Baksan is a city in Russia, a city of republican subordination to Kabardino-Balkaria. The city is located on t...
Baksan is a city in Russia, a city of republican subordination to Kabardino-Balkaria. The city is located on the left bank of the Baksan River (Terek Basin), at its exit from the mountains to the plain, on both sides of the Rostov-on-Don - Baku highway, 24 km north-west of Nalchik.
The first mention of the city was recorded in the XVI century. Former names: until 1920 - Kuchmazukino (Kushmezykyuy), until 1960 - Old Fortress. The status of the city of Baksan was received in 1967.
Population: 38,192 (2017). National composition: Circassians, Russians, other nationalities.
Baksan is an industrially developing city, large enterprises - "Autozapchast", "Intervain", "Victoria-N" and "Baxtrom".
In Baksan, the founder of modern Kabardian literature Ali Shogentsukov, prose writer and poet Adam Shogentsukov, singer Zaur Tutov, conductor Yuri Temirkanov were born.
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