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Makhachkala

Dagestan Republic, Russia
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About Makhachkala

Makhachkala is the capital city of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Makhachkala's ancient predecessor turned into the town of Tarki, now a nearby suburb, whose statistics is going lower lower back to the 15th century and probably a outstanding deal earlier. The current-day metropolis of Makhachkala turn out to be primarily based in 1844 as a fortress; city status become granted in 1857. The Russian call of the metropolis become Petrovskoye after the Russian Tsar Peter the Great who visited the place in 1722 in some unspecified time in the future of his Persian Campaign.

However, some of the close by Kumyks it have become known as Anzhi-Qala, The Pearl Fortress. After gaining metropolis reputation, the Petrovskoye fort modified into renamed Petrovsk-Port in 1857, every now and then actually Petrovsk. In 1894, a railway line linked the metropolis to Vladikavkaz and Baku, but a report from 1904 unique the unfold of malaria and unsuitable ingesting water in the metropolis.

In January 1919, at some point of the Russian Civil War, the British No. 221 Squadron Royal Air Force primarily based themselves at Petrovsk. In March they have been joined by way of the usage of No. 266 Squadron and both squadrons were concerned in bombing operations in opposition to Bolshevik forces in Astrakhan and a few vicinity else. In August 1919 each squadrons had been withdrawn from Petrovsk. The city modified into invaded through the Red Army in Spring 1920.

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