Psekupsk

PSEKUPSK (Goryachiy Klyuch), a balneological resort, located on the right bank of the Psekups River, 60 km from Krasnodar, at an elevation of 80 meters above sea level at 44° 43' N. latitude and 39° 18' E. longitude in a picturesque forested area. Transportation from Krasnodar by automobile (60 km). A railway branch is under construction. The climate is mild and moderately humid. Summer is very warm. Spring begins early and violets bloom already in February. The average annual temperature is 9-10°C. The average summer temperature is 20.8°C; the average relative humidity in summer is 73%. About 180 mm of precipitation falls during the summer, with 20 days of precipitation. Barometric pressure is 750-755 mm. The prevailing winds are southwesterly. The resort's therapeutic resources are mineral springs: hot sulfur-alkaline with temperatures from 32.4°C to 55.9°C and free H₂S from 0.015 to 0.152 per liter, sulfur-alkaline drinking (Yubileyny) spring with temperature 18.4°C and 0.005 H₂S per liter, saline-iodine-bromine and saline-iodine-bromine-arsenical. The springs are inadequately captured. The resort has two bath buildings with 40 cabins each, adjacent drinking pavilions, a sanatorium, a guesthouse, a polyclinic, a laboratory, an electro-phototherapy facility, a diet cafeteria, etc. The resort is not sufficiently developed. In terms of richness and variety of springs, it could take second place after the Caucasian Mineral Waters, but for this, extensive resort construction is still needed. Indications are the usual ones for sulfur-alkaline springs: diseases of bones and joints, residuals of various inflammatory processes, residuals of central and peripheral paralysis, syphilis in the gummatous period, mercurialism, professional poisoning by other metallic poisons, arteriosclerosis, gout, etc. For children: consequences of rickets, scrofula, retardation in physical development, anemia, exhaustion. Season: from May 16 to October 15.