Mozdok

Mozdok
Моздок
Other transcription(s)
 • OsseticМæздæг
Mozdok railway station
Interactive map of Mozdok
Mozdok
Location of Mozdok
Mozdok
Mozdok (North Ossetia–Alania)
Coordinates: 43°44′8.14″N 44°39′11.83″E / 43.7355944°N 44.6532861°E / 43.7355944; 44.6532861
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNorth Ossetia–Alania
Administrative districtMozdoksky District
Town Under District JurisdictionSelsovietMozdok
Founded1700s (as the Circassian village of Mezdegu)
1763 (as Mozdok Russian fort after the local population was massacred)
Elevation
131 m (430 ft)
Population
 • Total
35,500−46,900
 • Estimate 
(2023)
35,662 (+−4,689,999.5%)
 • Capital ofMozdoksky District, Mozdok Town Under District Jurisdiction
 • Municipal districtMozdoksky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementMozdokskoye Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofMozdoksky Municipal District, Mozdokskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal codes
362028, 363750–363760
Dialing code+7 86736
OKTMO ID90630101001

Mozdok (Russian: Моздо́к; Ossetian: Мæздæг, Mæzdæg) is a town and the administrative center of Mozdoksky District in North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the left shore of the Terek River, 92 kilometers (57 mi) north of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 38,768.