kutschina (* 1993), athlete
• Anna Matijenko (* 1981), volleyball player
• Pyotr Ostapenko (1928–2012), test pilot

Web links

Commons : Prochladny  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Prochladny on mojgorod.ru (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)