Kamennomostsky
Sign in to saveKamennomostsky (; lit. stone bridge; , Ḥadžəqo), also known as Khadzhokh () is a rural locality (a settlement) in Maykopsky District of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the Belaya River south of Maykop. Population: thumb thumb|Flag of Kamennomostsky thumb|Coat of arms of Kamennomostsky An Adyghe aul, famous for its prolonged resistance against Russian rule in the Caucasian War of 1817–1864, was located on the territory of this settlement. In 1862, a Cossack outpost was built in place of the ravaged aul, which later grew into the stanitsa of Kamennomostskaya (). The stanitsa was gran
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Kamennomostsky (; lit. stone bridge; , Ḥadžəqo), also known as Khadzhokh () is a rural locality (a settlement) in Maykopsky District of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the Belaya River south of Maykop. Population: thumb thumb|Flag of Kamennomostsky thumb|Coat of arms of Kamennomostsky An Adyghe aul, famous for its prolonged resistance against Russian rule in the Caucasian War of 1817–1864, was located on the territory of this settlement. In 1862, a Cossack outpost was built in place of the ravaged aul, which later grew into the stanitsa of Kamennomostskaya (). The stanitsa was granted urban-type settlement status in 1948 but was demoted to rural locality on March 10, 2011.
Khadzhokh canyon (), which is deep but only wide, is located on the Belaya River near the settlement. The modern name of the settlement is after a collapsed rock that forms a natural bridge across the canyon.