06 May 2003, 00:58
Zelenokumsk
Centre of Sovetsky rayon (sector) in Stavropol kray (region), 265 km east of Stavropol. Located in Ciscaucasia, in the Stavropol Upland, on the Kuma River. Railway station in the Georgiyevsk - Budyonovsk branch. Crossed by the Budyonovsk - Mineralny Vody motorway. Population (1992 est.) 36.1 thousand, (1979 est.) 32.1 thousand.
Founded in 1781 as the village of Vorontsovo-Aleksandrovskoye; the village of Sovetskoye since 1963, the town of Zelenokumsk since 1965. At the beginning of the 1990s, Zelenokumsk had the VELAN joint-stock company's factory, the factory of Stroymashavtomatizatsiya, an auto repair service, an experimental engineering plant; enterprises of light and food-processing industry. Agricultural centre.
