Kislovodsk
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Russian city Kislovodsk (Template:Langx; Template:Langx;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Langx<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>) is a spa city in Stavropol Krai, in the North Caucasus region of Russia which is located between the Black and Caspian Seas. It is part of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region.
Demographics
Population: Template:Ru-census
Etymology
The Russian-language name of the city translates as "sour water" and originated due to the abundance of Template:Ill mineral-water (Template:Langx) springs in the area.<ref>Template:Cite book </ref>Template:Qn
History
The settlement gained town status in 1903.Template:Citation needed Several of the events in Mikhail Lermontov'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.<ref>Sabine REINHOLD, Dmitri S. KOROBOV, The Kislovodsk basin in the North Caucasian piedmonts – archaeology and GIS studies in a mountain cultural landscape. 2007</ref> 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.<ref name="Ref372">Resolution #63-p</ref> As a municipal division, the city of krai significance of Kislovodsk is incorporated as Kislovodsk Urban Okrug.<ref name="Ref893">Law #88-kz</ref>
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 Mikhail Lermontov's 1840 novel A Hero of Our Time take place in Kislovodsk.<ref>Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time, translated by Vladimir Nabokov 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")</ref>
Notable people
Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (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:
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- Template:Flagicon Baguio, Philippines
- Template:Flagicon Batumi, Georgia<ref name="Batumi twinnings">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Kiryat Yam, Israel
- Template:Flagicon Muscatine, Iowa, United States
- Template:Flagicon Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia
- Template:Flagicon Velingrad, Bulgaria
Gallery
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Narzan Gallery
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Chaliapin’s Mansion
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Kislovodsk Colonnade
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Armenian Church
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Welcome to Kislovodsk
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View of Kislovodsk
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The Cascade Staircase in Kislovodsk
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The pedestrian bridge - "Lady's Whim"
