Everything about Buynaksk totally explained
Buynaksk, known as
Temir-Khan-Shura before 1922, is a town in
Dagestan,
Russia, located at the foothills of the
Greater Caucasus on the
Shura-Ozen River, some 40 km south-west of
Makhachkala. Population: 61,437 (
2002 Census); 40,000 (1970).
Buynaksk was founded in 1834 as a fortified outpost near the ruins of medieval
Balanjar. It was granted town status in 1866. In 1920 it was the centre of the ephemeral
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus. On
November 13,
1920, the government of the
Russian SFSR declared Dagestan's
autonomy during the congress of Dagestani people, which took place in Temir-Khan-Shura. In 1922 the town was renamed Buynaksk in honor of a revolutionary
Ullubiy Buynaksky. In May of 1970, Buynaksk was badly damaged by an
earthquake.
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