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PYATIGORSK

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 676 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PYATIGORSK , a See also:

town and watering-See also:place of See also:Russian See also:Caucasia, in the See also:province of See also:Terek, 141 M. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:Vladikavkaz. Pop. (1882), 13,670; (1897), 18,638. It owes its origin to its See also:mineral See also:waters, which have See also:long been known to the inhabitants of Caucasia. The See also:sulphur springs, about fifteen in number, come from a See also:great See also:depth, and vary in temperature from 75° to 96° F.; they are used both for drinking and for bathing. The first buildings were erected in 1812, and in 183o the name of Pyatigorsk (" town of the five mountains ") was given to the new See also:settlement. Its subsequent rapid increase was greatly stimulated by the completion of the railway connexion with Rostov-on-the-See also:Don. The town is charmingly situated on a small See also:plateau, 168o ft. above See also:sea-level, at the See also:foot of the Beshtau, Mashuk and three other outliers of the See also:Caucasus range, which protect it on the See also:north. The See also:snow-covered summits of the Elbruz are visible to the See also:south. The most noteworthy features are a See also:cathedral, a See also:monument to the poet M. Y. See also:Lermontov (1814-1841), and a hydropathic.

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