Maysky, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic

For other places with the same name, see Maysky (inhabited locality).

Maysky (Russian: Ма́йский; Kabardian: Майскэ) is a town and the administrative center of Maysky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) northeast of Nalchik, the capital of the republic. Population: 26,755 (2010 Census).^[3]

Maysky Майский
Town[1]
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• Kabardian	Майскэ
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Coordinates: 43°39′N 44°04′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kabardino-Balkaria[1]
Administrative district	Maysky District[1]
Founded	1888
Town status since	1965[2]
Elevation	217 m (712 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	26,755
Administrative status
• Capital of	Maysky District[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Maysky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Maysky Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Maysky Municipal District,[4] Maysky Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	361110–316115
OKTMO ID	83620101001
Website	www.mayadmin-kbr.ru/ops/pos/1241.html

History

A Russian military outpost of Prishib was founded in 1824.^[2] It was re-organized as the stanitsa of Prishibskaya in 1829.^[2] In 1875, Kotlyarevskaya railway station was built 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) south of the stanitsa, and a settlement formed around it in 1888.^{[citation needed]} In 1920, that settlement was renamed Prishibsky, in 1925—Maysky.^[2] In 1959, the settlement and the stanitsa were merged into the urban-type settlement of Maysky, which was granted town status in 1965.^[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Maysky serves as the administrative center of Maysky District, to which it is directly subordinated.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of Maysky, together with five rural localities, is incorporated within Maysky Municipal District as Maysky Urban Settlement.^[4]

Demographics

Population: 26,755 (2010 Census);^[3] 27,037 (2002 Census);^[7] 24,533 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Ethnic composition

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:^[9]

• Russians: 74.2%
• Turks: 7.8%
• Koreans: 3.8%
• Kabardins: 3.7%
• Ukrainians: 2.0%
• Other ethnicities: 8.5%

References

Notes

1. Law #12-RZ
2. "General Information" (in Russian). Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
4. Law #13-RZ
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
7. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
8. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
9. Ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. Maysky District (in Russian)

Sources

• Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №12-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #12-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the publication date.).
• Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №13-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об статусе и границах муниципальных образований в Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #13-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).