The town was founded in 1799 by
Armenian settlers from
Derbent. According to the 1926 census, it had a population of 15,775, 46.8% Russian, 31,4% Armenian, and 19.4% Ukrainian. During
World War II, Budyonnovsk was occupied by
German troops from August 18, 1942 to January 10, 1943. The
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis took place in Budyonnovsk from June 14 to 19 of 1995. ==Administrative and municipal status==