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Kislovodsk

Кисловодск
Kislovodsk Кисловодск
City
	St. Nicholas Cathedral, Kislovodsk
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Kislovodsk
	Kislovodsk Location of Kislovodsk Kislovodsk Kislovodsk (Stavropol Krai)
	Coordinates: 43°55′N 42°43′E / 43.917°N 42.717°E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Stavropol Krai
Founded	1803
City status since	1903
Government
• Body	Council of Deputies
• Head	Aleksandr Kurbatov
Area
• Total	72 km2 (28 sq mi)
Elevation	815 m (2,674 ft)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	128,553
• Rank	128th in 2010
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	city of krai significance of Kislovodsk
• Capital of	city of krai significance of Kislovodsk
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Kislovodsk Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Kislovodsk Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)	357700
Dialing code(s)	+7 87937
OKTMO ID	07715000001
City Day	last Saturday in May
Website	kislovodsk-kurort.org

Kislovodsk (Russian: Кислово́дск; Kabardian: Нартсанэ;^[9]^[10]^[11] Karachay-Balkar: Ачысуу^[12]) 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.

Population: 128,553 (2010 Census);^[5] 129,788 (2002 Census);^[13] 114,414 (1989 Soviet census).^[14]

Etymology

The Russian-language name of the city translates as "sour water" and originated due to the abundance of narzan [ru] mineral-water (Russian: нарзан, romanized: narzan) springs in the area.^[15]^{[need quotation to verify]}

History

The settlement gained town status in 1903.^{[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.^[16] 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.^[1] As a municipal division, the city of krai significance of Kislovodsk is incorporated as Kislovodsk Urban Okrug.^[6]

Geography

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

Climate

Climate data for Kislovodsk (extremes 1886-present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.5 (65.3)	20.9 (69.6)	27.7 (81.9)	32.3 (90.1)	34.2 (93.6)	35.2 (95.4)	36.2 (97.2)	36.4 (97.5)	36.0 (96.8)	31.1 (88.0)	26.3 (79.3)	24.4 (75.9)	36.4 (97.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	3.6 (38.5)	5.1 (41.2)	9.0 (48.2)	14.4 (57.9)	19.1 (66.4)	22.6 (72.7)	25.1 (77.2)	25.2 (77.4)	21.0 (69.8)	16.0 (60.8)	9.7 (49.5)	5.2 (41.4)	14.7 (58.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−2.2 (28.0)	−1.4 (29.5)	2.6 (36.7)	7.9 (46.2)	12.9 (55.2)	16.6 (61.9)	19.1 (66.4)	18.9 (66.0)	14.5 (58.1)	9.3 (48.7)	3.2 (37.8)	0.6 (33.1)	8.5 (47.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−6.1 (21.0)	−5.7 (21.7)	−1.8 (28.8)	3.1 (37.6)	7.9 (46.2)	11.4 (52.5)	13.8 (56.8)	13.6 (56.5)	9.3 (48.7)	4.5 (40.1)	−1.0 (30.2)	−4.6 (23.7)	3.7 (38.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−24.4 (−11.9)	−26.2 (−15.2)	−18.0 (−0.4)	−13.1 (8.4)	−3.8 (25.2)	−0.4 (31.3)	4.2 (39.6)	4.6 (40.3)	−6.0 (21.2)	−11.5 (11.3)	−25.0 (−13.0)	−28.9 (−20.0)	−28.9 (−20.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	19.2 (0.76)	18.9 (0.74)	38.7 (1.52)	60.3 (2.37)	106.8 (4.20)	123.1 (4.85)	95.8 (3.77)	62.6 (2.46)	60.3 (2.37)	37.8 (1.49)	27.2 (1.07)	23.1 (0.91)	673.8 (26.51)
Source: pogoda.ru.net^[17]

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 when on exile to Kislovodsk under circumstances which remain mysterious and controversial.

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 but represented Armenia. Bronze medal winner at the European Championships.

Twin towns and sister cities

Kislovodsk is twinned with:

Gallery

Narzan Gallery
Chaliapin’s Mansion
Kislovodsk Colonnade
Armenian Church
Welcome to Kislovodsk
View of Kislovodsk

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Resolution #63-p
^ 210 добрых дел Archived July 1, 2013, at archive.today
^ Управление Росреестра по Ставропольскому краю. "Доклад о состоянии и использовании земель Ставропольского края в 2010 году" (PDF).^{[permanent dead link‍]}, p. 53 (1.2 MB) (in Russian)
^ https://www.geonames.org/548114/kislovodsk.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ ^a ^b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
^ ^a ^b ^c Law #88-kz
^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
^ "Нартсанэ - это... Что такое Нартсанэ?". Словари и энциклопедии на Академике (in Russian). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
^ "Нартсанэ in English - Kabardian-English Dictionary | Glosbe". en.glosbe.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
^ "Нартсанэ - старое черкесское названое современного Кисловодска". Адыги.RU - Новости Адыгеи, история, культура и традиции адыгов (черкесов) (in Russian). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
^ Салпагаров, Ахмад. "Тюркские названия северо-кавказских городов". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
^ Pospelov, Evgenij Mikhailovich (2008). Geografičeskie nazvanija Rossii : toponimičeskij slovarʹ; bolee 4000 nazvanij geografičeskich obʺektov Rossii Географические названия России: топонимический словарь : более 4,000 названий географических объектов России (Spravočnoe izd ed.). Moskva: AST. p. 523. ISBN 978-5-17-054966-5.
^ Sabine REINHOLD, Dmitri S. KOROBOV, The Kislovodsk basin in the North Caucasian piedmonts – archaeology and GIS studies in a mountain cultural landscape. 2007
^ "Климат Кисловодска" (in Russian). Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^ "Batumi - Twin Towns & Sister Cities". Batumi City Hall. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2013.

Sources

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