Ust-Dzheguta
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Ust-Dzheguta is a town and the administrative center of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District
of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia
, located in the Caucasus Mountains
on the right bank of the Kuban River
15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Cherkessk
. Population:
It was founded in 1861 as the stanitsa
of Dzhegutinskaya by the Cossacks. Town status was granted to it in 1975.
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District is an administrative and a municipal district , one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Ust-Dzheguta. District's population: 52,196 ; Population of Ust-Dzheguta accounts for 59.3% of the district's population....
of the Karachay-Cherkess 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 in the Caucasus Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain system in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the Caucasus region .The Caucasus Mountains includes:* the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and* the Lesser Caucasus Mountains....
on the right bank of the Kuban River
Kuban River
The Kuban River is a river in Russia, in the North Caucasus region. It flows mostly through Krasnodar Krai but also in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Stavropol Krai and the Republic of Adygea....
15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Cherkessk
Cherkessk
Cherkessk is the capital city of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia, as well as its political, economic, and cultural center. Population: 121,439 ; 116,244 ; -History:...
. Population:
It was founded in 1861 as 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...
of Dzhegutinskaya by the Cossacks. Town status was granted to it in 1975.