Yessentuki

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yessentuki or Essentuki (Russian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) is a town in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located at the base of the Caucasus Mountains. The town serves as a railway station in the Mineralnye Vody-Kislovodsk branch, and is situated 43 kilometers (27 mi) south-west of Mineralnye Vody and 17 kilometers (11 mi) west of Pyatigorsk. It is considered the cultural capital of Russia's Greek population and even today towards 10 percent of its population is of Greek descent. Of all mineral springs of Yessentuki, about twenty are of medical value. Sodium carbonic hydrocarbonate-chloride (i.e. salt-alkaline) water of springs #4 and #17, which have made the health resort popular, are the most famous and therapeutically valuable. The hot springs (35.5°-46°C) similar to the waters of springs #4 and #17 in their structure have been led to the surface in the vicinities of the village of Novoblagodarnoye (8 kilometers (5 mi) north of Yessentuki). The water of springs #4 and #17 and their analogues are used for peroral treatment.