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History of the formation of the city of mineral waters. City mineral waters

City Mineralnye Vody located on the territory of the state (country) Russia, which in turn is located on the territory of the continent Europe.

Which federal district does the city of Mineralnye Vody belong to?

The city of Mineralnye Vody is part of the federal district: North Caucasus.

The Federal District is an enlarged territory consisting of several constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

In what region is the city of Mineralnye Vody located?

The city of Mineralnye Vody is part of the Stavropol Territory region.

A characteristic of a region or a subject of a country is the integrity and interconnection of its constituent elements, including cities and other settlements that are part of the region.

The Stavropol Territory region is an administrative unit of the state of Russia.

Population of the city of Mineralnye Vody.

The population of the city of Mineralnye Vody is 75,381 people.

Year of foundation of Mineralnye Vody.

Year of foundation of the city of Mineralnye Vody: 1878.

What time zone is Mineralnye Vody located in?

The city of Mineralnye Vody is located in the administrative time zone: UTC+4. Thus, you can determine the time difference in the city of Mineralnye Vody, relative to the time zone in your city.

Phone code of the city of Mineralnye Vody

Telephone code of the city of Mineralnye Vody: +7 879 22. In order to call the city of Mineralnye Vody from mobile phone, you need to dial the code: +7 879 22 and then the subscriber’s number directly.

Official website of the city of Mineralnye Vody.

Website of the city of Mineralnye Vody, official website of the city of Mineralnye Vody, or as it is also called “Official website of the administration of the city of Mineralnye Vody”: http://www.gorodminvody.ru/.

History and geography
City
Mineralnye Vody

44°12′03″ n. w. 43°06′45″ E. d.
Country	Russia
Subject of the Federation
Urban district	Mineralovodsky
Founded	in 1878
Former names	until 1898 - Sultanovsky village until 1922 - Illarionovsky village
City with	1922
Square	51.55 km²
Center height	300 m
Time zone	UTC+3
Population
Population	↘ 74,758 people (2018)
Density	1450.2 people/km²
Agglomeration	Caucasian-Mineralovodskaya
National composition	Russians, Armenians, Ukrainians, Greeks
Names of residents	mineral water workers, mineral water worker, mineral water workers
Digital IDs
Dialing code	+7 87922
Postal code	357200
OKATO code	07 421
OKTMO code	07 721 000 001
Other
Map sheet nomenclature	L-38-135
Wikimapia.org	See map

Mineralnye Vody- city, administrative center of the Mineralovodsky district (urban district) of Russia. Part of the ecological resort region Caucasian Mineral Waters.

Name options

Mineralnye Vody (Kumskaya)
Min. Water (for everyday use)

Geography

The city is located in the valley of the Kuma River, 172 km southeast of. The city is located largest airport in the south of Russia, connecting the Caucasian Mineral Waters region with other regions of Russia, a junction railway station of the North Caucasus Railway on the Armavir line - with a branch to the federal highway "M-29 Caucasus". From here you can get to the resort towns of Zheleznovodsk, as well as to the city of Lermontov.

The city stands at the foot of Mount Zmeyka, most of which is occupied by the territory of the Beshtaugorsky forest, and part of the city side is a formidable view of rocks and quarries, connected by a serpentine of old roads. In the middle of the last century, construction materials were actively mined here and a stone processing plant was operating. IN good weather From the city you can see the peaks of Elbrus, which is 91 km away in a straight line. From the city you can go to it by excursion bus; along roads this distance will increase to 250 km.

Rivers

Kuma, Surkul, Dzhemukha.

Climate

The climate of the city is relatively dry; moist air masses from the Black Sea do not reach here; they are delayed by the Main Caucasus Range. The climate of the city of Mineralnye Vody is characterized by contrast - summers are hot and dry, winters are slightly frosty. Spring and summer are clearly defined. The coldest months are January and February, the warmest are July and August. Spring begins at the end of February.

Summer begins in early May. It is warm and long-lasting (about 140 days). Autumn begins in early October. The best time of year for relaxation and travel is autumn. It can be sunny, dry, rich in fruits and brightly colored landscapes. Precipitation in the city is extremely uneven across the seasons and ranges from 300 mm to 600 mm per year.

The city of Mineralnye Vody is located mainly in the steppe zone. The plains here have long been developed, plowed and built up; virgin areas with silver feather grass have been preserved only in small fragments along the roadsides. Here, in addition to feather grass, fescue, tonkonogo, and wheatgrass grow on the soils; in the spring, speedwell turns blue; in the summer, gray leaves of Elecampane, yellow baskets of elecampane, and prickly rosettes of elecampane appear. At the foot of the mountain, Crimean wormwood, creeping kohia and kermek are abundantly found on solonetzic soils. Animal world territory has been significantly reduced and changed by man. In the steppe areas you can occasionally see the brown hare, jerboa, gray hamster, hedgehog, and steppe ferret. Voles live here. The mounds of earth are lined up in a row, which indicates the underground work of the common mole rat. There are also eagle, hawk, owl and owl.

