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- Stepantsminda (formerly Kazbegi) - a small town in Georgia, the administrative center of Kazbegi Municipality. There are administrative, cultural, educational and healthcare institutions, small enterprises, hotels in the village.
- Located in the valley of the river Tergi, at the foot of the glacier, at 1750 meters above sea level. 157 km from Tbilisi, 46 km from Vladikavkaz.
- The climate in Stepantsminda is moderately humid. Knows relatively dry, cold winters and long cool summers. The average annual temperature is 4.9 ° C, January - 5.2 ° C, July - 14.4 ° C. Absolute minimum - -34 ° C, absolute maximum - 34 ° C. The annual rainfall is 790 mm.
- 2 km from Dabi flows the healing and table mineral water Kazbegi, which is useful in diseases of the digestive organs.
- Alexander Kazbegi's paternal two-storey house (now the Museum of Local Lore) and the Kari Church are preserved in Stepantsminda. In front of the house is the tomb of the writer, there is a bust. There is a monument to him in the center of the city (bronze, 1959, sculptor I. Ochiauri, arch. I. Lezhava).
- Low and massive stone houses of the feudal era are preserved in Gergeti district. Here are two towers of XVII-XVIII centuries. Near Gerget stands the Church of St. George of Okhareshi, the niche of Ninotsminda and the icon of All Saints (women). Kobtsikhe is located on a high mountain on the south-east side of Stepantsminda.
- Stepantsminda overlooks Gergeti Trinity Church.
Stepantsminda
