Tambukan Lake (Russian: Тамбукан) is a lake with bitter-salt water on Northern Caucasus in Stavropol Krai (about 33% surface) and the Kabardino-Balkar Republic (about 66% surface) of Russia, located eight kilometers from Pyatigorsk. The lake's surface area is 1.87 square kilometers, and its depth ranges between 1.5 and 3.1 meters.[1]

Tambukan Lake
Tambukan Lake
Tambukan Lake is located in Stavropol Krai
Tambukan Lake
Tambukan Lake
Tambukan Lake is located in Kabardino-Balkaria
Tambukan Lake
Tambukan Lake
Tambukan Lake is located in Caucasus Mountains
Tambukan Lake
Tambukan Lake
LocationNorthern Caucasus
Coordinates43°57′31″N 43°09′42″E / 43.9586°N 43.1616°E / 43.9586; 43.1616
Basin countriesRussia
Surface area1.87 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Max. depth3.1 m (10 ft)

The lake bed is a thick layer of silt, which has been used since 1886 in institutions for mud cures in Yessentuki and other therapeutic mud baths in the region of Caucasian Mineral Waters. These mud baths have been used by famous individuals such as Feodor Chaliapin, Anton Chekhov, and Leo Tolstoy.

Notable events

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In 1395, the warlord Timur took a bath in Tambukan Lake.

In 1709, Kabardian prince Murzarbek Tambiev defeated the Crimean-Turkish army near this lake . The word Tambukan comes from Turkic words Tambu qanı and means Tambiev’s blood or Tambiev’s asylum.

In 1717, Peter The Great sent his physician Shober on an expedition to Tambukan Lake to obtain medicinal water and mud.

The first scientific description of Tambukan Lake was by Guldenschtedt in 1773.

References

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  1. ^ "Lake Tambukan Essential Tips and Information". Trek Zone. Retrieved 19 April 2023.