Climate of Mineralnye Vody
Indicator	Jan.	Feb.	March	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Year
Absolute maximum, °C	19,5	21,5	30,3	34,5	34,9	37,5	39,7	41,1	37,4	34,1	25,8	19,4	41,1
Average maximum, °C	1,7	2,5	8,4	16,8	21,8	26,5	29,8	29,3	23,9	16,4	8,3	2,8	15,7
Average temperature, °C	−2,5	−2,4	2,8	10,0	15,1	19,6	22,6	22,0	16,9	10,3	3,6	−1,3	9,7
Average minimum, °C	−5,7	−6	−1,2	4,6	9,1	13,5	16,1	15,7	11,2	5,8	0,2	−4,4	4,9
Absolute minimum, °C	−33,3	−31,6	−23,8	−7,6	−2,9	3,2	7,5	4,2	−4,6	−17,7	−23,6	−31,5	−33,3
Precipitation rate, mm	18	18	28	53	67	86	69	48	35	38	31	28	519
Source: Weather and Climate

Story

The city owes its birth to the construction of the Rostov-Vladikavkaz railway (construction was completed in 1875). The junction station with a branch to Kislovodsk was named Sultanovskaya, since it was located on lands that belonged to the Nogai Sultan Mengli-Girey and his descendants since 1826. At that time, about 500 workers who served the local locomotive depot, station and other railway enterprises. And nearby, on the lands of Sultan Dzhanbek-Girey, with his consent, new settlers soon settled. These were mainly artisans and traders who supplied their products and goods to the railway workers. The settlers submitted a petition to the authorities to form a settlement. In 1878, the village received legal status and name Sultanovsky.

In 1906, the village of Sultanovsky was renamed Illarionovsky- in honor of Count I.I. Vorontsov-Dashkov, appointed governor of the Caucasus.

In October 1921, the village and station were united and became the city of Mineralnye Vody with a population of 14 thousand people.

In 1929-1930, enterprises for the extraction and processing of non-metallic materials appeared - the Zmeyka stone crushing plant and the Beshtaunit mine. After the construction of the airport in 1925, the city became an important point on the main air routes of the USSR. In 1924, by Decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the Mineralovodsky district was formed.

The Holy Monk Theodosius of the Caucasus (1841-1948) lived in Mineralnye Vody from 1931 to 1948, after returning from the Solovetsky Islands he accepted the feat of foolishness. In recent years, he lived with novices in a small, damp house with low ceilings. In December 1994, in the Stavropol diocesan administration at the diocesan council, the question of studying the life of Hieroschemamonk Theodosius and the people's veneration of him as a saint of God was raised. The relics of St. Theodosius of the Caucasus are located in the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos.

In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, 18 thousand mineral water workers went to the front. Their jobs were taken by women and children. Some enterprises switched to producing military products. 6,269 city residents were awarded orders and medals, 12 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. 7 thousand mineral water workers died in the war.

On the evening of August 8, 1942, the 40th German Tank Corps of the 1st Tank Army of Baron Leo-Geir von Schweppenburg approached the northern bank of the Kuma River, where it was met by the defenders of the city - cadets of the Novocherkassk Cavalry School. On August 10, the city was occupied by Nazi German troops. The Mineralnye Vody railway station was an extremely important facility; German troops advancing on Vladikavkaz and Baku were supplied through it. In the building railway station There was a German commandant's office where interrogations were conducted. Outside the city, near the glass factory there was a deep anti-tank ditch, where massacres of civilians were carried out every day. More than 10 thousand people from all over the Caucasian Mineral Waters were killed and buried there.

On January 11, 1943, a Soviet tank battalion under the command of Captain Petrov entered the city along the railway line from Prokhladny, advancing in the direction of the railway station, where the main enemy forces were concentrated. At the same time, rifle units entered the city. Soviet troops blocked several trains with German equipment, uniforms and food at the station. On the street “50 Years of October” there is a memorial to tankers with a T-34-85 tank.

After the war, Mineralnye Vody became one of largest cities Stavropol region

On June 5, 1964, the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR decided to limit the registration of citizens in the resort cities of Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk, Zheleznovodsk, Essentuki, Mineralnye Vody and adjacent settlements of the Stavropol Territory.

On November 9, 1991, Shamil Basayev committed his first terrorist attack, hijacking a plane from Mineralnye Vody airport. The plane with 178 hostages on board was supposed to fly to, but Basayev ordered the pilots to head for.

Symbolism

Mineralnye Vody is the only one of the 19 cities of the Stavropol Territory that does not have official symbols - a coat of arms and a flag.

The issue of creating city symbols was first raised in the second half of the 1960s. In July 1965, the newspaper "Caucasian Health Resort" published a collective letter signed by employees of the Pyatigorsk Museum in Kavminvody, as well as by the chairman of the Kavkaz Minvodsky branch of the Union of Architects of the USSR V. Fukleev and chief architect B. Abidov, who addressed readers with a request to express their opinion on the need to develop coats of arms, Zheleznovodsk, Mineralnye Vody and other cities that are part of the Caucasian Mineralnye Vody. Soon, the first responses and suggestions from residents of the resort region appeared on the pages of this publication, including Mineral Vody geodesist B. Ivantsov, who presented the emblem of his city as follows: “In the foreground... an electric locomotive, and at the top - a soaring jet passenger plane... To the left and right are mountains . Let the background be a panorama of the Caucasus Range with the handsome Elbrus.” Subsequently, a similar image became widespread on one of the collectible badges of the so-called “Pyatigorsk series”, produced by several souvenir factories in the city of Pyatigorsk. At the same time, according to Russian Center flag studies and heraldry, “the city’s coat of arms in this form did not exist and was not approved.”

Emblem of the city of Mineralnye Vody (1998)

At the beginning of 1971, a competition was announced for the best sketch of the coat of arms of Mineralnye Vody, information about which appeared on the first page of the January issue of the Caucasian Health Resort. However, in the end, the unofficial symbol of the capital of the Mineralovodsk region became the anniversary emblem, designed in 1998 (for the 120th anniversary of the founding of the city) by local artist S. N. Valuysky: “In a scarlet shield, in a circle on a golden base - a mountain, one slope of which is green, and the other is black. Around the mountain are symbols of aviation, transport, a golden ear and a fragment of a gear.” The main figure - the mountain - was associated with the natural landmark of Mineralnye Vody - Mount Snake; the remaining figures denoted the international airport, railway station and industrial facilities located within the city (in particular, aircraft repair plant 411GA). In September 1998, an image of this emblem appeared on a symbolic stele at the entrance to Mineralnye Vody, built according to the design of the city’s chief architect L. G. Semin.

During the municipal reform, the city of Mineralnye Vody was given the status of an urban settlement and, as a municipal entity, received the right to its own coat of arms and other official symbols reflecting historical, cultural, socio-economic, national and other local traditions. Work on the new symbols began in 2010. The need for its creation, as noted in the program for the socio-economic development of the city of Mineralnye Vody for 2011-2015, was due to the fact that “the existing symbols are not approved according to the heraldic hierarchy, are not officially registered and are morally outdated.”

On June 24, 2010, at a meeting of the heraldic commission under the governor of the Stavropol Territory, 10 projects of the coat of arms of the city of Mineralnye Vody, developed by the heraldist artist S.E. Mayorov (Stavropol) and public figure I.H. Iliadi (Mineralnye Vody), were considered. As a result of the discussion, the commission members recommended for approval by the city administration option No. 10 “with the image of a fork-shaped cross with an eagle and the sun rising from the base of the shield,” characterizing it as “the most acceptable and heraldically correct.”

Mineralnye Vody city project (2011)

On February 25, 2011, by decision of the City Duma, the composition of the commission was determined, which was developing a sketch of the coat of arms and flag of the city. In March of the same year, public hearings were held in the city administration building to discuss the sketch of the coat of arms and flag - the official symbols of the city of Mineralnye Vody. As a variant of the coat of arms, taken as a basis, the design executed by S. E. Mayorov was chosen: “In the azure field of the shield there is a silver, overturned raised fork-shaped cross, on top of it is a black eagle flying to the right with raised wings, having gold: an eye, a beak, paws, claws, a key of the same metal in the paws. Below is the emerging golden sun (without a mask).”

The proposed design of the coat of arms expressed such features as the name of the city of Mineralnye Vody, its location at the entrance to the resort region of Caucasian Mineralnye Vody and its role as the main transport hub North Caucasus. The main figure of the coat of arms was a silver overturned fork-shaped cross, the three rays of which, meeting in the center, symbolized the three types of transport arteries converging in the city (air, railway, automobile). The cross was also seen as a protective symbol - both for the city and for the passengers of this transport hub. A flying eagle with a golden key in its paws was associated with the established symbol of the Caucasian Mineralnye Vody, the key and gate to which is the city of Mineralnye Vody. The same feature of the city, which serves as the “gate to the Caucasian Mineral Waters,” is reflected in the opening formed by the two lower rays of the cross. The main colors of the coat of arms design (azure and silver), correlated with the signs of water, strengthened the symbolism inherent in the name of the city, and, together with the image of the golden sun rising from the base of the shield, reminded that an important component of the beneficial effects on the health of vacationers on Caucasian Mineral Waters are mineral springs combined with sun and air.

During further consideration, this coat of arms was rejected by the city administration. At a meeting of the heraldic commission under the governor of the Stavropol Territory, held on June 30, 2011, the secretary of the commission N.A. Okhonko reported that “activities have begun to profane the heraldic correct coat of arms into some kind of artistic canvas.”

By March 2015, due to the start of the “active reorganization process” in the city and region, the development of official symbols in Mineralnye Vody was suspended. However, it was no longer possible to resume it, since in June of the same year, all the municipalities that were part of the Mineralovodsk municipal district of the Stavropol Territory were transformed, by merging them, into the Mineralovodsk urban district, as a result of which the city of Mineralnye Vody lost the status of an urban settlement, and with it the rights to the coat of arms and flag.

Population

Population
1923	1926	1931	1939	1959	1967	1970	1973	1976	1979	1982	1986	1987
13 644	↗ 18 000	↗ 22 719	↗ 31 300	↗ 40 131	↗ 47 000	↗ 55 149	↗ 59 000	↗ 64 000	↗ 67 381	↗ 71 000	↗ 74 000	↗ 75 000
1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
↘ 70 961	↗ 81 824	↗ 83 346	↗ 84 537	↗ 85 563	↗ 86 467	↗ 87 068	↗ 87 884	↗ 88 272	↗ 88 288	↘ 88 149	↗ 88 552	↗ 88 597
2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
↗ 89 051	↗ 89 068	↗ 89 336	↘ 89 222	↘ 89 209	↘ 89 017	↘ 76 700	↗ 76 757	↘ 76 728	↘ 76 696	↘ 76 441	↘ 76 291	↘ 76 205
2015	2016	2017	2018
↘ 75 974	↘ 75 620	↘ 75 381	↘ 74 758

As of January 1, 2018, the city ranked 221st out of 1,113 cities in the Russian Federation in terms of population.

