The fortress is located just north(west) of the Topolka River, which runs parallel to the far more substantial Terek River. According to the plan, many town features were to be located within the fortified area, including a stone church (1), a salt storehouse (14), and barracks (8).
unlabeled fortress containing the stone Church of the Virgin of Kazan (1), the commandant's residence (7), soldiers barracks (8), quarantine (9), the company of engineers (10), a military prison (12), and storehouses for gunpowder (11), artillery (13), and salt (14).
“Annotation (Kizliar): "unlabeled fortress",” Town Planning on an Imperial Scale, accessed May 3, 2024, https://imperiia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/document/4141.
