Kizlyar 1092350 224925019 2008-07-11T01:01:54Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other '''Kizlyar''' ({{lang-ru|Кизля́р}}) is a town in the [[Dagestan|Republic of Dagestan]], [[Russia]], located in the [[River delta|delta]] of the [[Terek River]] 221 km northwest of [[Makhachkala]]. [[Population]]: 48,457 ([[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]]); 30,000 (1970). The first reference to Kizlyar dates back to 1609, although some historians associate the place with [[Samandar (city)|Samandar]], the 8th-century capital of [[Khazaria]]. In 1735, the Russian government built a [[fortress]] in Kizlyar and laid foundations for the [[Caucasus]] fortified borderline. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Kizlyar was one of the [[trading post]]s between Russia and the [[Middle East]] and [[Central Asia]]. In January 1996, the local airbase was raided by the Chechen separatists in the course of the [[Kizlyar raid]], which claimed the lives of 78 Russian soldiers. In the early 19th century, Kizlyar became a center of [[viticulture]] and [[wine making]]. The local "cognac factory" ({{lang|ru|Кизлярский Коньячный Завод}}) produces a variety of alcoholic beverages but specializes primarily in a regional variant of [[brandy]], marketed throughout Russia as "[[Cognac (drink)|cognac]]". {{Cities and towns in Dagestan}} {{coor title dm|43|51|N|46|43|E|}} [[Category:Wine regions of Russia]] {{South-Russia-geo-stub}} [[ar:كيزليار]] [[av:Кизляр]] [[be:Горад Кізляр]] [[cv:Кизляр]] [[da:Kizljar]] [[de:Kisljar]] [[et:Kizljar]] [[eo:Kizlar]] [[fr:Kizliar]] [[ko:키즐랴르]] [[hr:Kizljar]] [[id:Kizlyar]] [[csb:Kizlar]] [[nl:Kizljar (Dagestan)]] [[no:Kizljar]] [[pl:Kizlar]] [[ru:Кизляр]] [[fi:Kizljar]] [[tr:Kizlyar]]