Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

The Alexander Column is a monument erected 1894 in Nakhichevan-on-Don in Alexandrovsky Park.

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Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin ― one of the oldest churches in Rostov-on-Don. The original building was situated approximately at the corner of Bolshaya Sadovaya street. Over time, it has somewhat shifted towards Bogatyanovsky Lane.

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Pokrovsky Square is one of the squares of Rostov-on-Don, located in the city center. Until 2003 it was called Kirov.

Wikipedia: Покровский сквер (RU)

The monument to Elizabeth Petrovna is one of the monuments in the city of Rostov-on-Don. It is dedicated to the Russian Empress and the founder of the city. It is located in Pokrovsky Square, erected in 2007 according to the project of Sergey Oleshnya.

Wikipedia: Памятник Елизавете Петровне (Ростов-на-Дону) (RU)

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.

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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.

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Count Matvei or Matvey Ivanovich Platov was a Russian general who commanded the Don Cossacks in the Napoleonic wars and founded Novocherkassk as the new capital of the Don Host Province.

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The Rostov State Puppet Theater is a puppet theater founded in Rostov-on-Don in 1935. The building is located at 46 Universitetsky Lane.

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Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy, was a Russian general and military theorist in service of the Russian Empire and the Habsburg monarchy. He was Count of Rymnik (1789), Graf of the Holy Roman Empire (1789), Feldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire (1799), Prince of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1799), Grand marshal of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1799), Prince or Knyaz of the Russian Empire (1799), Field marshal (1794) and the last Generalissimo (1799) of the Russian Empire. Suvorov is considered one of the greatest military commanders in Russian history and one of the great generals of the early modern period. He was awarded numerous medals, titles, and honors by Russia, as well as by other countries. Suvorov secured Russia's expanded borders and renewed military prestige and left a legacy of theories on warfare. He was the author of several military manuals, the most famous being The Science of Victory, and was noted for several of his sayings. He never lost a single battle he commanded with the exception of a couple of non-field engagements, and his military record is extensive; Suvorov won in a total of 63 battles without suffering a major defeat. He raised Russian military glory to a height to which it had never reached. Several military academies, monuments, villages, museums, and orders in Russia are dedicated to him.

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The Paramonov Mansion is a mansion in the city of Rostov-on-Don. It was built in 1914 for book publisher Nikolai Paramonov. The mansion was designed by architect Leonid Aeberg. The building is currently occupied by the Y. A. Zhdanov Scientific Library of Southern Federal University. The design is an example of Neoclassical architecture and is considered to be an architectural monument of federal importance.

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The Spielrein Mansion is a house located at 83 Pushkinskaya Street in Rostov-on-Don. It has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

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The Suprunov Mansion is a building in Rostov-on-Don located on Pushkinskaya Street. The mansion was built at the beginning of the 20th century and belonged to the Rostov grain-grower and a stud to Ivan Aleksandrovich Suprunov. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional value.

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Oleg Konstantinovich Popov was a Soviet and Russian clown and circus artist. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1969.

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The Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts on Dmitrovskaya / MSID is an art museum in Rostov-on-Don.

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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life and fate of Don Cossacks during the Russian Revolution, the civil war and the period of collectivization, primarily in his most famous novel, And Quiet Flows the Don.

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Trunov House is a historic house built in the late 19th - early 20th century, located at 13 Temernitskaya Street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

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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.

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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.

Wikipedia: Особняк Герасимова (RU)

The Monument to the Strike of 1902 is a memorial complex in the Zheleznodorozhny District of Rostov-on-Don. It was erected on the site of crowded rallies during the November strike of 1902. The memorial complex includes a high relief of 1967 and a sculptural composition "Continuity of Generations", opened in 1975. The monument has the status of a cultural heritage site of regional significance.

Wikipedia: Памятник стачке 1902 года (RU)

Anatoly Sabino Park is a park in Zheleznodorozhny District of Rostov-on-Don. It is named after Russian revolutionary Anatoly Sobino, who is buried at its territory.

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