Dombay, Karachay-Cherkess Republic

For other places with the same name, see Dombay.

Dombay (Russian: Домба́й; Karachay-Balkar: Доммай, Dommay) is an urban locality (a resort settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 657.^[2]

Dombay Домбай
Resort settlement[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Karachay-Balkar	Доммай
View of Dombay in summer
Location of Dombay
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Coordinates: 43°18′N 41°38′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Karachay-Cherkessia[1]
Urban-type settlement status since	1965
Elevation	1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	657
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	town of republic significance of Karachayevsk[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Karachayevsky Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	369241
OKTMO ID	91705000056

Dombay population

2010 Census	657[2]
2002 Census	403[6]
1989 Census	1,601[7]
1979 Census	1,730[8]

Geography

Dombay is situated within the Teberda Nature Reserve (zapovednik) and is a tourist destination.

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to Dombay in 1965.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2013, the ski resort made international headlines when a man died from a broken neck and another was badly injured when a Zorb rolled out of control down a mountain, hitting rocks and eventually coming to a stop 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) away on a frozen lake in Dombay.^{[9][10][11][12]} After the incident made international headlines, Russian authorities called for tougher safety laws.^[13]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the resort settlement of Dombay is subordinated to the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk.^[1] Within the framework of municipal divisions, Dombay is a part of Karachayevsky Urban Okrug.^[3]