Arzgir

Arzgir lies in the dry steppe north of the Kuma, where a shallow ravine crosses the open plain. The land belonged to the country used by the Stavropol Turkmens, pastoral communities whose herds moved through the grasslands between the Kuma and Manych. Wells and seasonal watercourses punctuated the otherwise exposed terrain. The village of Arzgir was established only later, on land formerly used by these communities; the ravine had already given its name to the district.