Description Pyatigorsk, Russia

Today Pyatigorsk largest center of balneotherapy and mud. This magnificent modern diagnostic facilities, the latest techniques and recommendations. At work of physicians the latest advances of medicine, science and technology. Pyatigorsk - cultural center in the region of Caucasian Mineral Waters. Pyatigorsk is the largest industrial center in KMV. voim birth, in 1780, the city owes sources mineral water, which in Pyatigorsk, 50, and the unique climate.

Pyatigorsk - balneogryazevoy foothill resort steppe at an altitude of 510 - 630 m above sea level. Located on the left bank. Podkumok, on the slopes of the mountains Mashuk hot. Pyatigorsk - the second largest city in the Stavropol region. Located in the central part of Predkavkaz'ya on the banks of the river Podkumok. Its height above sea level 520-550 meters. The total area of the city with the industrial community of 85 square kilometers. In the center of Pyatigorsk rises Mount Mashuk (994m), with a stunning panoramic view of rare beauty. On all sides tower detached from each other by mountains - laccoliths, the highest of them Beshtau (1400 m above sea level). On the horizon stretches a chain of the Great Caucasus mountain range with the highest peak of Europe, the mountains Kazbek (5033 m above sea level) and Elbrus (5642 m above sea level). Scientists have named this region "rocky archipelago.