Where to Stay in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Kray

What is Nevinnomyssk known for?

Two rivers and a canal set the terms here, with the Kuban River and the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River meeting at Nevinnomyssk and the Nevinnomyssk Canal cut to carry Kuban water out across the dry lands of Stavropol Kray. Monuments fill the streets. Lenin, Gorky, Mendeleev, Krzhizhanovsky and Kochubey all have memorials in the city, and the water tower of the old wool-washing factory stands with them among the listed sites.

The wool trade left its tower.

What are the main landmarks in Nevinnomyssk?

The Nevinnomyssk Canal heads the list, its head works built between 1936 and 1948 to carry Kuban water out to the dry ground of Stavropol Kray. Statues fill out the remainder. Lenin appears twice, Gorky, Mendeleev, Krzhizhanovsky, Kochubey and Podgorny once each, and the water tower with its fire depot survives from the wool-washing factory that carried Lenin's name.

War graves complete the set.

What is the history of Nevinnomyssk?

The date given is 1825. Nevinnomyssk grew from that beginning at the meeting of the Kuban River and the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River, and its early industry shows in the water tower and fire depot that served the wool-washing factory carrying Lenin's name. Water shaped the next stage.

Between 1936 and 1948 the head works of the Nevinnomyssk Canal were built to send Kuban water across the dry lands of Stavropol Kray, a scheme that took twelve years to complete. War left its own marks. Two mass graves hold Soviet soldiers, one for nineteen who died in the fighting for Nevinnomyssk and one for those who died of their wounds in the hospitals, and a monument to Podgorny stands among the city's memorials.

The monument list runs long, with Gorky, Mendeleev and Krzhizhanovsky each given one, Lenin given two, and Kochubey standing among them in the same civic company. Невинномысск is the name on the record. Everything since 1825 has attached itself to the same confluence, the factory, the canal and the memorials alike, in a city that stands on both banks of the Kuban River.

Where is Nevinnomyssk?

The Kuban River splits the city, since Nevinnomyssk stands on both banks, and the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River joins it at the same point, so both waters belong to the one town boundary. Nevinnomyssk lies south of Stavropol. The Nevinnomyssk Canal runs out from the Kuban into the dry farmland of Stavropol Kray, taking water away from the confluence towards ground that had none of its own. Russia holds the whole arrangement in one kray.

What is the climate of Nevinnomyssk?

Dry ground explains the canal. Nevinnomyssk keeps the temperate pattern of the northern half of the world, with its warm stretch in the middle of the year, and the surrounding land of Stavropol Kray is dry enough that Kuban water had to be brought to it by the Nevinnomyssk Canal. Irrigation answers the shortfall.

The Bolshoy Zelenchuk River adds its own flow at the confluence, and between the two rivers the city itself has never been short of water in the way the fields beyond it were.

How do you get to Nevinnomyssk?

Stavropol is the nearest named city, and Nevinnomyssk lies south of it, so the run down from Stavropol is the usual approach into the town. Both banks are the city. Crossings over the Kuban River tie the two halves of Nevinnomyssk together, and the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River comes in at the same place, so arriving means arriving at a confluence rather than at a single riverside.

The canal runs on beyond.