National composition

According to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census:

№	Nationality	Number of people, people	Share
1	Russians	63 369	82,6 %
2	Armenians	6 668	8,7 %
3	Ukrainians	1 014	1,3 %
4	Greeks	854	1,1 %
5	other	4 823	6,3 %

Administrative division

Healthcare

GBUZ SK "Mineral Vody District Hospital" (its structure includes a hospital, a city clinic, a children's city clinic, an emergency medical station, a maternity hospital, and a dental clinic).
NHI "Departmental clinical hospital at the Mineralnye Vody station of JSC Russian Railways" (in its structure it has a hospital and 2 outpatient departments).

Connection

Internet

Caucasus Internet Service, Post Ltd, Boka and Co., Rostelecom, Beeline, MTS

Corded telephone

Stavropol branch of Rostelecom

Cellular 2G/3G/4G

MegaFon, Beeline, MTS, Yota

Education

Higher professional education

North Caucasus branch of the educational institution "Belgorod State Technological University named after. V. G. Shukhov"
Branch of the educational institution "Rostov State Transport University" in Mineralnye Vody
North Caucasus Institute (Branch) of the educational institution "Moscow Humanitarian Economic Institute"

Secondary vocational education

Stavropol Regional Music College named after. V. I. Safonova
Mineralovodsk regional multidisciplinary college.
Mineralovodsk College of Railway Transport
Mineralovodsk branch of the educational institution "Rostov Trade and Economic Technical College"

Secondary general education

Secondary school No. 1
Gymnasium No. 2
Lyceum No. 3
Secondary school No. 4
Secondary school No. 5
Secondary school No. 6
Secondary school No. 7
Secondary school No. 14
Secondary school No. 20
Gymnasium No. 103
Lyceum No. 104
Secondary school No. 111

Preschool education

Kindergarten No. 1 “The Scarlet Flower”
Kindergarten No. 2 “Golden Key”
Kindergarten No. 4 “Firefly”
Kindergarten No. 5 “Dolphin”
Kindergarten No. 6 “Baby”
Kindergarten No. 7 “Ivushka”
Kindergarten No. 8 “Fairy Tale”
Kindergarten No. 9 “Forest Fairy Tale”
Kindergarten No. 11 “Goldfish”
Kindergarten No. 12 “Alyonushka”
Kindergarten No. 13 “Crane”
Kindergarten No. 14 “Deer”
Kindergarten No. 15 “Stork”
Kindergarten No. 16 “Little Red Riding Hood”
Kindergarten No. 33 “Rainbow”
Kindergarten No. 62 “Zvezdochka”
Kindergarten No. 73 “Spark”
Kindergarten No. 95 “Swallow”
Kindergarten No. 103 “Cheburashka”
Kindergarten No. 198 “Snow White”

Additional education

Children's Art House
Center for Continuing Education
Mineralnye Vody Children's and Youth Sports School

Culture

MBUK "Centralized Club System" (central House of Culture in Mineralnye Vody)
MBUK "Centralized Library System" (there are 8 libraries in Mineralnye Vody).
Children's Art School named after. D. B. Kabalevsky
Children's art school
Children's music school

Economics and production

There are more than 30 large and medium-sized enterprises and organizations located in the city. Of these:

3 enterprises specialize in the production of food products (Mineral Vody Bread Factory, Stary Istochnik water company, Don water production and bottling enterprise);
3 organizations are engaged in publishing and printing activities (Publishing House "Caucasian Health Resort", "Mineral Vody Printing House", Printing House "Lotos");
1 enterprise produces plastic products (“Stavroplast”);
13 enterprises and organizations produce other products (Mineral Vody Stone Processing Plant; Mineralovodsk branch of OJSC Irkutsk Precast Concrete Plant; enterprises Stavropolsnab, S7 Engineering, Liner, BaT, Askania Aqua, Brewery - KMV"; fur company "Rokar", confectionery shop "Sweet World").
"Aircraft Repair Plant 411GA"

Transport

Air transport

In the western part of the city there is an international 1st class airport “Mineralnye Vody”, from where flights are carried out. passenger transportation by air transport.

Rail transport

The city is home to the Mineralnye Vody railway station with railway infrastructure enterprises, which are part of the Mineralovodsk region of the North Caucasus Railway. Mineralnye Vody station is the main passenger station in the resort area of Caucasian Mineralnye Vody.

Road transport

Mineralnye Vody is the center of international road transport in Russia. They pass through the city highway federal significance P217"Caucasus", as well as highways of regional and local importance.

The city has a bus station “Kavminvodyavto”, from where there are regular bus services (intercity, intermunicipal) to various cities and towns of the Stavropol Territory, subjects of the North Caucasus, Southern Federal District and others.

Public transport

Public transport in Mineralnye Vody is represented by small-capacity buses ( minibuses) and private taxis serving urban and suburban routes.

