KizilyurtKizilyurt

Mikhail NokhovMikhail Nokhov

Gymnasium # 1Gymnasium # 1

Khasavyurt. Khasavyurt.

The town is situated on The town is situated on the banks of the Sulak the banks of the Sulak River, 64 kilometers River, 64 kilometers from Makhachkala, the from Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. capital of Dagestan. Kizilyurt is the youngest Kizilyurt is the youngest town in as compared town in as compared with other cities and with other cities and towns in Dagestan. The towns in Dagestan. The name of the is name of the is translated as the “Red translated as the “Red Village”. It unites such Village”. It unites such settlements as Chiryurt, settlements as Chiryurt, Kizilyurt and Bovtugai, Kizilyurt and Bovtugai, which are situated not which are situated not far from each other. far from each other.

The first settlement The first settlement in the place where in the place where Kizilyurt now Kizilyurt now stands there stands there appeared in the appeared in the 18-th century. At 18-th century. At that time there that time there were built were built fortresses and fortresses and coastal coastal fortifications on the fortifications on the banks of the rivers banks of the rivers the Sunzha, the the Sunzha, the Terek and the Terek and the Sulak. Sulak.

In the place In the place where the where the mountainous river mountainous river the Sulak flows the Sulak flows from the mountain from the mountain canyons on to the canyons on to the flat surface of the flat surface of the Kumic plain there Kumic plain there was built a was built a fortification of fortification of Kizilyurt, which Kizilyurt, which started the started the building of a new building of a new town. town.

Like many other fortifications built at that time it Like many other fortifications built at that time it served as a base station in defense of the served as a base station in defense of the southern boarders of Russian Empire. southern boarders of Russian Empire.

In 1886 there were In 1886 there were resettled to the “state resettled to the “state acres” in the region of acres” in the region of the lower Chiryurt the the lower Chiryurt the population of Saratov population of Saratov province. The local province. The local population and the population and the resettlers were mostly resettlers were mostly busy with arable busy with arable farming on the acres farming on the acres along the Sulak river, along the Sulak river, vegetable - growing vegetable - growing and cattle breeding. and cattle breeding.

Before the revolt in 1917, Before the revolt in 1917, the population of this the population of this territory was very poor. territory was very poor. The process of the riving The process of the riving of the kumic steppe was of the kumic steppe was long and it hasn’t been long and it hasn’t been over yet. During the over yet. During the second half of XX century second half of XX century there were built new there were built new irrigational canals, new irrigational canals, new electric transmission electric transmission equipment, new equipment, new settlements equipped settlements equipped with modern services and with modern services and utilities which changed utilities which changed this region greatly. this region greatly.

Kizilyurt nowadays is a modern town with tall Kizilyurt nowadays is a modern town with tall buildings and well developed infrastructure. There buildings and well developed infrastructure. There are many industrial enterprises there. The town is are many industrial enterprises there. The town is green and beautiful.green and beautiful.