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Rostov-on-Don (English)
Ростов-на-Дону (Russian)
Rostov-on-Don (Russia)
Rostov-on-Don
Location of Rostov-on-Don on the map of Russia
Coordinates
47°14′N 39°42′E / 47.233, 39.7Coordinates: 47°14′N 39°42′E / 47.233, 39.7
Coat of Arms
City Day: Third Sunday of September
Administrative status
Federal subject
In jurisdiction of
Administrative center of		 Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast
Local self-government
Charter Charter of Rostov-on-Don
Municipal status Urban okrug
Mayor Mikhail Chernyshyov
Legislative body City Duma
Area
Area 354 km² (136. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. Russia is a Federation which consists of 83  subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal Rostov Oblast (Росто́вская о́бласть Rostovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) located in the A charter is the grant of authority or rights stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified Being the largest country in the world spanning a large percentage of Eurasia, and one of the most populated Russia is divided into several types and levels of A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 7 sq mi)
Population (as of the 2002 Census)
Population
- Rank
- Density
 1,068,267 inhabitants
10th
3,017. Russia 's area is about 17 million square kilometers (65 million sq Russian Census of 2002 (Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2002 го́да was the first Census of the Russian Federation carried This is a list of cities and towns in Russia with population over 50000 grouped by federal subject and sorted by population Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/km² (7,815. 8/sq mi)
Events
Founded 1749
Town status 1797
Other information
Postal code 344000-344999[1]
Dialing code +7 863
Official website
http://www.rostov-gorod.ru/

Rostov-on-Don (Russian: Росто́в-на-Дону́, Rostov-na-Donu IPA: [rɐ'stof nə dɐ'nu]) is the city and the administrative center of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia, located on the Don River, just 46 km from the Sea of Azov. A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a All Country calling codes for the European Union countries start with +3x or +4x A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages 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 Southern Federal District ( Russian: Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг tr Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Don (Дон is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 Kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast The Sea of Azov (Азо́вское мо́ре - Azovskoye more; Азо́вське мо́ре - Azovs'ke more, Azaq deñizi is the world's shallowest sea linked Population: 1,052,000 (2007); 1,068,267 (2002 Census); 1,019,305 (1989 Census). 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.

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History

The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azov. Colonies in antiquity were City-states founded from a mother- City Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish (See the article on Azov for detailed information on those settlements. Azov (Азо́в a'zof is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, situated on the Don River just sixteen kilometers from the Sea of Azov )

Rostov-on-Don was in essence established in 1749, as a customs house was built on the Temernik (a tributary of the Don), and soon a large fortress followed. It was named after Saint Dimitry of Rostov, a newly-glorified bishop from the old Northern town Rostov the Great. Saint Dimitry of Rostov (sometimes Latinized as Demetrius) was a leading opponent of the Caesaropapist reform of the Russian Orthodox church promoted by Rostov (Росто́в Old Norse: Rostofa is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden As Azov gradually declined, a settlement near the new fortress superseded it in importance as a chief commercial centre of the region. In 1756 the “Russian commercial and trading company of Constantinople” set up there, establishing a settlement on the high bank of the Don known as the "Kupecheskaya Sloboda" (the merchant's fortress). In 1796 this settlement received town rights and was renamed Rostov-on-Don, in order to distinguish it from its ancient namesake.

Rostov Oblast administration building
Rostov Oblast administration building
A fountain in the Park of Revolution
A fountain in the Park of Revolution
Central market near Nativity Cathedral
Central market near Nativity Cathedral

The Don River that the city is named for is a major shipping lane connecting southwestern Russia with regions to the north, and Rostov-on-Don is an important river port in both passenger-oriented and industrial shipping. With such a good geographical position, the city grew rapidly. As the most heavily industrialized city of South Russia, it was a bone of contention between the Whites and the Bolsheviks during the Civil War. The White movement (Beloie Dvijenie Белое движение whose military arm is known as the White Army (Belaia Armia Белая Армия or White Guard The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction The Russian Civil War (1917–1923 was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed By 1928, the regional government was moved from the old Cossack capital Novocherkassk to Rostov, which also engulfed the nearby Armenian town of Nor Nakhijevan (Nakhijevan, Proletarskiy district now). The Cossacks (Каза́ки́ Kazaki; Козаки́ Kozaki; Kozacy are a group of martial people living in the southern Steppe regions of Eastern Novocherkassk (Новочерка́сск is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tuzlov River and on Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Nor Nakhichevan (Նոր Նախիջևան literally New Nakhichevan, Нахичевань-на-Дону Nakhichevan'-na-Donu, literally Nakhichevan-on-Don

In the Soviet years, the Bolsheviks demolished two of Rostov's principal landmarks - St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (1908) and St George Cathedral in Nakhichevan (1783-1807). The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction Much of the city was reduced to rubble by the German forces who occupied it twice - in 1941 and 1942. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Nowadays, the most conspicuous feature of the downtown is the enormous Cathedral of Virgin's Nativity (1860-87), designed by Konstantin Thon. Thon links here For other uses see Thon (disambiguation Konstantin Andreyevich Thon, also spelled Ton (Russian Константин

Rostov-on-Don has experienced considerable economic growth in recent years, as the Russian economy recovers nationwide. Russia is a unique emerging market in the sense that being the nucleus of a former superpower shows more anomalies Numerous start-up companies have established headquarters in the city, the median income is increasing, and the city is being transformed from a place thrown back in time by the collapse of USSR into a modern, industrial and technology-rich hub. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

Education

Public educational institutions include Southern Federal University and Don State Technical University, while the major private university is the Institute of Management, Business and Law. Southern Federal University is a University in the Rostov Oblast federal subect, Russia. Along with higher education institutions can also be found in Rostov a French cultural center (Alliance francaise) [1], a British Council and German Goethe Institut, DAAD and Bosch foundation.

Sport

Two professional football clubs are based in Rostov-on-Don. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Both of them FC Rostov and SKA are in the First Division. FC Rostov (Russian Футбольный клуб "Ростов" is a Russian football club from Rostov-on-Don, in the south of Russia FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону is a Russian football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football. SKA had some success in UEFA Cup. In the Russian Basketball Super League, Rostov is represented by Lokomotiv. The Russian Basketball Super League (in Баскетбольная суперлига) is the top league of Russian professional Basketball. Lokomotiv Rostov is a Russian professional Basketball club that is based in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Handball team Rostov-Don plays in the Russian Handball Championship. Rostov-Don — female handball club from Rostov-on-Don. The club was established in 1965, until 2002 it was called Rostselmash

Music from Rostov

Sister cities

Municipal duma in central Rostov-on-Don
Municipal duma in central Rostov-on-Don

The city is twinned with:

External links

Notes and references

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