Coordinates: 44°47′2″N 44°9′57″E / 44.78389°N 44.16583°E / 44.78389; 44.16583

Budyonnovsk (Russian: Будённовск, also spelled Budennovsk) is a town in Stavropol Krai, Russia. Formerly known as Svyatoy Krest and Prikumsk. Population: 65,687 (2002 Census); 55,350 (1989 Census). The town was founded in 1799 by Armenian settlers from Nagorno-Karabakh as Surb Khach (Սուրբ Խաչ), meaning holy cross in Armenian.

The Budyonnovsk hostage crisis took place here on June 1995.

[edit] Town names

• 450-1395 - Magyar
• 1799-1921 - Svyatoy Krest
• 1921-1935 - Prikumsk
• 1935-1957 - Budyonnovsk (after Semyon Budyonny)
• 1957-1973 - Prikumsk
• 1973-present - Budyonnovsk

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