Naurskaya

Naurskaya is a Cossack stanitsa on the left bank of the Terek, on the line of settlements defending Russia's approach to the Caucasus. Volga Cossack families were brought to the Terek in the late 1760s and settled in several stanitsas, among them Naurskaya. Its earth rampart and guns were soon tested in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774.

In June 1774 a force led by the Crimean prince Shahbaz Giray approached Mozdok and turned against Naurskaya. Many of its Cossack men were away, and the defence fell to the remaining garrison and inhabitants. Women joined the fighting on the ramparts alongside the defenders. The assault failed after a day of fighting, and its repulse became a celebrated episode in the history of the Terek Cossacks.