Dombay, Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Dombay is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Karachayevsk in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 657.
Geography
Dombay is situated within the Teberda Nature Reserve and is a tourist destination.History
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Dombay in 1965.In January 2013, the ski resort made international headlines when a man died from a broken neck and another was badly injured when a Zorb rolled out of control down a mountain, hitting rocks and eventually coming to a stop away on a frozen lake in Dombay. After the incident made international headlines, Russian authorities called for tougher safety laws.