Kislovodsk (; ; ) 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.
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The Russian-language name of the city translates as "sour water" and originated due to the abundance of ' 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 KislovodskâÂÂan 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.
Several of the events in Mikhail Lermontov's 1840 novel A Hero of Our Time take place in Kislovodsk.
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.
Kislovodsk is twinned with: