Pyatigorsk

The name is derived from the fused Russian words "{{lang|ru|пять гор}}" (five mountains) and the city is so called because of the five peaks of the Beshtau (which also means five mountains in Turkic) of the Caucasus Mountains overlooking the city. Founded in 1780, it has been a health spa with mineral springs since 1803, as part of the Caucasian Mineral Waters.

Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov was shot dead by Nikolai Martynov in a duel at Pyatigorsk on July 27, 1841. There is a museum in the city devoted to his memory. Zionist activist Joseph Trumpeldor was born in Pyatigorsk.

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{{Historical populations|1897|18440|1926|41000|1939|63162|1959|69617|1970|93085|1979|109901|1989|129499|2002|140559|2010|142511|2021|146473|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}

The writings of the 14th-century Arabian traveler Ibn Battuta included the earliest known mention of the mineral springs. Peter the Great (reigned 1682–1725) fostered the earliest scientific study of them, but the information collected on his expedition has not survived. Interest revived at the end of the 18th century with the foundation of the first Russian settlement (Konstantinogorskaya fortress), erected at Mt. Mashuk in 1780.{{cite book|last1=Battutah|first1=Ibn|title=The Travels of Ibn Battutah|date=2002|publisher=Picador|location=London|isbn=9780330418799|pages=124}}

The value of the Caucasian mineral waters led to the construction of a resort in 1803, and studies of their medical properties began thereafter: on April 24, Alexander I signed a decree which made the mineral waters state property. Many settlements developed near the springs: first Goryachevodsk (now part of Pyatigorsk) at the bottom of Mt. Mashuk, then Kislovodsk, Yessentuki, and Zheleznovodsk.

{{cite web |url=http://www.newtime21v.narod.ru/hist/pyatigorsk.html |title=Pyatigorsk |publisher=Newtime21v.narod.ru |date=2007-01-30 |access-date=2012-08-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225045720/http://www.newtime21v.narod.ru/hist/pyatigorsk.html |archive-date=December 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} During the Russian Empire, the settlement was the administrative capital of the Pyatigorsky Otdel of the Terek Oblast.

During World War II, the German Wehrmacht temporarily occupied Pyatigorsk. The Einsatzkommando 12 of Einsatzgruppe D had its headquarters in Pyatigorsk in 1942.

{{in lang|de}} Jonathan Littell: Die Wohlgesinnten - Materialienband. Berlin 2006. P. 66

The German occupation resulted in the killing of many Jewish inhabitants of the region.

{{cite web |url=http://www.jfr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sup_belkova |publisher=The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous |title=Russia // Kira Belkova |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728095001/http://www.jfr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sup_belkova |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}

The city is situated on a small plateau, {{convert|512|m|sp=us}} above sea level, at the foot of Beshtau, Mashuk, and three other outliers of the Caucasus Mountains, which protect it on the north. The snow-covered summits of Mount Elbrus are visible to the south.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two urban-type settlements (Goryachevodsky and Svobody) and five rural localities, incorporated as the city of krai significance of Pyatigorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Resolution #63-p As a municipal division, the city of krai significance of Pyatigorsk is incorporated as Pyatigorsk Urban Okrug Daria Kuznetsova is a local leader.Law #88-kz

The industry of Pyatigorsk is primarily oriented towards service of the health resort. There is also food industry (a meat-processing plant, a winery, a dairy, a brewery, a confectionery), textiles (clothing, shoe plant, carpet factories), machine industry and metal working (PО Pyatigorskselmash specializes in machines and equipment for aviculture; a special automobile equipment works, an electromechanical plant, etc.); mining, a chemical factory and a ceramics factory who specialize in porcelain and ceramic gifts such as samovars, figurines, vases, and decorative ceramic wall hanging panels. In 1991, the Pyatigorsk health resort had ten sanatoria, four boarding houses and five sanatoria-preventoria.

The climate of Pyatigorsk falls within humid continental (Dfb) classification under the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system and is characterized by absence of sharp fluctuations of annual and daily temperatures. Summers are warm with the average July temperature of {{convert|+21|C}} while winters, lasting two to three months, are cold, with the average January temperature of {{convert|-4|C}}. Spring is cool, with a sharp transition by the summer, and a warm, dry, and long fall. There are an average of ninety-eight sunny days in a year.

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|Mar record high C=30.3

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|May record high C=34.4

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|Jul record high C=39.7

|Aug record high C=40.9

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|Oct record high C=31.4

|Nov record high C=25.1

|Dec record high C=20.6

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|Jul high C = 27.0

|Aug high C = 26.5

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|Nov high C = 7.7

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|Jan mean C = -3.8

|Feb mean C = -3.2

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|Apr mean C = 8.9

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|Sep mean C = 15.3

|Oct mean C = 8.9

|Nov mean C = 3.1

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|Oct record low C = -9.6

|Nov record low C = -22.3

|Dec record low C = -25.8

|year record low C = -32.5

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|Jan precipitation mm = 18.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 19.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 26.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 48.0

|May precipitation mm = 72.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 86.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 70.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 51.7

|Sep precipitation mm = 43.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 32.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 25.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 23.7

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|Feb precipitation days = 16.1

|Mar precipitation days = 16.2

|Apr precipitation days = 13.7

|May precipitation days = 11.7

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|Aug precipitation days = 6.5

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{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2025}}File:Место дуэли Лермонтова.JPG duel]]

The state memorial estate of Mikhail Lermontov was founded in 1973. It unites all of the Lermontov memorial places in the region: the place where he fought his duel and was killed, a necropolis, Lermontov's small house, Verzilin's houses, the house of Alexander Alyabyev, the Lermontov square, and monument.

The Aeolian harp is a small stone pavilion in the classical style, constructed by the brothers Bernardacci in 1828.

Diana's grotto was built in 1830, in honor of the first ascent of Mount Elbrus.

Pyatigorsk features in Jonathan Littell's 2009 novel, The Kindly Ones.

• Elina Avanesyan, tennis player

Asteroid 2192 Pyatigoriya discovered in 1972 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Smirnova is named after the city.{{cite book |last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D. |title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names|edition=5th|year=2003|publisher=Springer Verlag |location=New York |isbn=3-540-00238-3 |page=178}}

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia}}

Pyatigorsk is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Города-побратимы|url=http://pyatigorsk.org/132|website=pyatigorsk.org|publisher=Pyatigorsk|access-date=2020-02-06}}

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• {{flagicon|ARM}} Dilijan, Armenia
• {{flagicon|HUN}} Hévíz, Hungary
• {{flagicon|IND}} Kochi, India
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Panagyurishte, Bulgaria
• {{flagicon|GER}} Schwerte, Germany
• {{flagicon|GRC}} Trikala, Greece

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• History of the Jews in Pyatigorsk

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• [http://www.pyatigorsk.org Official website of Pyatigorsk] {{in lang|ru}}
• [http://narod.kmv.ru/kurort/kg_pyat.htm Website about Pyatigorsk] {{in lang|ru}}
• [http://eng.russ-yug.ru/weather/pyatigorsk/ Weather in Pyatigorsk]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180307071936/http://v-pyatigorske.ru/ Pyatigorsk city website]
• BBC News. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6940765.stm Scraping by in a Russian resort]

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