Kislovodsk

• En Name — Kislovodsk • Ru Name — Кисловодск • Holiday — last Saturday in May • Federal Subject — Stavropol Krai • Adm City Jur — city of krai significance of Kislovodsk • Adm Ctr Of — city of krai significance of Kislovodsk • Inhabloc Cat — City • Urban Okrug Jur — Kislovodsk Urban Okrug • Mun Admctr Of — Kislovodsk Urban Okrug • Leader Title — Head • Leader Name — Evgeny Moiseev • Pop 2010census — 128553 • Pop 2010census Rank — 128th • Established Date — 1803 • Current Cat Date — 1903 • Postal Codes — 357700 • Dialing Codes — 87937 • Website — http: kislovodsk-kurort.org/

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

The settlement gained town status in 1903. Several of the events in Mikhail Lermontov's 1840 novel A Hero of Our Time take place in Kislovodsk.

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.

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. As a municipal division, the city of krai significance of Kislovodsk is incorporated as Kislovodsk Urban Okrug.

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

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. • Arthur Adamov, was a playwright, one of the foremost exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd of Armenian descent • Zuhra Bayramkulova (1940–2013), farmer and politician, was born there. • Sergei Cheryomin (born 1963), businessman and government official • Felix Feodosidi (born 1933), wine maker. • Nikolai Levashov, psychic healer, occultist and writer • Boris Parsadanian, composer, was born there. • Karine Shadoyan, wrestler born in Kislovodsk who represented Armenia.

Kislovodsk is twinned with: • France Aix-les-Bains, France • Philippines Baguio, Philippines • Georgia Batumi, Georgia • Israel Kiryat Yam, Israel • United States Muscatine, Iowa, United States • Russia Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia • Bulgaria Velingrad, Bulgaria

• Illustration — Narzan Gallery • Illustration — Chaliapin’s Mansion • Illustration — Kislovodsk Colonnade • Illustration — Armenian Church • Illustration — Welcome to Kislovodsk • Illustration — View of Kislovodsk • Illustration — The Cascade Staircase in Kislovodsk • Illustration — The pedestrian bridge - "Lady's Whim"