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Pyatigorsk is the second largest city in the Stavropol region. It is a great spa city in the CMW area, which includes five cities: Pyatigorsk, Min-Vody, Essentuki, Zeleznovodsk, Kislovodsk. Pyatigorsk is situated at the foot of the central part of the Caucasus, by the river Podkumok and at the height of 520-550 meters.
The total expanse, including the working-class areas comes up to 85 square kilometers. The population reaches 200000 residents.
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In the centre of Pyatigorsk rises Mashuk mountain
(994 m.), from which there is a great panoramic view. You can
see Beshtau mountain (1400 m. above the sea-surface). In the
horizon stretches the Central Caucasian range, which has the
highest mountain-tops in Europe and these are: Kazbec mountain
(5.033 m.) and Elbrus (5.642 m.). Scientists named this area:
“Archipelagos of rocks”.
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The
city owes its birth in 1780 to its fifty mineral water springs
and its wonderful climate. It was built by higher Russian officers
under the aegis of the emperor Nicolas I. Due to these circumstances
the city was developing very quickly in a spa city. The first
and most famous architects of the city were Jovanni and Juseppe
Bernardachi from Italy. Today Pyatigorsk is a great therapeutic
spa city. Here there is a modern diagnostic center with the
most advanced methods. Doctors use the latest in science and
technology.
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Pyatigorsk
is a cultural centre of the CMW area. It has got rich intellectual
life and a great number of orthodox churches. There are polytechnic
institutes and universities of higher education. State Linguistic
University, Technological Institute, University of Financial
Law, Pharmaceutical Academia, Medical School, Business School
etc.
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Concert hall, cinemas, libraries and exhibitions.
Every year “The All Russian Days of Poetry, dedicated to Lermontov,
an All Russian Competition of young pianists, named after Safonov,
television festivals, international meetings, congresses etc.
take place here. Two local papers are issued “Kavkazskaya zdravnitsa”
and “Pyatigorskaya Pravda”. Stavropol radiotelevision branch
operates in the city. Two radio stations “Pyataya vershina”
and “Provinchia”
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Pyatigorsk is the biggest industrial centre of
the CMW area. Agricultural equipment, furniture, carpets, building
materials as well as clothing are manufactured here. In the
recent years many private companies have appeared. Pyatigorsk
is also the biggest wholesale trade center in the North Caucasus.
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Russians, Armenians, Ukrainians, Belrussians, Jews, Osetins, Georgians, Kabardines and other nationalities dwell in the city, among which there are 3.000 Greeks as well, whose ancestors settled in the area in the 1870s. The climate here is mountainous. During the winter it is sunny, but the best season lasts from May till October.
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