Human History
The capital of Khazaria Samandar was possibly placed at the bank of the river.
The Terek river was the site of the final defeat of the Hulagu, khan of the Ilkhanate, Army, against the army of Berke, khan of the Golden Horde, led by Nogai Khan, in the first civil war of the Mongol Empire, the Berke–Hulagu war. Also is the site of a battle that Timur defeated Tokhtamysh in 1395.
It was home to the Terek Cossack Host.
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