Tyrnyaus

city Tyrnyaus Тырныауз ( Russian ) Тарны аууз ( Karachay-Balkar ) Federal district North Caucasus republic Kabardino-Balkaria Rajon Elbrus Founded 1930s Earlier names Girchoshan Nizhny Baksan City since 1955 surface 13  km² population 21,000 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1615 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 1300  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86638 Post Code 361621-361624 License Plate 07 OKATO 83 248 501 Website www.tyrnyauz.ru Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 23 '  N , 42 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 23 '0 "  N , 42 ° 55' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kabardino-Balkaria

List of cities in Russia

Tyrnyaus ( Russian Тырныауз , Karachay-Balkar Тарны аууз ) is a city in the North Caucasus Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia with a population of 21,000 (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Greater Caucasus about 60 km (as the crow flies) southwest of the republic capital Nalschik on the Baksan , a left tributary of the Malka, which flows into the Terek .

Tyrnyaus is the administrative center of the Rajons Elbrus .

The road leads through the town to the tourist and alpine skiing center belonging to the Rajon in the upper Baksantal (below the Elbrus ).

history

Tyrnyaus was built in the 1930s on the site of the old Balkarian village of Girchoschan in connection with the development of a tungsten and molybdenum ore deposit discovered in 1934 . Production began in 1940, and the settlement was called Nizhny Baksan ("Lower Baksan") at that time .

In 1955 the city received the present name city rights (of Balkar tyrnyau usu for narrow canyon ).

In 2000, a significant part of the city was destroyed by a mudslide . In the meantime, however, most of the damage has been repaired.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3,500
1959	12,789
1970	18,253
1979	21,050
1989	30,778
2002	21.092
2010	21,000

Note: census data (1939 rounded)

Personalities

• Chadschimurat Akkajew (* 1985), Russian weightlifter
• Saur Kuramagomedow (* 1988), Russian wrestler
• Valery Kokow (1941–2005), 1990–2005 President of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, was born in Tyrnyaus

economy

The company that shapes the cityscape is the tungsten-molybdenum combine . There are also mainly companies in the construction industry.

Web links

Commons : Tyrnyaus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City and Rajon Administration website (Russian)
• Tyrnyaus 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)