"Cherkessk (Russian: \u0427\u0435\u0440\u043A\u0435\u0301\u0441\u0441\u043A) is the capital city of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia, as well as its political, economic, and cultural center. Its population was 129,069 (in 2010)."@en . . . . .