Kholmskaya
Encyclopedia
Kholmskaya is a rural locality (a stanitsa
) in Abinsky District
of Krasnodar Krai
, Russia
, located on the shores of the Sukhoy Khabl River. Population: 17,271 (2002 Census
).
It was founded by the Azov Cossacks
in 1863.
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...
) in Abinsky District
Abinsky District
Abinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the thirty-eight in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Abinsk. District's population: Population of Abinsk accounts for 38.0% of the district's population....
of Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai
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, 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 shores of the Sukhoy Khabl River. Population: 17,271 (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:...
).
It was founded by the Azov Cossacks
Azov Cossack Host
Azov Cossack Host was a Cossack host that existed on the northern shore of the Sea of Azov, between 1832 and 1862.The host was made up of several Cossack groups who were re-settled there. The most numerous were the former Danubian Sich Cossacks, who previously returned to Russian Patronage in 1828...
in 1863.