| En Name: | Adygeysk |
| Ru Name: | Адыгейск |
| Loc Name1: | Адыгэкъалэ |
| Loc Lang1: | Adyghe |
| Other Name: | Микъагъэ |
| Other Lang: | Ubykh |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 44.8832°N 39.1902°W |
| Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Adygeysk.png |
| Federal Subject: | Republic of Adygea |
| Adm Inhabloc Jur: | Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Urban Okrug Jur: | Adygeysk Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Adygeysk Urban Okrug |
| Pop 2010Census: | 12237 |
| Established Date: | 1969 |
| Postal Codes: | 385200, 385202 |
| Website: | http://www.adigeisk.ru |
Adygeysk (ru|Адыгейск; ady|Адыгэкъалэ|Adıgəqalə) is a town in the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located near Krasnodar Reservoir, 100km (100miles) northwest of Maykop, the capital of the republic. Population: 12,721 (2020),
It was previously known as Adygeysk(y) (until July 27, 1976),Teuchezhsk (until 1990).
It was founded as the settlement of Adygeysky (Russian: Адыге́йский) in 1969 due to the construction of Krasnodar Reservoir.[1] According to some other sources, the original name was "Adygeysk".[2] [3] The name alluded to the Adyghe people indigenous to the region. On July 27, 1976, it was granted town status and renamed Teuchezhsk (Russian: Теуче́жск), for Adyghe poet Tsug Teuchezh. In 1990, the original name was restored.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[4] It has the following rural localities under its jurisdiction:[5]
As a municipal division, Adygeysk Republican Urban Okrug is incorporated as Adygeysk Urban Okrug.[6]