No. 1 railway station - village Kumskaya
No. 2 railway station - village Andzhievsky
No. 2A railway station - village Andzhievsky (Krasnogvardeyskaya St.)
No. 3 railway station - village Levokumka
No. 3 A railway station - village Levokumka
No. 5 railway station - JSC Stavropolsnab
No. 5 A railway station - gelatin plant
No. 6 railway station - ARZ - 5th kilometer
No. 6 A railway station - 5th kilometer
No. 8 railway station - 2nd microdistrict
No. 11 railway station - Airport
No. 13 railway station - village Evdokimovsky
No. 14 railway station - village Evdokimovsky
No. 16 railway station - market
No. 17 railway station - x. Red Plowman
No. 101 railway station - Pionerskaya (Novotersky village)
No. 102 railway station - village Zagorsky
No. 102 A railway station - microdistrict - village Zagorsky
No. 103 railway station - x. Renaissance
No. 104 Bus station - village. Pobegailovka
No. 105 railway station - village Kangly
No. 106 Bus station - Prikumskoye village
No. 108 Bus station - village. Civil
No. 110 railway station - village Ulyanovka
No. 111 PATP -dacha channel "Shirokiy" - village. Maryina Wells
No. 112 railway station - x. Slavic
No. 113 railway station - village Maryina Wells
No. 113A Bus station - village. Sukhaya Padina - village. Maryina Wells
No. 114 Bus station - village. Greek
No. 115 Bus station - x. Perevalny
No. 116 Bus station - village. Nagutskoye
No. 121 railway station - x. Garden
No. 121 A railway station - microdistrict - x. Garden
No. 122 railway station - Borodinovka village
No. 232 Bus station - village. Nizhnyaya Alexandrovka

Sport

Popov Vsevolod Maksimovich - karateka, multiple champion of Russia and Europe, three-time world champion and MSMK.

Religion

Russian Orthodox Church

St. Nicholas Church

St. Nicholas Church - st. Svobody, 94. The temple was built in 1950 and consecrated in honor of the Intercession of the Mother of God. On November 19, 1997, by order of Metropolitan Gideon, it was renamed in honor of St. Nicholas (in connection with the completion of the construction of the new Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in the city of Mineralnye Vody)
Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary - st. Pyatigorskaya, 35
Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Shkolnaya St., 2a. The temple was built on the site of a park in the courtyard of the Music College named after. V. I. Safonova. The square, in turn, was laid out on the site of the Intercession Church destroyed in the 30s of the 20th century.

Seventh Day Adventist Church

The Seventh Day Adventist Church is located on the street. Svobody, 95

Seventh Day Adventist Church

Church of Evangelical Christian Baptists

The Baptist prayer house is located on the street. Knyshevsky, 67

People associated with the city

Andryushchenko, Grigory Yakovlevich (1905, Illarionovsky village, now the city of Mineralnye Vody - 1943) - Soviet officer, participant in the civil, Soviet-Finnish and Great Patriotic Wars. Hero of the Soviet Union, Guard Colonel
Anfinogentova, Anna Antonovna (1938, Mineralnye Vody) - economist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Bibik, Alexey Pavlovich - writer
Gulyanitsky, Alexey Feodosievich (1933, Mineralnye Vody) - conductor, People's Artist of Ukraine
Minakov, Vasily Ivanovich (1921, Illarionovsky village, now the city of Mineralnye Vody) - Major General of Aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union. Honorary citizen of the city of Mineralnye Vody
Prygunov, Alexander Vasilievich (1907, Mineralnye Vody - 1943) - Hero of the Soviet Union
Shein, Grigory Andreevich (1926) - participant in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, holder of the Order of Glory, III degree and Order of the Patriotic War, II degree

Monuments

Mass grave for the Red partisans who died in the civil war of 1918-1920.

Monument to V.I. Lenin

Monument to V.I. Lenin - the intersection of Karl Marx and XXII Party Congress avenues. It was installed on November 5, 1960.
Monument-memorial “Fire of Eternal Glory” to soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Opened May 9, 1976
Monument to General Ermolov.
Monument to tank crews on the Dzhemukha River.
Monument to St. Sergius of Radonezh, erected in December 2014.
Monument to Peter and Fevronia at the entrance to the local registry office, erected on July 9, 2013.
Mig-17 aircraft

Attractions

Museum aviation technology on the territory of plant No. 411 of Civil Aviation.

Notes

Office of Rosreestr for the Stavropol Territory. Report on the state and use of lands in the Stavropol Territory in 2010 (unavailable link)
Population by municipalities of the Stavropol Territory as of January 1, 2018 // Website of the Federal State Statistics Service for the North Caucasus Federal District (North Caucasusstat). - Date of access: 04/27/2015.
Register of registered in AGKGN geographical names objects on 11/18/2011. Stavropol Territory: [arch. 05/12/2017 ].
Mineralnye Vody // Meotian archaeological culture - Mongol-Tatar invasion. - M.: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2012. - (Big Russian Encyclopedia: [in 35 volumes] / chief editor Yu. S. Osipov; 2004-2017, vol. 20). - ISBN 978-5-85270-354-5.
Mineral Waters // Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Stavropol Territory / E. A. Abulova et al.; Ch. ed. : Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor V. A. Shapovalov; reviewers: Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yu. A. Polyakov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor O. G. Malysheva. - Stavropol: SSU Publishing House, 2006. - 458 p.
Voyekov A. I. Vladikavkaz Railway// Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron: in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - St. Petersburg. , 1892. - T. VIa. - pp. 626-627.
Investment passport of the city of Mineralnye Vody
Collection “Industry of the Stavropol Territory in archival documents (1945-1991)”
On restricting the registration of citizens in the resort cities of Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk, Zheleznovodsk, Essentuki, Mineralnye Vody and adjacent settlements of the Stavropol Territory
Anna Osipova. Terrorists hijacked a plane en route to Yekaterinburg. www.oblgazeta.ru. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
Report on the work of the heraldic commission under the governor of the Stavropol Territory for the period 2000-2010. : [arch. 10.27.2016 ] // Portal of public authorities of the Stavropol Territory.
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Having no sources of healing water on its territory, the city of Mineralnye Vody received its name due to the close location of the legendary resorts of the Kavminvod region, in which it plays the role of the main transport hub. And not only there - it is strategically important throughout the North Caucasus due to the presence of an international airport, a junction station of the Northern Caucasus Railway and the M-29 Caucasus federal highway.

Mineralnye Vody on the map of Russia is the administrative center of the Mineralovodsky district, which is located in the south of the Stavropol Territory and belongs to a specially protected resort area. To the south is the Predgorny district, where the health resorts of Zheleznovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Essentuki and Kislovodsk are located, as well as the city of Lermontov. Further to the south rises the Caucasus Range. The distance to the regional center by highway is about 160 km.

The city was built in the valley of the Kuma River, at the foot of Mount Zmeyka, whose height is almost 1000 m, and its areas are located at different elevations - from 300 to 350 m above sea level. Local mountain landscapes One can see dense forests, meadows, harsh rocks, old quarries and ribbons of roads winding between them.

On clear days, you can see the gray head from the city, which is 100 km away on the map, but the excursion route there will be more than twice as long.

The climate in Mineralnye Vody is largely determined by the proximity of a large mountain range, which blocks the path of humid Black Sea air. One cannot count on the uniformity of precipitation, and its annual amount ranges from 300 to 600 mm.

In winter there are frosts and rains. Spring comes before the beginning of March, and soon the air warms up to 25°, but at times it becomes noticeably colder. Summer is hot and dry; starting in the second ten days of May, it lasts almost until the end of September. In autumn it is warm and comfortable, there is no depressing slush and dampness.

History of origin and development

Upon completion of the construction of the Rostov-Vladikavkaz railway in 1875, the new station was named Mineralnye Vody, since it was here that everyone who was going to travel further (on stagecoaches) arrived to rest and be treated at the life-giving springs of Kavminvod.

The entire transport sector (station, depot and other structures) was then served by approximately five thousand workers who lived in the right of way that stretched along the embankment and road surface. But there were also those who, having settled nearby, made money by servicing the railway workers themselves - these were the ubiquitous merchants, handicraft masters, etc. Sultan Giray allowed them to occupy a plot of their land.

Soon they began to petition for this territory to be considered a village. This status was received in July 1878, new village named Sultanovsky. As the railway traffic developed and increased in intensity, workers moved to live in the village, and it began to grow.

This process accelerated after the start of production at a glass factory built in 1898. In 1905, the village was renamed Illarionovsky, in honor of the newly appointed Caucasian governor, who became Count Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov.

The Mineralnye Vody railway station has made an invaluable contribution to the development and growth of popularity of the region's resorts. Immediately after its opening, the flow of vacationers increased sharply, which forced further development of these cities and the formation of a decent medical base in them. The year 1894 also became a milestone in the history of Mineralnye Vody: trains went further through this station to resort towns.

This created a real boom among entrepreneurs who saw enormous prospects for investing in infrastructure, sanatoriums, hotels, and summer cottages. In this regard, the attendance of resorts has increased even more, and their fame has spread abroad.

Caucasian Mineral Waters have firmly occupied their niche not only in the sphere of improving the health of Russians of different classes, but also in the socio-cultural life of the country. The presence of people of creative professions there at all times became a source of inspiration for them.

In 1922, the new authorities decided that the railway station and the nearby village should be one administrative unit. As a result, the city of Mineralnye Vody appeared on the map of the young republic. It, as before, was the most important point of transport infrastructure in the south of the state.

Two years later, a decree was issued on the formation of the Mineralovodsky district, and in 1925 the importance of the city increased even more due to the construction of an airport nearby. Industry gradually developed: in the late 20s - early 30s, enterprises for the extraction of non-metallic materials and their processing by crushing were opened, and later other production facilities appeared.

Almost immediately at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, 18 thousand citizens, including volunteers, went to the front. The enterprises, some of which began to produce products for military orders, now employed old people, women and teenagers.

At the beginning of August 1942, Mineralnye Vody was occupied by the Germans, and the commandant’s office was located in the station building: this transport hub played a crucial role in supplying their units rushing to Baku and Vladikavkaz. By the end of the five-month period of German “order” in the city, all significant economic objects were destroyed, and the depot and station also did not survive.

In addition, citizens of Jewish nationality from all over the world were regularly brought there. resort towns Kavminvod. The site of mass executions was the vicinity of a glass factory, where there was an anti-tank ditch - the dead were thrown into it. In total, over 10 thousand people were killed.

The beginning of January 1943 brought great joy to Mineralnye Vody - our rifle units and a tank battalion fought into the city, and German rule here came to an end. More than 7 thousand local residents did not return from the war, over 6 thousand people were awarded awards, 12 townspeople became Heroes of the Soviet Union.

The restoration of the city began immediately after the liberation, but they were able to finally recover from the damage and begin the massive construction of housing and the expansion of socially significant communications in Mineralnye Vody only in the 2nd half of the 1950s.

A new station at the railway station appeared in 1955. The growth and development of the city allowed it to become one of the largest cities in the Stavropol Territory.

The desire to increase the health-improving capabilities of the Kavminvod resorts and, at the same time, concern for preserving the unique natural properties of the region became the reasons for limiting registration not only in the area where the springs were, but also in the city of Mineralnye Vody and the nearest settlements (1964).

