Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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8.1 km
130 m
Explore Rostov-on-Don in Russia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in Rostov-on-DonSight 1: Особняк Герасимова
Gerasimov's mansion is an old house in Rostov-on-Don on Sotsialisticheskaya Street. The building belongs to the Historical and Cultural Monuments of regional significance.
Sight 2: Особняк Великановой
Velikanova House is a mansion and an architectural monument in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It was built in 1884—1890 on the project of architects Nikolay Doroshenko and Nikolay Sokolov. Today the building is occupied by Rostov Art College named after M.B. Grekov.
Sight 3: Особняк Трунова
Trunov House is a historic house built in the late 19th - early 20th century, located at 13 Temernitskaya Street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
Sight 4: Солдатская синагога
Soldier Synagogue is the only active synagogue in Rostov-on-Don. It was built in 1872. The synagogue burnt down during the pogrom of 1905, but in 1913-1914 the building was restored. In 1935, the synagogue was closed for worship. After World War II the building was again transferred to the local Jewish community. Soldier Synagogue has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.
Sight 5: Старообрядческий Покровский собор
Intercession Cathedral is a cathedral of the Don and Caucasian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church, located in Rostov-on-Don. It was built in 1913 on the project of architect Vladimir Pokrovsky. The cathedral has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.
Sight 6: Максим Горький
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, popularly known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer and socialist political thinker and proponent. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an author, he travelled widely across the Russian Empire changing jobs frequently, experiences which would later influence his writing.
Sight 7: Фёдор Ушаков
Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov was a Russian naval commander and admiral. He is notable for winning every engagement he participated in as the admiral of the Russian fleet, and is regarded as one of the most capable naval commanders of Russia of all time.
Sight 8: Степан Разин
Stepan Timofeyevich Razin, known as Stenka Razin, was a Don Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and tsarist bureaucracy in southern Russia in 1670–1671.
Sight 9: Памятник пограничникам
The Monument to the Border Guards is a monument in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Opened in October 2014, it is located on the embankment of the Don River.
Sight 10: Михаил Ломоносов
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus and the law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others. The founder of modern geology, Lomonosov was also a poet and influenced the formation of the modern Russian literary language.
Sight 11: Rostov State Musical Theater
Rostov State Musical Theater is one of the biggest musical theaters in Southern Russia. It is situated in the city of Rostov-on-Don, one of the oldest cultural centers of Southern Russia. The theater opened in September 1999, and is the successor to the 1919 Rostov Musical Comedy Theater.
Sight 12: Alexander Column
The Alexander Column is a monument erected 1894 in Nakhichevan-on-Don in Alexandrovsky Park.
Sight 13: Особняк Хатранова
Khatranov's mansion is an old house in Rostov-on-Don. The building belongs to the historical and cultural monuments of regional significance. The mansion was built in the 1890s according to the project of civil engineer Arsen Oganesovich Ter-Akopov.
Sight 14: Особняк Л. Попова
The Popov Mansion is a building in Rostov-on-Don located on Karl Marx Square. The house was built in 1890 — 1891 and belonged to the landowner and cattle dealer Lusegen Popov. In 1928, a maternity hospital was housed in the mansion. It closed for reconstruction in 2012, and reopened in 2014. The Popov Mansion has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.
Sight 15: Особняк Ф.С.Кечекьяна
The Kechekyan Mansion is a building in Rostov-on-Don located at Liberty Square. It was constructed in the third quarter of the 19th century on the central square of the city of Nakhichevan-on-Don. The mansion is currently occupied by the A. S. Pushkin Children's Library. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.
Sight 16: Особняк Сагирова
The Sagirov Mansion is a building in Rostov-on-Don located at Liberty Square. It is constructed in the 1890s on the central square of the city of Nakhchivan-on-Don. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional value.
Sight 17: Museum of Russian-Armenian Friendship
The Museum of Russian-Armenian Friendship is a department of the Rostov Regional Museum of Local Lore in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Since 2011, it has been located in the old mansion of the Nakhichevan merchant Mark Yakovlevich Iskidarov on Freedom Square, 14/2.
Sight 18: Gayrabetov Mansion
The Gayrabetov Mansion is a building in Rostov-on-Don, located on Liberty Square. The house was built in 1880. Initially it belonged to the relatives of merchant Karp Gayrabetov. At the beginning of the 20th century, the building was acquired by the manufacturer Mark Iskidarov. Since 2011, the Museum of Russian-Armenian Friendship has been located in the mansion. The Gayrabetov Mansion has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.
Sight 19: Academic Youth Theatre
The Rostov-on-Don Academic Youth Theater (RAMT) is a theater in the city of Rostov-on-Don.
Sight 20: Surb Arutyun Church
The Church of the Resurrection is an Armenian Apostolic church in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
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