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| Wiki | Website | GPS: 55° 45' 20.96"N, 37° 36' 52.48"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Moscow is the capital and the most populous city of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent.
| Address: | Moscow region, Moscow |
| Where to buy: | 101000, Moscow region, Moscow, Armenian by-street, 3 |
| Wiki | Website | GPS: 59° 57' 00.00" N, 30° 19' 00.00" E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 [O.S. 16 May] 1703. From 1713 to 1728 and from 1732 to 1918, Saint Petersburg was the Imperial capital of Russia.
| Address: | Leningrad region, St. Petersburg |
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| Wiki | Website | GPS: 59°39'05.4"N, 56°46'21.4"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
One of the oldest city in Russia. The earliest recorded mention of Solikamsk, initially as "Usolye-na-Kamskom" (Усолье на Камском) dates from 1430, in connection with the discovery and exploitation by miners and merchants, probably from Vologda, of massive salt deposits on the banks of the Usolka River.
| Address: | 618540, Perm krai, Solikamsk |
| Where to buy: | 618540, Perm krai, Solikamsk, naberezhnaya 93 |
| Wiki | Website | GPS: 59°39'05.4"N, 56°46'21.4"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
The oldest stone civil architecture in Russian Urals, built in 1688, by the order of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. All the chambers of floors and podklets had independent exits on a wooden porch, which has not been preserved to our days.
| Address: | 618540, Perm krai, Solikamsk |
| Where to buy: | 618540, Perm krai, Solikamsk, naberezhnaya 93 |
| Wiki | GPS: 55°48'44.1"N, 49°06'12.5"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Kazan - a city with a thousand-year history. Kazan with its impressive Kremlin, mosques, churches and interesting museums, is on the list of World Heritage Cities, awarded diplomas and a medal of UNESCO. It is a city of theaters, museums, music, new technologies and a rich scientific potential.
| Address: | Tatarstan, Kazan |
| Where to buy: | 420014, Tatarstan, Kazan, Kremlin 9 (Bratskiy bld), Shop 4 |
| Wiki | Website | GPS: 47° 25' 19.79"N, 40° 5' 38.08"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Novocherkassk was founded by Ataman Matvei Platov in 1805, as the new capital of the Don Cossacks Region. Now it is a World Capital of all Cossacks. It is a city of elite military chieftains, officers and officials, the educational and cultural center of the region. Novocherkassk still is very unique for its layout, architecture and monuments.
| Address: | 346400, Rostov region, Novocherkassk |
| Where to buy: | 346429, Rostov region, Novocherkassk, Atamanskaja street, 38 |
| Website | GPS: 48°12'48.05"N, 40°52'23.88"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Ethnographic centre "Igor's battleground" is dedicated to the ancient poem "About the Igor's Regiment" and holds annual reading where the famous battle is simulated. As well this centre has Children's Village, the scene, the wooden fort. All this together with unforgettable Don river terrain immersing you into the atmosphere of the 12th century.
| Address: | Rostov region, Pogorelov |
| Where to buy: | 344010, Rostov region, Rostov-on-Don, Greek Volos street, 22/96 |
| Website | GPS: 47°30'52.17"N, 40°35'23.98"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Puhlyakovsky was founded in 1780 and until 1920 was part of the Razdorskaya, the First District of the Great Don Cossacks Land. Culture of the Don region is inextricably linked with the work of the laureate of State M. Gorky's Prize the writer Anatoly Veniaminovich Kalinin who lived in Puhlyakovsky from 1946. He was a screenwriter of one of the most famous Russian trilogy "Gypsy".
| Address: | 346561, Rostov region, Puhlyakovsky |
| Where to buy: | 346561, Rostov region, Puhlyakovsky, Gorodskoy lane, 14 |
| Website | GPS: 47°32'20.37"N, 40°38'46.56"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
The Razdorskaya village is the FIRST CAPITAL, the family nest of Don Cossacks. The first mention in the annals of the "Razdory town" refers to the 1571. The Porechny (Riverine) Island, situated just on the other side of the river Don in the middle of the sixteenth century became the first "Combined Arms Center" - the capital of the Don Cossacks.
| Address: | 346560, Rostov region, Razdorskaya |
| Where to buy: | 346560, Rostov region, Razdorskaya, Lenin street, 43A |
| Wiki | Website | GPS: 47° 6' 44.54"N, 39° 25' 23.94"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
In X-XII there was a Slavic settlement. In 1395 the city was ruined by forces of Timur (Tamerlan). In 1471 it was captured by Turkish pole. In 1637 captured by Don Cossacks. Repeatedly exposed to the siege by the Turkish troops. Military campaigns under Peter I of Azov, taken in 1695-96 years finally captured the city, opened the "gate" in the southern seas to ??the Russian Empire.
| Address: | 346780, Rostov region, Azov |
| Where to buy: | 346780, Rostov region, Azov, Moskovskaya, 38/40 |
| GPS: 49°26'22.5"N, 41°45'10.2"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Kruzhilin is a village, world-known as the native place of famous writer Sholokhov. The visitors can feed the poultry, milk the cow, heat the stove, and after a usual routine Cossack labour they can try homemade treats: jellied meat, eggs fried with bacon, cakes with honey, famous Don stewed fruit “vzvar”.
