Ordzhonikidzevsky (Russian: Орджоникидзевский) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia.
[3] The town of Elbrussky was granted the urban-type settlement status in 1938.
[citation needed] The town was renamed after Soviet political leader Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Ordzhonikidzevsky is subordinated to the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk.
[1] Within the framework of municipal divisions, Ordzhonikidzevsky is a part of Karachayevsky Urban Okrug.