Zelenchukskaya (; ,Суюнчев Х. И., Урусбиев И. Х. Русско-карачаево-балкарский словарь. Около 35 000 слов. М.: «Советская Энциклопедия», 1965. С. 743. ,Абазинско-русский словарь. Около 14 000 слов / Под ред. Тугова В. Б. М.: «Советская Энциклопедия», 1967. 536 с. С. 472. Калмыкова С. А. и др. Ногайско-русский словарь. Около 15 000 слов / Под ред. Баскакова Н. А. М.: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей, 1963. 562 с. С. 478.) is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Zelenchuksky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia,Appendix to Law #84-RZ, Section I.2.3 located on the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River.
Rural locality Population: In terms of population, it is the most populous rural locality in the republic.
The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science is located to the south of the stanitsa.Official website of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the RAN. Location map
History The stanitsa was founded on May 1, 1859 and named after the river on which it stands. On December 8-9, 1942, approximately 180 Jews were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by German troops in a trench dug 2-3 km out of the village.
Demographics In 2002, the population included: Russians (77.1%) Karachays (17.4%) all other ethnicities comprising less than 1% of population each
Climate Zelenchukskaya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) with moderately warm and very humid summers and cold, dry winters.
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