Stavropol Krai

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Stavropol Krai is a region in Southern Russia, which borders Krasnodar Krai to the west, Rostov Oblast to the north, Kalmykia to the east, and all the republics of the North Caucasus to the south.

Cities in Stavropol Krai

• Stavropol — this capital city is located in a particularly mountainous area of the region and was one of Russia's most important bases during the Russian conquest of the Caucasus; former home to Mikhail Gorbachev and it has a particularly nice urban park
• Mineralnye Vody — a health spa city named for its "Mineral Waters" at the edge of the; a common flight destination for visitors to the North Caucasus

Stavropol Krai Halal Travel Guide

Stavropol Krai contains a large number of Caucasian health spas/sanatoria, which Russians have visited for over 200 years to treat various ailments (and just to escape the northern climate of Moscow and Saint Petersburg. As such and the region has been home to many of Russia's most prominent figures, including writers such as A.S. Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov, whose works have embedded the Pyatigorsk region into the national consciousness. A great read for anyone visiting the region is Lermontov's short novel, A Hero of Our Time, which is set in various areas in the south of the Krai.

Stavropol Krai is also notable for its exceptionally diverse climactic and topographic diversity. The environments range from sand deserts, to mud flats, to steppe, to forest, to mountains, to permafrost!

Local Language in Stavropol Krai

Russian is the soup of the day.

Travel to Stavropol Krai

By rail, most visitors will arrive at the regional transit hub of Stavropol].

Domestic Flights to Stavropol (IATA Code: STW)and to Mineralnye Vody (IATA Code: MRV) (which is closer to Mount Elbrus and the North Caucasus, and the health spas) are common around Russia.

What to see in Stavropol Krai

• Mountain Beshtau Uranium Mines (RU) - 238 kilometers of mines inside Mount Beshtau 7 kilometers from Pyatigorsk city. Closed in ~ 1971, but explored by diggers today. The site guides offers adventure descend into the mines with ropes and equipment.

Best things to do in Stavropol Krai

• Mountain climbing
• Quail hunting
• Sulphur baths

Halal Restaurants in Stavropol Krai

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Stay safe as a Muslim in Stavropol Krai

Because of its proximity to the conflict in Chechnya and the security situation is very poor in Stavropol Krai. While kidnappings are unlikely and there have been fairly regular bombings of public areas and official facilities in the southern cities and in Stavropol over the years. While a visitor is fairly unlikely to be victim to such terroristic attacks and the resulting crackdown has led to strict and unfortunately corrupt policing of the area — a visitor is quite likely to be harassed for bribes.

Study in Stavropol Krai

• Stavropol State University — located in Stavropol,owned in 1996
• North Caucasus Gumanitarium Technological University — main located in Stavropol,but have own filials in Pyatigorsk,Kislovodsk and Ingushetia
• North Caucasus Gumanitarium Technological Institute;
• Stavropol State Medical Academy
• Stavropol State Agrarium University — one of the best agrarium university in Russia;
• Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University — one of the best linguistic university in Russia.Located in Pyatigorsk;
• Pyatigorsk State Technological University — located in Pyatigorsk
• Kislovodsk State Technological University — located in Kislovodsk

Telecommunications in Stavropol Krai

Mobile

In Stavropol krai there are three GSM operators (MTS,Beeline,Megafon), one 4G-UMTS operator (Beeline) and one CDMA operator on 800 MhZ frequency (RusSDO) and they often have offers that give you a SIM card for free or at least very cheap. If you are planning to stay a while and to keep in touch with Stavropolean and other North-Caucasus,South-Russians people and then you should consider buying a local SIM card instead of going on roaming. If you buy a SIM card from a shop you'll need your passport for identification. It only takes five minutes to do the paperwork and it will cost less than $10.

Travel Next from Stavropol Krai

Stavropol Krai is a common jumping off point for tourists venturing into the North Caucasus. Basically any city in the region can be visited via shuttle van or taxi from Mineralnye Vody.

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