Chur, Stavropol Krai

Chur (Russian: Чур) is a village (aul) in Turkmensky District of Stavropol Krai, Russia. Population: 800 (2006 est.). Chur is a community with a majority of the population being Turkmens and a local religious organization of Sunni Muslims of the Hanafi madhhab. The village is also home to a mosque, built in 2007 at the expense of local entrepreneurs, and a grave of a civil war partisan, honoring those who died in the struggle for the power of the Soviets.

Chur
Чур
Location of Chur
Chur
Location of Chur
Coordinates: 45°24′41.6387″N 43°25′21.1152″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectStavropol Krai
Founded1865
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
356540
OKTMO ID07656419116
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