Terekli-Mekteb

Terekli-Mekteb (Russian: Терекли-Мектеб, Nogai: Терекли-Мектеб) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Nogaysky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: 7,993 (2010 Census); 7,285 (2002 Census); 5,327 (1989 Soviet census).

It was seized by German forces in December 1942, making it the further most point that Nazi Germany advanced. It was retaken in January 1943.

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