Terek, Russia
Encyclopedia
Terek is a town and the administrative center of Tersky District
of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia
, located on the right bank of the Terek River, 59 kilometres (36.7 mi) east of Nalchik
. Population:
Founded in 1876, it was granted urban-type settlement
status in 1945 and town status in 1967.
Tersky District, Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Tersky District is an administrative and a municipal district , one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Terek. District's population: Population of Terek accounts for 37.4% of the district's population....
of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the right bank of the Terek River, 59 kilometres (36.7 mi) east of Nalchik
Nalchik
Nalchik is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwest of Beslan in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania. It covers an area of...
. Population:
Founded in 1876, it was granted urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
status in 1945 and town status in 1967.