Maysky (Russian: Ма́йский; Kabardian: Майскэ) is a town and the administrative center of Maysky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) northeast of Nalchik, the capital of the republic.

[3] A Russian military outpost of Prishib was founded in 1824.

[2] In 1875, Kotlyarevskaya railway station was built 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) south of the stanitsa, and a settlement formed around it in 1888.

[citation needed] In 1920, that settlement was renamed Prishibsky, in 1925—Maysky.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Maysky serves as the administrative center of Maysky District, to which it is directly subordinated.