Kislovodsk (; ; ) is a spa

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in Stavropol Krai, in the

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region of Russia which is located between the

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and

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s. It is part of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region.

Demographics

Population:

Etymology

The Russian-language name of the city translates as "sour water" and originated due to the abundance of ' mineral-water () springs in the area.

History

The settlement gained town status in 1903. Several of the events in

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( , ; rus, Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, , mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf, links=yes; – ) was a Russian Romanticism, Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called ...

's 1840 novel '' A Hero of Our Time'' take place in Kislovodsk.

Archaeology

Numerous settlements of the Koban culture (ca. 1100 to 400 BC) are found in the Kislovodsk city and its surroundings. They include the sites of Industria I, Sultan-gora I, Berezovka I, Berezovka II, Berezovka III, Berezovka IV.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated as the city of krai significance of Kislovodsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Resolution #63-p As a municipal division, the city of krai significance of Kislovodsk is incorporated as Kislovodsk Urban Okrug.Law #88-kz

Geography

The city is located in the North Caucasus region of Russia which is located between the Black and Caspian Seas.

Climate

In literature

Several of the events in

's 1840 novel '' A Hero of Our Time'' take place in Kislovodsk.Mikhail Lermontov, ''A Hero of Our Time'', translated by

Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov ( ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Rus ...

in collaboration with Dmitri Nabokov, Anchor Books, 1958, chapter "Princess Mary" (p. 172: "I reached Kislovodsk, exhausted"; p. 176: "I returned to Kislovodsk at five in the morning")

Notable people

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winner

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and Soviet dissidents, dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag pris ...

(1918-2008) was a native of Kislovodsk. A museum was planned in the house he was born. Renovations were to begin in 2011. Nikolai Yaroshenko's (1846-1898) memorial house is open to the public. The Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevskyi (1866-1934) died in exile in Kislovodsk. * Zuhra Bayramkulova (1940–2013), farmer and politician, was born there. * Felix Feodosidi (born 1933), wine maker. * Boris Parsadanian, composer, was born there. * Karine Shadoyan, wrestler born in Kislovodsk who represented Armenia. * Arthur Adamov, was a playwright, one of the foremost exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd of Armenian descent

Twin towns and sister cities

Kislovodsk is twinned with: * Aix-les-Bains,

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Gallery

File:Narzan gallery IMG 4521.jpg, Narzan Gallery File:Shalyapin's summer residence.jpg, Chaliapin’s Mansion File:Кисловодск Вход в парк.JPG, Kislovodsk Colonnade File:Храм Армянской Апостольской церкви Святого Вардана Мамиконяна городе Кисловодске.jpg, Armenian Church File:Ксловодск.JPG, Welcome to Kislovodsk File:Кисловодск.jpg, View of Kislovodsk File:Cascading staircase Kislovodsk.jpg, The Cascade Staircase in Kislovodsk File:Пешеходный мост 'дамский каприз', Kislovodsk, Russia 06.JPG, The pedestrian bridge - "Lady's Whim"

References

Notes

Sources

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External links

Official website of Kislovodsk
* 1803 establishments in the Russian Empire Cities and towns in Stavropol Krai Koban culture Populated places established in 1803 Spa towns in Russia Terek Oblast {{StavropolKrai-geo-stub