| Address: | Rostov region, Kruzhilinskiy |
| Where to buy: | Rostov region, Vyoshenskaya, Podtelkova street, 61 |
| Wiki | GPS: 49°37'35.10"N, 41°43'20.40"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
The first mention of the Cossack village Vёshki refers to 1672. In areas of the Don Cossacks after the formation of the Upper County its became the administrative center. Sculpture "Grigory and Aksinya" (author Mozhaev NV), on the bank of Don, became a recognizable brand of Vyoshenskaya.
| Address: | Rostov region, Vyoshenskaya |
| Where to buy: | Rostov region, Vyoshenskaya, Sholokhov street, 60 |
| Wiki | Website | GPS: 47° 12' 18.03"N, 38° 56' 46.80"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
The first Russian Navy base, Taganrog was officially founded by Peter the Great on September 12, 1698 and hosted the Azov Flotilla of Catherine the Great (1770–1783). This flotilla subsequently became the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The image of the city and its people is featured in numerous Anton Chekhov works.
| Address: | Rostov region, Taganrog |
| Where to buy: | 347900, Rostov region, Taganrog, Grecheskaya Street 2, Offices 1-2 |
| Wiki | Website | GPS: 47°38'49.09"N, 42°6'18.89"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
In 834 year it was a Khazar fortress Sarkel, in 965 Prince Svyatoslav of Kiev destroyed it, and founded the Russian fortress of White Tower. In more recent times, seven kilometres from the old location has arisen new Tsimla. Since 1672 it is known as the Cossack village of Ust-Tsimla later Tsimlyanskaya village. It is very famous as the Cradle of the Don winemaking.
| Address: | 347320, Rostov region, Tsimlyansk |
| Where to buy: | 347320, Rostov region, Tsimlyansk, Chekhova street, 15 |
| Wiki | Website | GPS: 47° 14' 21.16" N, 39° 44' 33.97" E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Rostov-on-Don was founded on December 15, 1749, as a customs house was set up on the Temernik River (a tributary of the Don) to control the trade with Turkey. After the construction of the Volga-Don Shipping Canal in 1952 Rostov became a port of five seas: the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea, the White Sea, and the Baltic Sea. More than 1 million people.
| Address: | Rostov region, Rostov-on-Don |
| Where to buy: | 344091, Rostov region, Rostov-on-Don, Stachki Avenue, 231/2 |
| Website | GPS: 49°21'11.00"N, 41°38'48.00"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
In Karghinskaya writer M.A. Sholokhov spent his childhood and adolescence. The beginning of the writer’s literary work, publication of his first books, conception of the novel “And Quiet Flows the Don” are connected with this place.
| Address: | Rostov region, Karginskaya |
| Where to buy: | Rostov region, Vyoshenskaya, Podtelkova street, 61 |
| Website | GPS: 47°32'41.00"N, 42°01'17.00"N | On the map | Nearest TS |
Town is founded by the Cossack chieftain Smaga Chershensky and named in honour of entering to the Russian throne of Tsar Mikhail Romanov. There are a lot of different festivals carried out here: the all-Russian festival of the bard (author's) songs "The strings of the soul", competition "Children of the Oz", "Brave Don Cossacks" etc.
| Address: | 347350, Rostov region, Romanovskaya |
| Where to buy: | 347350, Rostov region, Romanovskaya, 50 Pobedy street, 71 |
| Wiki | GPS: 48°42'15.89"N, 44°31'21.83"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Volgograd - is a hero city. Every person in the world know about the heroism of Stalingrad, since the Stalingrad Battle was one of the bloodiest battles during World War II. The city stretches for about 60 km along the Volga River, and is one of the longest Russian cities. Founded in 1589 as Tsaritsyn. It has a lot of museums, war memorials and architectural monuments.
| Address: | Volgograd region, Volgograd |
| Where to buy: | 400131, Volgograd region, Volgograd, Kommunist street, 10 |
| GPS: 43°40'38.20"N, 41°27'23.7"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
There was an ancient capital of Alania - the city of the Meuse. The museum presents a unique collection of Alan household, tools, weapons, ranged and melee, jewelry, amulets, the medieval silk and more.
| Address: | 369167, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Lower Arkhyz |
| Where to buy: | 369167, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Lower Arkhyz |
| Website | GPS: 57°37'22.30"N, 39°53'26.28"E | On the map | Nearest TS |
Yaroslavl is the place where the most famous Russian Maslenitsa festival is held. The annual event of the Chief Maslenitsa of Russia is held here in the end of winter. The Residence is a unique wooden town recreated according to old designs and documentaries of 1913. In the courtyard there are playgrounds to participate in old Russian games.
| Address: | 150000, Yaroslav region, Yaroslavl, Revolucionny proezd, 14 |
| Where to buy: | 150000, Yaroslav region, Yaroslavl, Revolucionny proezd, 14 |