The city greeted the beginning of the 1980s with a completely comfortable state - this applied to most of its territory; The construction of multi-storey, including high-rise, residential buildings began. Development was completed in 1984 mining quarry, which lasted for more than half a century, and transport links continued to develop - a new highway was built between Mineralnye Vody and Kislovodsk.

City and modernity

As in the whole country, the 1990s in Mineralnye Vody were remembered for the fact that in various spheres of life everything that had been created in previous decades fell into decay. A reduction in the number of workers, non-payment of wages, the emergence of enterprise owners and the transfer of property from hand to hand - the same scenario was everywhere, the townspeople survived as best they could.

The events of July 1994 intensified the drama of this period of history: an intercity bus was seized by terrorists, and 36 of its passengers were taken hostage. During the operation to free them, 4 people died.

March 2001 brought a new test: in the busiest place in the city (entrance to the market area) it worked explosive device, many people were injured, 26 people died. The events in the peaceful city of Mineralnye Vody shocked the whole of Russia.

Nowadays, it is still among the largest cities in the Stavropol region and not only remains important transport hub, but also increases its potential in this area. The airport currently receives 20 flights from all over our country and 24 international flights.

You can get from Mineralnye Vody to resort towns via modern roads and electric trains. The local branch of SevKavZhD is in charge of the Kavminvod region, part of the Stavropol Territory and the North Caucasus republics (a total of 20 long- and short-distance routes).

Mineralnye Vody today is also a large industrial center with a good investment climate. There are almost a thousand enterprises of various profiles in the city. Of these, the most significant are those related to instrument making, light, food, chemical, woodworking and construction industries.

There are also about 2 thousand entrepreneurs working here. The well-known mineral water “Novoterskaya healing” is produced here (it is mined at the Zmeykinskoye deposit, at a depth of up to 1.5 thousand m).

The city covers an area of 51.6 square meters. km, its multi-ethnic population has grown to 76 thousand people. As the administrative center of the region, television and radio companies operate here and newspapers are published.

Mineralnye Vody is trying to actively develop social infrastructure in order to better meet the needs of citizens in the field of medical care, preschool education, secondary school, special and higher education, intellectual and physical development, and cultural leisure activities. The southern part of the urban areas was chosen for the implementation of a grandiose project to build the so-called New City.

Culture and attractions

Arriving in Mineralnye Vody, in your free time you can take a walk in the city park, get acquainted with the exhibits of the local history museum and the House-Museum of the writer A.P. Bibika, visit art galleries, concert halls, cinemas, entertainment centers.

If the soul asks to turn to religious values, this will be facilitated by visiting one of the churches (there are several of them) or the Intercession Cathedral, which is very interesting in terms of architecture.

Built less than 20 years ago, the cathedral graced the entire city with its presence. Church authorities designated it as the storage place for the relics of St. Theodosius of the Caucasus, who lived in the city of Mineralnye Vody in the last years of his life (1931 - 48), courageously carrying his cross. Believers pray to him for help in healing the soul and body.

Several monuments and memorials are dedicated to military valor:

General A.P. Ermolov, commander of a group of Russian troops during the Caucasian War in the 19th century;
mass grave of Red Army soldiers who died in the Civil War;
Fire of Eternal Glory, a tribute to the memory of the city residents who died in the Great Patriotic War;
liberators of the city (T-34 tank on a pedestal).

A year after the terrorist attack, a monument was erected in the city of Mineralnye Vody to perpetuate the memory of its victims.

A unique “face” of the resort region is the monumental station building at the railway station. Nearby stands a hard-working steam locomotive that “ran” along the local tracks in the 1930s.

Mineralnye Vody has a natural monument of national significance - Mount Zmeyka, at the foot of which the city lies. Thanks to its fossilized magma, it is of interest to scientists studying the characteristics of volcanic rocks. There are two springs on the mountain - St. and St. Theodosius. Tourists go on climbs: there is something to see not only above, but also below - the city will be at your fingertips.

Mineralnye Vody - small town in the Stavropol Territory, located in the valley of the Kuma River, 172 kilometers from the regional center. The area of the settlement is 51.5 square kilometers.

General data and historical facts

In 1875, the construction of the Rostov-Vladikavkaz railway was completed. In 1878, a workers' settlement was founded at the Sultanovskaya station.

In 1921, the station and the nearby village were transformed into the city of Mineralny Vody. After 4 years, the Mineralovodsky district was formed.

In 1925, an airport was built near the settlement.

In the 1930s, the Zmeyka stone crushing plant and the Beshtaunit mine operated in the village, which were engaged in the processing and extraction of non-metallic materials.

During the Great Patriotic War, 18 thousand residents of Mineralnye Vody went to war against the German invaders. More than 7 thousand people did not return from the battlefields. At this time, many industrial enterprises produced products for military needs.

From August 1942 to January 1943, the city was under occupation by German troops. During the occupation, the Nazis killed and buried more than 10 thousand civilians in the area.

In the post-war years, the construction of residential buildings and hotels began to actively develop in Mineralnye Vody.

In 1956 locality received the status of a city of regional subordination. By this time the city had become popular medical resort, a place for relaxation and recovery.

In the summer of 1964, by decision of the country's government, registration of citizens in Mineralnye Vody and other resort towns was limited.

In 1991, Shamil Basayev hijacked a passenger plane en route from Mineralnye Vody to Yekaterinburg. The terrorist ordered the pilots to fly to the Turkish capital Ankara.

