City in Stavropol Krai, Russia
City in Stavropol Krai, Russia
Kislovodsk (Russian: Кислово́дск; Kabardian: Нартсанэ;[10][11][12] Karachay-Balkar: Ачысуу[13]) is a spa city in Stavropol Krai, in the North Caucasus region of Russia which is located between the Black and Caspian Seas.
Population: 128,553 (2010 Census);[5] 129,788 (2002 Census);[14] 114,414 (1989 Census).[15]
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.[16][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.[17] 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.[7]
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)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
|
Mar
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Apr
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May
|
Jun
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Jul
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Aug
|
Sep
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Oct
|
Nov
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Dec
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Year
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| 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)
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−24.4
(−11.9)
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−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)
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| 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[18]
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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.
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