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Walking around the beautiful Essentuki Spa Park, it's simply impossible to believe that just a little less than two centuries ago there was a bare, swampy, unremarkable plain that did not dry out in the summer. Today, the resort park has become the main property of the city, its pride and attraction center for holidaymakers.

The construction of the park was conceived by M . . Vorontsov in 1848 ., and started a year later .Together with the construction of the gallery of the spring No. 17 trees were planted, the swamp drained, the blooming gardens were cultivated . The arrangement of the Kurortny Park was delayed for several decades, the process slowed down the constantly arising difficulties, including financial . However, the construction was not stopped completely, and the park slowly but surely approached his current appearance . The galleries, pavilions, bathrooms, water sources continued to be built in pipes . Later a theater building with an iron an annex purchased at the Nizhny Novgorod fair, several openwork gazebos, decorative sculptures .

Walking through Essentuki Resort Park, it's simply impossible to believe that just a little less than two centuries ago there was a marshy plain on this place. Today, the resort park has become the main property of the city and the center of attraction of holidaymakers.

By the beginning of the 20th century the park occupies 35 acres and is divided into three parts: Vorontsovsky (Lower) Park, Upper with sources and bathrooms and Panteleimonovsky (new) park.

Panteleymonovsky Park got its name from the nearby St. Panteleimon Church.

Vorontsov Park with its cozy shady alleys is becoming a favorite place for walks of holidaymakers, park alleys are decorated with drinking pump rooms made in antique style (they are still in their place, however, purely for decorative purposes).

Panthe eymonovsky park a young and not so shady, it is ideal for an evening stroll. There are also dancing evenings and all kinds of children's events, working tents with a variety of souvenirs, newspapers and postcards. At the end of the 19th century, the church was built and consecrated in the park, then the church and parish school, at which the library, reading room and post office open. The park, together with the church and the school, becomes the center of the cultural life of Essentuki.

In the prerevolutionary years the entrance to the spa park was paid, the ticket cost was 20 kopecks, the season ticket for the whole course of treatment cost 3 RUB. In addition, an individual graduated glass was purchased, which was kept at the source.
Spa park in Essentuki

Spa park nowadays

And during the years of Soviet power, both during the Great Patriotic War and in the postwar years, the Resort Park continued to develop with a certain degree of intensity . Especially active development took place at the post-occupation period . The entrance to the park was elegantly decorated with two cascading staircases with a complex of fountains, a few more medical buildings were built on the territory, e . So we see the park today: the rich vegetation fills the air with healing aromas, along the shady park lanes with gazebos, fountains and graceful sculptures the visitors go for a walk, well-groomed flower gardens and rosaries please the eye .

How to get here

Address : Essentuki, Spa medical park. How to get there: from the railway station of Essentuki to the resort park you can take a bus or by shuttle buses No. 6, 9, 21 to the stop "Sanatorium" Kazakhstan ".