Terekli-Mekteb
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Terekli-Mekteb (Russian: Терекли-Мектеб, Nogai: Терекли-Мектеб) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Nogaysky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: 7,993 (2010 Census);[1] 7,285 (2002 Census);[2] 5,327 (1989 Soviet census).[3]
It was seized by German forces on 25 August 1942, making it the further most point that Nazi Germany advanced, before being retaken by the Soviets in early September. On 6 November, the Germans bombed the selo.[4] It was retaken in January 1943.[citation needed]
