Kislovodsk (; ;
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.
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History
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.
Archaeology
Numerous settlements of the
Koban culture (ca. 1100 to 400 BC) are found in the Kislovodsk city and its surroundings.
[Sabine REINHOLD, Dmitri S. KOROBOV, The Kislovodsk basin in the North Caucasian piedmonts – archaeology and GIS studies in a mountain cultural landscape. 2007] 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 Mikhail Lermontov's 1840 novel
A Hero of Our Time take place in Kislovodsk.
[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")]
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.
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Arthur Adamov, was a playwright, one of the foremost exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd of Armenian descent
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Zuhra Bayramkulova (1940–2013), farmer and politician, was born there.
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Felix Feodosidi (born 1933), wine maker.
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Nikolai Levashov, psychic healer, occultist and writer
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Boris Parsadanian, composer, was born there.
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Karine Shadoyan, wrestler born in Kislovodsk who represented Armenia.
Twin towns and sister cities
Kislovodsk is twinned with:
Gallery
File:Kislovodsk, Narzan Gallery at night, Russia.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"
See also
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History of the Jews in Kislovodsk
Notes
Sources
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