Giaginskaya
Encyclopedia
Giaginskaya is a stanitsa
(village) in the Republic of Adygea, Russia
, located 35 km from Maykop
. It is the administrative center of Giaginsky District
. Population: 15,160 (2002 Census
); 14,522 (1989 Census
). Giaginskaya is the most populous district center in the republic, with population accounting for 45.3% of the total population of Giaginsky District.
There is a railway station
and a museum of local history in the stanitsa.
Stanitsa
Stanitsa is a village inside a Cossack host . Stanitsas were the primary unit of Cossack hosts.Historically, the stanitsa was a unit of economic and political organisation of the Cossack peoples primarily in the southern regions of the Russian Empire.Much of the land was held in common by the...
(village) in the Republic of Adygea, 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 35 km from Maykop
Maykop
Maykop is the capital city of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River . Population: -History:...
. It is the administrative center of Giaginsky District
Giaginsky District
Giaginsky District is an administrative and a municipal district , one of the seven in the Republic of Adygea, Russia. It is located in the central northern portion of the republic and borders with Shovgenovsky District in the north, Koshekhablsky District in the east and northeast, Mostovsky...
. Population: 15,160 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
); 14,522 (1989 Census
Soviet Census (1989)
The 1989 Soviet census, conducted between January 12-19 of that year, was the last one conducted in the former USSR. It resulted in a total population of 286,730,819 inhabitants...
). Giaginskaya is the most populous district center in the republic, with population accounting for 45.3% of the total population of Giaginsky District.
There is a railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
and a museum of local history in the stanitsa.