Batulin Mineral Spring

The Batulin spring lies east of Inozemtsevo on the Dzhemukha’s left bank. Pre-revolutionary guides called it the Teresa-Maria spring. In 1856 F. A. Batulin found sticky mud where water emerged and cattle watered. He counted 27 springs in the Kislusha valley. The modern name dates from 1890. Boreholes yielded 3–4 m³ of mineral water daily; the Caucasian Mineral Waters administration leased then exchanged the spring for forest land. Bitter laxative water — not a tasting narzan but a Pre-Caucasus hydrology landmark. Best with Batulin Cave and Lake Kapka.