Kislovodsk

Kislovodsk (Russian: Кислово́дск; Kabardian: Нартсанэ; Karachay-Balkar: Ачысуу) 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.

Population: 128,553 (2010 census); 129,788 (2002 census); 114,414 (1989 Soviet census).

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.^{[need quotation to verify]}

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.

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 Kislovodsk—an 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.