In 1994, terrorists organized a new terrorist attack. Bandits seized an intercity bus, in which 36 people became hostages. As a result of the special operation to free the hostages, 4 people died.

In March 2001, an explosive device went off at the entrance to the city market, killing 26 people.

Industrial enterprises: Mineralovodsk Bakery Plant, publishing house "Caucasian Health Resort", production "Stavroplast", enterprise for the production and bottling of water "Don", enterprises "Stavropolsnab", a branch of OJSC "Irkutsk Prefabricated Reinforced Concrete Plant".

The telephone code of Mineralnye Vody is 87922. The postal code is 357000.

Climate and weather

Mineralnye Vody has a mountain-forest climate. Winters are warm and short. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of -2.5 degrees.

Summer is long and very warm. The average temperature in July is +22.7 degrees. Average annual precipitation is 525 mm.

Total population of Mineralnye Vody for 2018-2019

Population data was obtained from the State Statistics Service. Graph of changes in the number of citizens over the past 10 years.

The total number of residents for 2018 is 74.8 thousand people.

The data from the graph shows a constant decrease in the population from 89,017 people in 2007 to 74,758 people in 2018.

The following nationalities live in the city: Russians - 82.6%, Armenians - 8.7%, Ukrainians - 1.3%, Greeks - 1.1%.

As of January 2018, Mineralnye Vody ranked 221 out of 1,113 cities in the Russian Federation in terms of population.

Attractions

1.Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary- The Orthodox church was built in 1997. The cathedral complex includes a church, administrative buildings, a church wall with a holy gate.

2.Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God- the five-domed temple was built in the village of Novotersky in 2008.

3.Memorial "Fire of Eternal Glory"- the memorial complex was opened on the 30th Anniversary of Victory square in 1976.

Transport

In the Western part of Mineralnye Vody there is an international airport of the same name, from which flights are carried out to Moscow, Surgut, Yekaterinburg, Baku, Tel Aviv, Barcelona, Tashkent, Dushanbe.

In Mineralnye Vody there are several railway stations connecting the city with Georgievsk,

The history of the city began with the construction of the Rostov-Vladikavkaz railway, which ended in 1885, and the station was named “Sultanovskaya” in honor of Sultan Girey, who owned these lands. At that time, about five hundred workers lived in the village who served railway station, depot. Later, artisans and traders began to come to the nearby territories and sell their goods to railway workers, after which they submitted a petition to the Sultan to create a village. The village appeared in 1878 and was called “Sultanovsky”. In 1930, the Zmeyka stone crushing plant and the Beshtaunit mine appeared in the village. In 1925, an airport was built here, after which this facility became important among the main air routes. In 1924, the Mineralovodsky district was formed here. During the Great Patriotic War, active military operations took place here. After the end of the war, the city of Mineralnye Vody became largest center Stavropol region.

Attractions

Among the city's attractions are the Eternal Glory Memorial and the monument to General Ermolov. Among the religious buildings, the St. Nicholas Church, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Church of Evangelical Christian Baptists deserve close attention.

If you want a more active holiday than in the city park of culture and recreation with its fountains and the Eternal Flame, you can always go to the nearest mountain villages, on an excursion to the Tersky Stud Farm, to a water park or a local fitness center.

For curious tourists, the city has local history museum and the house-museum of the writer A.P. Bibik. People interested in architecture, as well as Orthodox believers, should not pass by St. Nicholas Church and the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in which the relics of St. Theodosius of the Caucasus, the heavenly patron of the region, rest.

Nutrition

You can start getting acquainted with the cafes and restaurants of Minvod practically from the railway station, very close to which, on the street. On the 22nd Party Congress, 8, there is the glorious cafe “Wines of Proskovei”. Although “Proskovey Wines” would be more correctly classified as a bar: there is a rich assortment of wines, cognacs and juices for children, but the products are mainly represented by all kinds of snacks.

In the Nostalgie cafe at the Prestige Hotel, a completely different problem will arise: what kind of cuisine, European or local, and whether to take some food with you. Everything can be solved: the cafe provides prompt delivery of dishes throughout the city. You can have a hearty meal in the restaurants and cafes “Holburg”, “Edem” at st. 22nd Party Congress, 64, “Caucasus” (K. Marx St., 53), “Gourmand” (K. Marx St., 57), “Cinema” (Shkolnaya St., 11), “Hummingbird” (St. Stavropolskaya, 72), “Noble Nest” (Orenburgskaya St., 56) or in the “Children’s Restaurant” on the street. Lenina, 26. And all this does not take into account the many street cafes that open in the summer, where you can always dine on barbecue, washed down with light wine, beer or tasty and healthy mineral waters if desired.

Shopping

In any resort town You can easily find many pavilions with souvenirs, paintings by local artists and many other pleasant trinkets. In Mineralnye Vody things are exactly the same: kiosks, galleries and just tents under open air. There are also corresponding shops, for example, “Caprice”, which is on Karl Marx Ave., 71. There are generally many shops along this avenue that can arouse increased interest among ladies: jewelry, perfume Paradise, all kinds of shoe, clothing and leather goods stores. From shopping centers It is worth noting the “21st Century” and the impressive “Passage”, located a little further from the city, closer to the village of Inozemtsevo.

How to get there

By train

There is only one railway station in Mineralnye Vody. It serves the station of the same name, which is the most important transport hub on the entire North Caucasus Railway. The station receives and sends daily commuter trains (to Buddenovsk, Kmislovodsk, etc.), trains long distance(Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg).

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