Pyatigorsk

Pyatigorsk

Pyatigorsk can be translated from Russian as Five Mountains and was named in honour of the five-domed Mount Beshtau (which itself is Turkic for Five Mountains). Pyatigorsk is the largest of the so-called Caucasian Mineral Water resort-cities and the second largest city in the Stavropol Territory. It is situated over 500 metres above sea level on the foothills of the Greater Caucasus overlooked by Mount Mashuk. The city is also known as being the site of the duel in which Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov was killed.


Basic facts
Name in Russian
Пятигорск
Status
City-municipality in the Stavropol Territory and the administrative centre of the North-Caucasian Federal Republic
Location
On the foothills of Mount Mashuk
Distance
185km south-east of Stavropol, 1,575km south of Moscow
Time Zone
Moscow Time
Population
145,952 people (2014)
Founded
1780
Former Names
Goryachie Vody, Konstantinogorsk
City Day
Second Saturday in September
Official Website
http://www.pyatigorsk.org/ru/