Pyatigorskdespite its small area, is one of the most populous cities of the Stavropol territory, and also places where the many unique monuments of nature, architecture, history and culture. Opinions about the origin of the name of the city dispersed. According to one version his name Pyatigorsk is bound adjacent to the five-domed mountain-the remnant of Beshtau, whose name translates as "five mountains". Others argue that the city is so named because there are five mountain peaks – Mashuk, Hot, Cossack, Dubrovka, Picket and Post. However, no matter how mountainous terrain gave Pyatigorsk not only the name but also the gorgeous mild climate, as well as a priceless natural gifts – the mineral water springs and curative mud. The city was built as the largest Spa resort in the early nineteenth century. And since then, numerous hospitals and the pump room to heal thousands of people, from various diseases, musculoskeletal, skin, nervous and urinary systems, gastrointestinal tract, and heart. Not for nothing is the city's symbol is the eagle statue, which could be healed from the deadly snake venom by drinking water from a mountain spring. With Pyatigorsk associated with the names of outstanding personalities of the past era, among them the famous Russian poet and prose writer – Mikhail Lermontov, who lived, worked and tragically died. On the slope of mount Mashuk, the obelisk on the spot where there was the fateful duel that claimed the life of this great writer. The town also has a Museum of Lermontov's House, where he spent the last months of his life. 60th anniversary of the death of Lermontov marked appeared on the mountainside Hot architectural structure – Lermontov gallery. Once there was the theatre and stage. Nowadays in this elegant building of glass and metal elements placed exhibition and concert halls. The city is also the oldest school with a lavishly decorated facade, named in honor of Lermontov, and the issuing of such prominent personalities as Sergei Mikhalkov, Isaiah Solzhenitsyn, Henry Borovik and others. Among the buried in lush greenery of the mountain slopes you can find many amazing places. It's a beautiful old architectural buildings in the Italian style – Accademia gallery and the arbor "Aeolian Harp", as well as numerous rocky caves – Lermontov grotto, Diana's grotto and the grotto of the Failure, with a unique mineral lake. The oldest hospitals of the city, which in addition to its primary function, are also monuments of history and architecture are Lermontov, and Pirogov, Pushkin and the Yermolov baths.
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