Zelenokumsk

Zelenokumsk occupies the Kuma valley, where settlements grew on both banks of the river. Retired soldiers established a community here in 1781, during the Russian expansion into the North Caucasian steppe. In 1783 land on the right bank was granted to Count Aleksandr Vorontsov, and the village became known as Vorontsovo-Alexandrovskoye. Another village, Novogrigoryevskoye, arose across the Kuma among state peasants. The two communities shared a fertile river valley while developing under different forms of landholding.