Temir-Chan-Schura

 

 

Temir-HanShura = Buynak / Buynaksk / Bujnatsk

 

Buynak city was called Temir-Chan–Schura and stayed as an administrative center of Daghestan. It was called as Door to Mountains because it is founded on the roads to the mountainous region.

 Having historical works, Buynak was the center before socialist revolution for scholarship with its five schools of theology.

In this time, the city had the only public library in the country. Little establishments and canned food plants were the only industrial establishment in the city.

Today, Buynak is an important cultural and industrial city in Daghestan.

Being demolished by the earthquakes in May 1970 and January 1975, the city was rebuilt with its new buildings and cultural premises.

Today, there are many industrial establishment in the city such as shoe plants, fruit canning plants and meat preserving establishments.

 

The capital city of Daghestan is Makhlachkaia.