Yessentuki
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Yessentuki is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located in the shadow of Mount Elbrus at the base of the Caucasus Mountains. The city serves as a railway station in the Mineralnye Vody—Kislovodsk bran
Yessentuki mud baths building
Balneotherapy facilities in Yessentuki (1915), fronted by statues of Asclepius and Hygieia
Greeks in Russia and Ukraine
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Greeks have been present in what is now southern Russia from the 6th century BC; those settlers assimilated into the indigenous populations. The vast majority of contemporary Russia's Greek minority p
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…is renowned for its mineral springs and therapeutic spas, and is part of the Caucasian Mineral Waters region. It is considered the cultural capital of Russia's Greek population and close to ten percent of its population is of Greek descent. Population: 119,658 (2021 census); 100,996 (2010 census); 81,758 (2002 census); 85,082…
A statue of the Likhud brothers in Kitay-gorod
Pyotr Melissino (Petros Melissinos), General of the Artillery of the Russian Empire
Ioannis Kapodistrias
The Greek Church of Sts Constantine and Helena in Taganrog was shut down and demolished in 1938.