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{{Short description|Town in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}{{For|the defunct soccer team active in 1992–2000|FC Alagir}}

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'''Alagir''' ({{langx|ru|Алаги́р}}; {{langx|os|Алагир}}) is an industrial [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Alagirsky District]] in the [[Republic of North Ossetia-Alania]], [[Russia]], located on the west bank of the [[Ardon River]], {{convert|54|km|sp=us}} west of the republic's [[capital city|capital]] [[Vladikavkaz]]. As of the [[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]], its population was&nbsp;20,949.<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name is derived from Ossetian Uællag 'Upper' and Ir 'Ossetia'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://enc-dic.com/geography/Alagir-2172.html |title=Алагир |access-date=2024-08-08 |archive-date=2023-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207122426/https://gufo.me/dict/geographical_names/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%80 }}</ref>

==History==
The town was established in 1850<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=15}}</ref> by Prince [[Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov]], the [[Viceroy]] of the [[Caucasus]], near an ancient [[silver]]/[[lead]] mine in the nearby [[Alagir Gorge]]. It was built up as a fortification around a smelting plant and became a major mining center. By the end of the 19th century, it had been increasingly populated by [[Georgian people|Georgians]] and [[Russians]] who came to work there. During the [[Russian Civil War]], in January 1919, Alagir was a scene of intense fighting, which resulted in heavy casualties in Georgian population and difficult flight of the survivors through the mountainous passes into [[Democratic Republic of Georgia|Georgia]]. The Soviet leader [[Vladimir Lenin]] commented on the incident, blaming "counter-revolutionaries" for atrocities in Alagir,<ref>{{in lang|ru}} A.I. Melnin (1973), "Октябрьская революция и гражданская война в Северной Осетии" (''The October Revolution and Civil War in North Ossetia''), p.&nbsp;225. [[Vladikavkaz|Ordzhonikidze]]: Ir</ref> which Georgians tend to attribute to the Ossetian radicals.<ref>"Alagir incident (1919)", in: Mikaberidze, Alexander (2007), Historical Dictionary of Georgia, p.&nbsp;106. Scarecrow Press, {{ISBN|0-8108-5580-1}}</ref>

Alagir was granted town status in 1938.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} During [[World War II]], on November&nbsp;5, 1942, the German [[III Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|III Panzer Corps]] and Romanian [[2nd Mountain Troops Brigade (Romania)|2nd Mountain Division]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldwar2.ro/operatii/?article=11|title = WorldWar2.ro - the 3rd Army in the Caucasus - 1942}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=January 2021}} (under [[Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist|von Kleist]]) captured the town and held it until it was recovered by the Soviet forces in early January 1943.

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Alagir serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Alagirsky District]].<ref name="RNorthOssetia_adm">Law #34-RZ</ref> As an administrative division, it is, together with two [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural localities]], incorporated within Alagirsky District as '''Alagir [[Town of district significance|Town Under District Jurisdiction]]'''.<ref name="RNorthOssetia_adm" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of Alagir (without the rural localities) is incorporated within Alagirsky Municipal District as '''Alagirskoye Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="RNorthOssetiaAlagirskyD_mun">Law #11-RZ</ref>

==Economy==
The town's economy is still dominated by mining and mineral extraction, but it also has significant woodworking, canning, and manufacturing industries.

==Demographics==
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|label1=[[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]]
|data1=20,949<ref name="2010Census" />
|label2=[[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]]
|data2=21,496<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref>
|label3=[[Soviet Census (1989)|1989 Census]]
|data3=21,132<ref name="1989Census">{{ru-pop-ref|1989Census}}</ref>
|label4=[[Soviet Census (1979)|1979 Census]]
|data4=19,007<ref name="1979Census">{{ru-pop-ref|1979Census}}</ref>
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Major ethnic groups comprising the town's population, as of 2002, are:{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}
*[[Ossetians]]: 91.1%
*[[Russians]]: 6.2%

==Notable people==
*[[Stanislav Cherchesov]], association football manager and former player
*[[Aslan Dudiyev]], professional association football player
*[[Khetag Gazyumov]], freestyle wrestler
*[[Igor Kupiejew]], professional freestyle wrestler
*[[Sergey Menyaylo]], politician; Head of [[North Ossetia-Alania]], former [[Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)|Governor of Sevastopol]]
*[[Wakanohō Toshinori]], sumo wrestler

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|se|adm|law}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|se|mun|list|alagirsky}}

==External links==
*[https://алаг-ир.рф/ Official website of Alagir] {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://alagir.jsprav.ru/ Directory of organizations in Alagir] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Republic of North Ossetia–Alania}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in North Ossetia–Alania]]