Coordinates: 47°25′N 40°5′E / 47.417, 40.083

Roads leading to center of Novocherkassk are graced by triumphal arches, erected to commemorate the Cossack victories over Napoleon

Novocherkassk (Russian: Новочерка́сск) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tuzlov River and on the Aksay River. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental Archway, in theory built to celebrate a victory in war actually used to celebrate a ruler Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The classification system of the types of inhabited localities in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared Rostov Oblast (Росто́вская о́бласть Rostovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) located in the Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending It was formerly the capital of the Don Cossacks. Don Cossacks (Донские казаки were Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Population: 180,800 (2005 est. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology ); 170,822 (2002 Census); 187,973 (1989 Census); 178,000 (1974); 123,000 (1959); 81,000 (1939); 52,000 (1897). Russian Census of 2002 (Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2002 го́да was the first Census of the Russian Federation carried The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Novocherkassk was founded in 1805 by Matvei Platov, as the administrative center of the Don Voisko Lands, when the inhabitants of the Cherkassk stanitsa were compelled to leave their abodes on the banks of the Don on account of the frequent inundations. Count Matvei Ivanovich Platov (Pribilyanskoe August 6, 1757 - Epanchitskoe (near Taganrog) January 3 1818) was a Russian Don Voisko Province (or Don Voisko Oblast, Область Войска Донского Oblast’ Voyska Donskogo) of Imperial Russia was the official Starocherkasskaya (Старочерка́сская formerly Cherkassk (ru Черка́сск is a village ( Stanitsa) in Aksaysky Stanitsa (стани́ца pronounced stah-nee-tsah; станиця stanytsia) is a village inside a Cossack host (voisko (ru казачье The Don (Дон is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 Kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge

During the Russian Civil War, Novocherkassk was the heart of the Don counterrevolution and was under the command of Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin. The Russian Civil War (1917–1923 was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed The Don Army was part of the White movement of the Russian Civil War, operating from 1917 to 1919, in the Don region and centered in the town A counter-revolutionary is anyone who opposes a Revolution, particularly those who act after a revolution to try to overturn or reverse it in full or in part The Red Army finally ousted the Whites from this town on January 7, 1920. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya The White movement (Beloie Dvijenie Белое движение whose military arm is known as the White Army (Belaia Armia Белая Армия or White Guard Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar
During World War II, Novocherkassk was occupied by the German army between July 24, 1942 and February 13, 1943. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1962, the local food riots were brutally suppressed by the Soviet Army in the event known as the Novocherkassk Massacre. The Novocherkassk riots or massacre began on the June 2, 1962 in the city Novocherkassk, Soviet Union (now Russia)

Novocherkassk was once an archiepiscopal see of the Greek Orthodox Church and has a cathedral (1904), the palace of the ataman of the Cossacks, and monuments to Matvei Platov and Yermak Timofeyevich (Mikeshin, 1904). An episcopal see is the ecclesiastical domain of authority of a Bishop. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral Ataman (variants wataman, vataman, otaman, Cyrillic: атаман (Russian ватаман (Russian regional отаман (Ukrainian was The Cossacks (Каза́ки́ Kazaki; Козаки́ Kozaki; Kozacy are a group of martial people living in the southern Steppe regions of Eastern A monument is a structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of past Count Matvei Ivanovich Platov (Pribilyanskoe August 6, 1757 - Epanchitskoe (near Taganrog) January 3 1818) was a Russian Yermak redirects here For the ship see Icebreaker Yermak. Yermak Timofeyevich ( Russian: Ерма́к Тимофе́евич Mikhail Osipovich Mikeshin (1835 — 1896 was a Russian artist who regularly worked for the Romanov family and designed a number of outdoor statues in the major cities During the bicentenary celebrations in September 2005 another monument, dedicated to the reconciliation of White and Red Cossacks, was opened in the presence of the members of the Romanov family. The House of Romanov (Рома́нов rʌˈmanəf was the second and last imperial Dynasty of Russia, which ruled the country from 1613 to 1917

Twin cities

Novocherkassk is twinned with:

• Iserlohn, Germany - since 1990
• La Valette, France
• Kronstadt, Russia

External links

• City forum of Novocherkassk
• The Novocherkassk Tragedy, June 1-3 1962