Kislovodsk

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Kislovodsk (English)
Кисловодск (Russian)
-  City[1]  -
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Panoramic view of Kislovodsk from Mount Koltso-gora
Map of Russia - Stavropol Krai (2008-03).svg
Location of Stavropol Krai in Russia
Kislovodsk is located in Stavropol Krai
Kislovodsk
Kislovodsk
Location of Kislovodsk in Stavropol Krai
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Coat of arms
City Day last Saturday in May[citation needed]
Administrative status (as of July 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Stavropol Krai[1]
Administratively subordinated to city of krai significance of Kislovodsk[1]
Administrative center of city of krai significance of Kislovodsk[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2010)
Urban okrug Kislovodsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Kislovodsk Urban Okrug[2]
Head[citation needed] Natalya Lutsenko[citation needed]
Representative body Council of Deputies[citation needed]
Statistics
Area (2010) 72 km2 (28 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census) 128,553 inhabitants[4]
- Rank in 2010 128th
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Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Founded 1803[7]
City status since 1903[citation needed]
Postal code(s)[8] 357700
Dialing code(s) +7 87937[citation needed]
Official website
Kislovodsk on Wikimedia Commons

Kislovodsk (Russian: Кислово́дск, lit. sour waters) is a spa city in Stavropol Krai, Russia, in the North Caucasus region of Russia which is located between the Black and Caspian Seas. Population: 128,553 (2010 Census);[4] 129,788 (2002 Census);[9] 114,414 (1989 Census).[10]

History

In 1803 Tsar Alexander I of Russia ordered the construction of the military station which became Kislovodsk.[citation needed] The site took its name from the many mineral springs around the city. The settlement gained town status in 1903.[citation needed]

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Kislovodsk as a fashionable spa attracted many musicians, artists, and members of the Russian aristocracy. Several of the events in Mikhail Lermontov's 1840 novel A Hero of Our Time take place in Kislovodsk.

  • Narzan Baths in Kislovodsk.jpg

    The 19th-century building of narzan baths

  • Kislovodsk from Small Saddle.JPG

    View of the city from the Little Saddle in the upper park at sunset

  • St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kislovodsk.jpg

    St. Nicholas' Orthodox Cathedral

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.[2]

Notable people

The most famous native of Kislovodsk was Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. A museum is planned in the house he was born in. It is set to undergo renovations in 2011 in preparation. Nikolai Yaroshenko's memorial house is open to the public.

Mother Thekla (Marina Sharfe) was born in Kislovodsk in 1918. She was abbess of the Monastery of the Assumption at Normanby near Whitby in North Yorkshire, England.

The notable Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevskyi died when on exile to Kislovodsk in 1934, under circumstances which remain mysterious and controversial.

In literature

Kislovodsk is prominently depicted in the Prix Goncourt–winning 2006 novel The Kindly Ones, as the setting of October 1942 celebration of Uraza Bairam, the breaking of the fast that ends the month of Ramadan. The ceremony, attended by most of the SS and Wehrmacht officers in the area, was described in great detail. The highlight of the feast was the local tribe's presentation of a gift horse intended for Adolf Hitler to the Germans.[11]

Twin towns and sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Kislovodsk is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Resolution #63-p
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #88-kz
  3. ↑ Управление Росреестра по Ставропольскому краю. Доклад о состоянии и использовании земель Ставропольского края в 2010 году, p. 53 PDF (1.2 MB) (Russian)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ 210 добрых дел
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
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  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Johnathan Littell (2006). Les Bienveillantes. pp. 267–270.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Sources

  • Правительство Ставропольского края. Постановление №63-п от 4 мая 2006 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц Ставропольского края», в ред. Постановления №75-п от 5 марта 2015 г. «О внесении изменения в пункт 47 Раздела II Реестра административно-территориальных единиц Ставропольского края, утверждённый Постановлением Правительства Ставропольского края от 04 мая 2006 г. №63-п». Вступил в силу с 4 мая 2006 г.. Опубликован: "Сборник законов и других правовых актов Ставропольского края", №17, ст. 5609, 10 июля 2006 г. (Government of Stavropol Krai. Resolution #63-p of May 4, 2006 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Stavropol Krai, as amended by the Resolution #75-p of March 5, 2015 On Amending Item 47 of Section II of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Stavropol Krai Adopted by Resolution #63-p of the Government of Stavropol Krai of May 4, 2006. Effective as of May 4, 2006.).
  • Государственная Дума Ставропольского края. Закон №88-кз от 4 октября 2004 г. «О наделении муниципальных образований Ставропольского края статусом городского, сельского поселения, городского округа, муниципального района», в ред. Закона №51-кз от 28 мая 2015 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований, входящих в состав Минераловодского муниципального района Ставропольского края (Минераловодского территориального муниципального образования Ставропольского края), и об организации местного самоуправления на территории Минераловодского района Ставропольского края». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ставропольская правда", №216, 6 октября 2004 г. (State Duma of Stavropol Krai. Law #88-kz of October 4, 2004 On Granting the Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Urban Okrug, Municipal District to the Municipal Formations of Stavropol Krai, as amended by the Law #51-kz of May 28, 2015 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations Within Mineralovodsky Municipal District of Stavropol Krai (Mineralovodskoye Territorial Municipal Formation of Stavropol Krai), and on the Organization of the Local Self-Government on the Territory of Mineralovodsky District of Stavropol Krai. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

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