Arkhyz
Sign in to saveArkhyz (also Nizhny Arkhyz, ; , Irxız ) is a village in the valley of the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River, in the Republic of Karachay–Cherkessia, Greater Caucasus, Russia, about 70 km inland from the Black Sea shore. The modern village was founded in 1923 near the confluence of the Arkhyz and Pshish rivers. It is located in a mountainous region in the vicinity of the eponymous aul sitting at an altitude of 1,450 meters. The elevation of the surrounding mountains is more than 3,000 meters above the sea. The population is
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Arkhyz
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Архыз
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
- village
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Архыз-1.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- The village of Arkhyz
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Karachay–Cherkessia
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Rural locality
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Zelenchuksky District
- Russian inhabited locality.rural_settlement_jur
- Arkhyz Rural District
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 505
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census_ref
- <!--
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_density_ref
Key dates
- Inception
- 1922
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative divisions of Russia
- Official name
- Архъыз
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Population
- +849
- Elevation
- +1470
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Архыз-1.jpg
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Zelenchuksky Churches
- Observatory
- Notes
- References
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Arkhyz (also Nizhny Arkhyz, ; , Irxız ) is a village in the valley of the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River, in the Republic of Karachay–Cherkessia, Greater Caucasus, Russia, about 70 km inland from the Black Sea shore. The modern village was founded in 1923 near the confluence of the Arkhyz and Pshish rivers. It is located in a mountainous region in the vicinity of the eponymous aul sitting at an altitude of 1,450 meters. The elevation of the surrounding mountains is more than 3,000 meters above the sea. The population is
== Zelenchuksky Churches == The Zelenchuksky Churches are an archaeological preserve extending for around the ruins of Nizhnearkhyzskoe gorodishche, tentatively identified as the medieval capital of Alania, a Christian state destroyed by the hordes of Möngke Khan in the 13th century. No Byzantine document mentions the name of this city, whereas al-Mas'udi refers to it as Ma'as, or Maghas.