30 April 2003, 01:42

Maysky

Rayon (sector) centre of Kabardino-Balkariya, 41 km north-east of Nalchik. Located at the bottom of the northern slope of the Greater Caucasus, in the Mozdok steppe, on the left bank of the Terek River. Railway station (Kotlyarevskaya) in the Mineralny Vody - Grozny line; railway branch to Nalchik. Population (1992 est.) 25.4 thousand, (1979 est.) 21.6 thousand.

The Russian military post of Prishib was founded on the site of present Maysky in 1819. In 1824, it was a small square fortification. There was a Cossack settlement near the fortification. In 1829, the post was transformed into the stanitsa (Cossack village) of Prishib (population of about 2 thousand). In this year, A.S. Pushkin visited Prishib during his trip to the Caucasus. In 1875, the station of Kotlyarevskaya of the Vladikavkaz railway was built 3 km south of the stanitsa (a constituent of Terek oblast (province) since 1860). The station settlement of Kotlyarevsky arose in 1888. It was subordinated to the Prishib stanitsa administration. In 1920-1925, the settlement merged with the former stanitsa, got the name of Prishib and in 1925, changed it to Maysky. Since 1937, Maysky is a rayon (sector) centre of Kabardino-Balkariya. Town since 1965.

Present Maysky is an industrial and agricultural centre of Kabardino-Balkariya. Crops of grain (wheat, barley, corn), technical (sunflower, ambary, etc.) and feed crops; fruit-farming; dairy farming and beef raising; aviculture; horse-breeding; fur farming. Vacuum electronic machine-building plant, X-ray instrumentation works, concrete product plant and structural element works; flavouring industry (including starch plant, alcohol-yeast factory), etc.

In the northern part of Maysky, archaeologists are digging the ancient settlement of Nizhny Dzhulat. Another local sight is the so-called Pushkin oak in the area of the railway station.

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

March 27, 2024 16:51

March 27, 2024 14:49

March 26, 2024 23:13

  • Analysts dispute on risks of IS'* intensifying in Northern Caucasus

    After the terror act at the Crocus City Hall, in Northern Caucasus, there is a risk of intensification of militants of the IS*, although no terror acts on civilians have not been observed there since 2018. This was noted by Sergey Goncharov, a veteran of special services, and Andrei Koshkin, a military expert.

March 26, 2024 20:26

March 26, 2024 19:40

News archive