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Scientific and Research Center of Resortology and Rehabilitation, a branch of the FSBI "North Caucasus Federal Scientific and Clinical Center" of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (NITSKIR FFGBI SKFNKTS FMBA of Russia) is a scientific institution in Sochi, Krasnodar Territory, Russia.

History
It is the successor of the Research Institute of Spa and Physiotherapy.

In 1925-1926, the medical and sanitary department of the Kremlin decided to develop Sochi as a government resort. Under the guidance of a prominent balneologist Professor I. A. Valedinsky, a comprehensive expedition of the Central Institute of Resortology was conducted to study the therapeutic factors of the Sochi resort.
At the same time, an in-depth study of the effects of hydrogen sulfide and other therapeutic factors on the body by the staff of the Institute of Spa. Together with the Medical and Biological Institute of Glavnauka (A. A. Bogomolets), the development of topics for the rejuvenation of the body was started, and, special hopes were pinned on hydrogen sulfide baths Matsesta (Matsesta in translation from Circassian - "giving life").
In fact, since 1926, on the basis of the Old and later Nova Matsesta, a branch of the Central Institute with permanent local and seconded from Moscow researchers, led by prof. I. A. Valedinsky (from 1926 to 1934). The branch was located first in the offices of Old Matsesta, and since 1929 moved to a well-equipped room and was already called the Balneological Clinic on Nova Matsesta.
In the field of view of Valedinsky then was the question of the use of hydrogen sulfide baths for the treatment of people with cardiovascular diseases. This problem from 1910 to 1927 was dealt with by the discoverer of mineral springs Matsesta doctor V. F. Podgursky, but only experiments and clinical studies organized on a large scale by I. A. Valedinsky, and later by the Sochi Balneological Institute, allowed to clarify the mechanism of action of Matsesta waters and develop indications and contraindications for their use. In the early 30s (1934?), the clinic was expanded, it was named after Stalin, and it became a full-fledged branch with three clinical departments. The Therapeutic Department was run by prof. I. A. Valedinsky; neurological – Prof. V. M. Verzilov, and the department of metabolic diseases and the experimental-physiological laboratory was led by prof. N. M. Nikolaev.
On December 3, 1936, the clinic was transformed into an independent Sochi State Clinical Research Institute named after Stalin.
The Institute played an important role in creating a theoretical and practical foundation for the scientific organization of the resort business. Valedinsky helped many of its formation and scientific flourishing, a number of his studies are the basis for the reconstruction of the resort.

The basis of the scientific team of the Sochi State Clinical Research Institute named after Stalin was made up of employees of the Siberian Physiotherapeutic Institutes (Tomsk and Irkutsk) headed by Professor A. I. Nesterov, who became the first director of the Ins