FROM THE BARENTS SEA TO THE SEA OF JAPAN

stavropol – ставрополь

The city was founded in 1777. In Greek the name means “the city of the cross”. As a story goes builders of the first fortress unearthed a large stone cross.

The city's symbol.

Stavropol’s angel savior is towering over the city carrying a cross.

At some angle the angel seems about to hit Lenin.

The city boasts a good landscape design.

The 1918-22 Civil War monument.

Stavropol is located exactly half way from the equator to the North Pole at latitude 45 degrees North. Hence, one of its streets is named Parallel 45.

Herman Lopatin was the first to translate Karl Marx’ “Das Kapital” (The Capital) into Russian.

STAVROPOL  krai – СТАВРОПОЛЬский край

This southern area is predominantly flat and good for agriculture. In late May – early June fields burst into flowers.

pyatigorsk – пятигорск

The Russian poet #2 Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) (see Penza and Kostroma pages for more details) was banished from Saint Petersburg for his liberal views. He was sent to Caucasus to fight Caucasian highlanders. For some time he stayed in Pyatigorsk and was killed there at a duel. The place where the duel took place is marked with an obelisk.

Statue of Lermontov in Stavropol.