= Pyatigorsk = '''Pyatigorsk''' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language|Russian]]: Пятиго́рск) is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia|city]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavropol_Krai|Stavropol Krai]] on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podkumok_River|Podkumok River]], about 20 kilometers (12 mi) from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralnye_Vody|Mineralnye Vody]]. Since 19 January 2010 it has been the administrative center of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Caucasian_Federal_District|North Caucasian Federal District]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia|Russia]]. The name Pyatigorsk means "five mountains" in Russian and is so called because of the five peaks of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beshtau|Beshtau]] (which also means "five mountains" in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages|Turkic]]) of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_mountain_range|Caucasian mountain range]] overlooking the city. It was founded in 1780, and has been a health spa with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_spring|mineral springs]] since 1803. The Russian poet [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Lermontov|Mikhail Lermontov]] was shot in a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel|duel]] at Pyatigorsk on 27 July 1841. There is a museum in the city devoted to his memory.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyatigorsk]] '''''SFD activities in Pyatigorsk, Russian Federation.''''' == Teams == * [[http://www.nclug.ru/|NC LUG]] (Russian) == Create a new Team page: == <> ---- CategoryRegion CategoryTeam