Lermontov (russian: Ле́рмонтов) is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Stavropol Krai,
Russia
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, located on the mountainside of
Beshtau
Beshtau (, from Turkic ''beş'' 'five' and ''tau'' 'mountain') is an isolated five-domed igneous mountain (volcano) near Pyatigorsk (after the Russian term ''Pyatigorye'' 'area of five mountains') in the Northern Caucasus.
Its height is . The s ...
. Population: 16,500 (1973).
History
It was named after Russian
poet
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Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...
. It was granted town status in 1956.
Uranium
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mining boosted its growth. It was a
closed town
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during the Soviet era. Uranium is no longer mined.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one
rural locality
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(the ''
selo'' of
Ostrogorka), incorporated as the
town of krai significance of Lermontov—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts. By 2022 it is planned to unite Lermontov and the village
Bervinovka.
[Resolution #63-p] As a
municipal division, the town of krai significance of Lermontov is incorporated as Lermontov Urban Okrug.
[Law #88-kz]
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Cities and towns in Stavropol Krai
Mikhail Lermontov