Information about the city of Nalchik
Status: a city of republican subordination, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic.
Phone code: +7 86622*****
It is situated in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus (the altitude is above 500 m),
on the Nalchik River (Terek basin), 1873 km south of Moscow.
Economy
Main industries and enterprises:
- metallurgy ("Gidrometallurg" OJSC, "Chertsvetmet (ferrous and non-ferrous metals)")
- machinebuilding ("Automotive Repair Plant" OJSC, "Nalchik Plant of High-Voltage Equipment" OJSC, "Nalchik Machinebuilding
Plant" OJSC, "Nalchik Electrovacuum Plant" OJSC, "Sevkavelectropribor (electrical instruments)" OJSC, "Stankozavod (machinebuilding
plant)" OJSC, "Telemechanics" OJSC, "Tekhnopribor" OJSC)
- industry of building materials ("Kabbalkstroy" JSC, "Kabbalkstrom" JSC, projecting and building company
"Kabbalkgrazhdanstroy" JSC)
- glass and porcelain-faience industry (АО "Fine Art Products Plant" JSC)
- light industry ("Druzhba (friendship)" JSC, "Kabbalkkozhugol" JSC, "Goryanka" OJSC, "Kabbalkodezhda (clothing)"
OJSC, "Leather Haberdashery Factory Khurzhin" OJSC, "Nalchik Integrated Plant of Artificial Leather" OJSC,
joint venture "Nalves")
- food industry ("Nalchik Cannery" JSC, "Halvah Producing Plant Nalchiksky" JSC, "Mineral Waters of
Kabardino-Balkaria" OJSC, "Nalchik Confectionery" OJSC, "Makaronprom" JSC, "Nalchik Oil Pressing Factory" JSC, "Nalchik Bakery" JSC,
"Dairy Plant" JSC, "Kabbalkmyaso (meat)" JSC)
Grain, fruits and vegetables, meat, milk, eggs production is developed.
There are over 40 health resorts, holiday hotels and campings in the resort part
of the town and around it.
Culture
Theatres: Kabardian Legitimate Drama Theatre n.a. A. Shogentsukov,
Balkarian Theatre n.a. K.Kuliev, Russian Theatre n.a. Gorky, Fine Art Theatre,
Green Theatre (open amphitheatre in the city park).
Museums: Local Lore Museum, Fine Art Museum, Literary Museum,
Museum of Science and Technology, Memorial House-Museum of Marko Vovchok,
Memorial Museum-Flat of A.A. Shogentsukov, some exhibition galleries.
Sights: Legitimate Drama Theatre, Council House;
archeological monuments - Nalchik Burial Ground, Agubekovskaya Dwelling
Site, Dolinskoye Settlement.
Two parks with amusement rides, ropeway, mineral sources, huge park (one of the largest in Europe), which goes into forest,
"Terrainkur", the zoo, hippodrome. Observatory.
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