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Pyatigorsk. Here are many health clinics specializing in the treatment and prevention of diseases by application of medicinal mud and mineral waters. The name of the city is located in the the heights – Mashuk, Dubrovka, Hot, Cossack, Post and Picket. The highest mountain – Beshtau is situated not far from Pyatigorsk. It offers an excellent overview of the city and the chain of the Caucasus mountains. Modern Pyatigorsk is a Museum under the open sky, stretching is not the left Bank of the Podkumok river, and is divided into two parts, one of which focused Spa and treatment centres and institutions, and in other residential areas and businesses of the urban infrastructure. Beautiful nature of the Caucasus mountains, with a mild climate, perfect for rest and recreation and for the acquisition of new unforgettable impressions. A lovely walk in the fresh air, surrounded by picturesque forests, you can spend on mount Mashuk. Interesting place is the grotto with a small lake, called a flop. A unique monument of landscape art is the Elizabethan flower garden, with the Academic gallery, beautiful cascading staircase, grottoes, sculptures, viewing platforms and gardens, lush vegetation. Here is the oldest sanatorium institutions of Pyatigorsk - Pushkin, Ermolov and Pirogov baths. Which is also beautiful monuments. Among other architectural and monumental attractions, it should be noted the Bristol hotel fountain "Dwarves" and the statue of the eagle established as the hallmark of the city. It should also be mentioned that Pyatigorsk is inextricably linked with the great Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov, who spent here his childhood, the years of his exile and last days before her tragic death in a duel. The city's museums and parks are named in honor of the writer, an old health resort – Lermontov bath, and various memorials. Special attention deserves the colorful Orthodox Church in the name of Lazarus the four. The Church is located near the sanatorium "Lenin rocks" and the mineral water pump room No. 19. The Church building was built in 1856, however, due to the unreliability of the soil under the Foundation was built almost from scratch in 1902. It is generously decorated with a figured stone walls, half columns, and arches. The temple is divided into 5 parts with columns supporting an octagonal drum crowned with a graceful cupola. Despite persecution of religious institutions after the Revolution, the Church was able to work through the entire Soviet era. Nowadays, Lazarevskaya Church is also a representation of the Beshtaugorsky Holy assumption monastery.