Makhachkala is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia. It is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of 468. 13 square kilometres. The modern city was founded in 1844 as a fortress; town status was granted in 1857.
About Makhachkala in brief
Makhachkala is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia. It is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of 468. 13 square kilometres. The city’s historic predecessor was the town of Tarki, now a nearby suburb, whose history goes back to the 15th century and possibly much earlier. The modern city was founded in 1844 as a fortress; town status was granted in 1857. The Russian name of the city was Petrovskoye —after the Russian Tsar Peter the Great who visited the region in 1722 during his Persian Campaign. The area was used as a Soviet-era naval testing station, leaving behind a curious sea fort off nearby Kaspiysk. A report of the International Crisis Group from 2013 describes the city as being \”a city of almost one million and gained spectacular economic resources due to a construction boom.
But even a short visit revealed acute problems, including dirty streets, dilapidated buildings, inadequate utilities, hectic planning, lack of transport and poor public transport. In May 2015, these three city districts were granted municipal coat of arms and were adopted on December 15, 2006. As a municipal division, the city is divided into three districts, from west to east: Kirovsky, Sovevsky and Leninsky, and from east to west: Kirovsk, Sirovskiy, Leninsky and Sovevsk. MakhachKala is an important economic, educational, scientific, and cultural centre of the North Caucasus, and a transport hub.
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