Alagir

For the defunct soccer team active in 1992–2000, see FC Alagir.

Alagir (English) Алагир (Russian) Алагир (Ossetic)
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Location of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in Russia
Alagir is located in North Ossetia–Alania Alagir Location of Alagir in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
Coordinates:
Administrative status (as of December 2012)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Administrative district	Alagirsky District
Town Under District Jurisdiction	Alagir
Administrative center of	Alagirsky District, Alagir Town Under District Jurisdiction
Municipal status (as of January 2006)
Municipal district	Alagirsky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Alagirskoye Urban Settlement
Administrative center of	Alagirsky Municipal District, Alagirskoye Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	20,949 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
Founded	1850
Town status since	1938
Dialing code(s)	+7 86731
Alagir on Wikimedia Commons

Alagir (Russian: Алаги́р; Ossetian: Алагир) is an industrial town and the administrative center of Alagirsky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the west bank of the Ardon River, 54 kilometers (34 mi) west of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. Population: 20,949 (2010 Census); 21,496 (2002 Census); 21,132 (1989 Census).

History

The town was established in 1850 by Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, the Viceroy of the Caucasus, near an ancient silver/lead mine in the nearby Alagir Gorge. It was built up as a fortified settlement around a smelting plant and became a major mining center. By the end of the 19th century, the town had been increasingly populated by Georgians and Russians who came to work there. During the Russian Civil War, in January 1919, Alagir was a scene of intense fighting, which resulted in heavy casualties in the town's Georgian population and difficult flight of the survivors through the mountainous passes into Georgia. The Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin commented on the incident, blaming "counter-revolutionaries" for atrocities in Alagir, which Georgians tend to attribute to the Ossetian radicals.

Alagir was granted town status in 1938. During World War II, on November 5, 1942, the German III Panzer Corps and Romanian 2nd Mountain Division (under von Kleist) captured the town and held it until it was recovered by the Soviet forces in early January 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Alagir serves as the administrative center of Alagirsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Alagirsky District as Alagir Town Under District Jurisdiction. As a municipal division, the town of Alagir (without the rural localities) is incorporated within Alagirsky Municipal District as Alagirskoye Urban Settlement.

Economy

The town's economy is still dominated by mining and mineral extraction, but it also has a significant woodworking, canning, and manufacturing industry.

Ethnic groups

Major ethnic groups comprising the town's population, as of 2002, are:

• Ossetians: 91.1%
• Russians: 6.2%

Notable people

• Aslan Dudiyev (1990) — Russian professional football player
• Khetag Gazyumov (1983) — Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Ossetian origin
• Wakanohō Toshinori (born 1988 as Soslan Aleksandrovich Gagloev) — sumo wrestler
• Stanislav Cherchesov (1963) — Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia

References

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The Cathedral of the Assumption (1851) in Alagir

Sources

• Закон №34-РЗ от 9 июля 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Северная Осетия-Алания», в ред. Закона №44-РЗ от 12 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Приложение к Закону Республики Северная Осетия–Алания "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Северная Осетия–Алания" и Закон Республики Северная Осетия–Алания "Об установлении границ муниципального образования Алагирский район, наделении его статусом муниципального района, образовании в его составе муниципальных образований — городского и сельских поселений"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Северная Осетия", №148(24949), 16 августа 2007 г. (Law #34-RZ of July 9, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, as amended by the Law #44-RZ of November 12, 2013 On Amending the Appendix to the Law of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania" and the Law of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formation of Alagirsky District, Granting It the Status of a Municipal District, Establishing Municipal Formations—Urban and Rural Settlements—Within Its Structure". Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Закон №11-РЗ от 5 марта 2005 г. «Об установлении границ муниципального образования Алагирский район, наделении его статусом муниципального района, образовании в его составе муниципальных образований — городского и сельских поселений и установлении их границ», в ред. Закона №44-РЗ от 12 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Приложение к Закону Республики Северная Осетия–Алания "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Северная Осетия–Алания" и Закон Республики Северная Осетия–Алания "Об установлении границ муниципального образования Алагирский район, наделении его статусом муниципального района, образовании в его составе муниципальных образований — городского и сельских поселений"». Вступил в силу с 1 марта 2005 г. Опубликован: "Северная Осетия", №43 (24344), 15 марта 2005 г. (Law #11-RZ of March 5, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formation of Alagirsky District, Granting It the Status of a Municipal District, Establishing Municipal Formations—Urban and Rural Settlements—Within Its Structure and on Establishing Their Borders, as amended by the Law #44-RZ of November 12, 2013 On Amending the Appendix to the Law of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania" and the Law of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formation of Alagirsky District, Granting It the Status of a Municipal District, Establishing Municipal Formations—Urban and Rural Settlements—Within Its Structure". Effective as of March 1, 2005.).