Cherkessk

Gas explosion in Cherkessk: death toll increases

Gas explosion in Cherkessk: death toll increases

A gas blast rocked an apartment building in Russia’s city of Cherkessk in the region of Karachay-Circassia, damaging its upper floors, the press service of the Russian emergencies ministry department reported. The gas blast …

Phone thief caught in Cherkessk

Phone thief caught in Cherkessk

A cell phone thief was caught by police in Cherkessk, the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Karachay-Cherkessia informs. The crime was committed on January 5. A freshman of the city lyceum №5 applied to the department. She said that an …

Mass rally ‘We are back!’ held in Karachaevsk

Mass rally ‘We are back!’ held in Karachaevsk

Today, in honor of the 62nd anniversary of the revival of the Karachay people in the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia (KCR), a procession ”We are back!” was held in Cherkessk. More than 2 thousand people participated in the …

Mobile ethnographic center opened in Cherkessk

Mobile ethnographic center opened in Cherkessk

The region's first mobile ethnographic center, based at the Karachayevo-Cherkessia republic children's library, was opened today in Cherkessk. According to the press service of the republic's leadership, the center was …

New gallery opens in capital of Karachay-Cherkessia

New gallery opens in capital of Karachay-Cherkessia

A renovated art gallery opened in Cherkessk with the 'Myths and Legends of the Caucasus' exhibition, in which more than six dozen works of Karachay-Cherkessian artists are present. The opening ceremony was attended by the head …

Monument to Nikolai Petrovich unveiled in Cherkessk

Monument to Nikolai Petrovich unveiled in Cherkessk

The unveiling of a bust of the bailiff of the Elbrus Military District, chief of the Batalpashinsky district General Nikolai Grigoryevich Petrusevich has taken place on the square named after ...

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Russian-Georgian border

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Russian-Georgian border

The earthquake epicenter has take place this afternoon on the territory of Karachaevo-Cherkessia at the distance of three kilometers from the Russian-Georgian border.  It was fixed in 10 km to …