Zelenchukskaya
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Karacaj-Cherkessija /
Zelenchukskaya /
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, 2 km from center (Зеленчукская)
World / Russia / Karachay-Cherkess
village, district center
Zelenchukskaya (Russian: Зеленчу́кская; Karachay-Balkar: Зеленчук, Zelençuk) is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Zelenchuksky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River. Population: 19,449 (2010 Census).
The stanitsa was founded on May 1, 1859 and named after the river on which it stands.
The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science is located to the south of the stanitsa. In 2015, it detected signals that might have come from a possible advanced extraterrestrial civilization, which are now being investigated by SETI.
The stanitsa was founded on May 1, 1859 and named after the river on which it stands.
The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science is located to the south of the stanitsa. In 2015, it detected signals that might have come from a possible advanced extraterrestrial civilization, which are now being investigated by SETI.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelenchukskaya
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 43°50'27"N 41°34'40"E
- Storozhevaya 14 km
- Urup 35 km
- Pregradnaya 36 km
- Uchkulan 56 km
- Kurdzhinovo 57 km
- Solyonoye 63 km
- Zemo Azhara 81 km
- Sakeni 85 km
- Zemo Eshera 101 km
- Psirtskha 102 km
- Советская ул., 165 1.8 km
- АЗС Лукойл 3.2 km
- Karachay–Cherkess Republic 9 km
- Abazinsky District 41 km