Rostov-on-Don

Rostov-on-Don is the biggest city and the centre of , and tenth most populous city in .
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  • Email: rostov@donland.ru
  • Type: City with 1,140,000 residents
  • Description: city and administrative center of Rostov Oblast in southern Russia
  • Also known as: Rostoff”, “Rostov”, “Rostóv na Donú”, “Rostov-na-Donu”, “Rostov-on-the-Don”, “Rostow Am Don”, and “РНД
  • Address: городской округ Ростов-на-Дону

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rostov Arena and Southern Military District.

Stadium
is an association football stadium in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It was one of the venues for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It also hosts FC Rostov of the Russian Premier League, replacing Olimp – 2. It has a capacity of 45,000 spectators.

Military installation
The Order of the Red Banner is a military district of . It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the region of the country, and Russian bases in South Caucasian post-Soviet states.

Church
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos is the main church of the city of Rostov-on-Don and the Orthodox Diocese of Rostov and Novocherkassk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nakhichevan and Солдатская слобода.

Suburb
Photo: Elegant’s, Public domain.
Nakhichevan-on-Don, also known as New , was an Armenian-populated town near Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia founded in 1779 by Armenians from Crimea. It retained the status of a city until 1928 when it was merged with Rostov.

Rostov-on-Don

Latitude
47.2217° or 47° 13′ 18″ north
Longitude
39.7096° or 39° 42′ 35″ east
Population
1,140,000
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Inception
1749
IATA airport code
ROV
United Nations Location Codes
RU RND and RU ROV
Open location code
8GVX6PC5+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 160569651
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
501175
Wiki­data ID
Q908
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Rostov-on-Don” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Rostof aan die Don
  • Amharic: ረስቶፍ-በ-ዶን
  • Arabic: روستوف أون دون
  • Arabic: روستوف على الدون
  • Arabic: روستوف على نهر الدون
  • Arabic: روستوف نا دونو
  • Arabic: روستوف-أون-دون
  • Arabic: روستوف-اون-دون
  • Arabic: روستوف-نا-دونو
  • Armenian: Դոնի Ռոստով
  • Asturian: Rostov del Don
  • Avaric: Ростов-на-Дону
  • Azerbaijani: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Balinese: Rostov-on-Don
  • Bashkir: Дондағы Ростов
  • Bashkir: Дондағы-Ростов
  • Basque: Rostov Don
  • Belarusian: Растоў-на-Доне
  • Belarusian: Растоў
  • Bengali: রোস্তভ-ন্য-দানু
  • Bosnian: Rostov na Donu
  • Breton: Rostov-an-Don
  • Bulgarian: Ростов на Дон
  • Burmese: ရပ်စတော့ဗ် နာ ဒန်နူမြို့
  • Catalan: Rostov del Don
  • Cebuano: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆستۆڤ-نا-دۆنو
  • Chechen: Дон-тӀера-Ростов
  • Chinese: Rostov-on-Don
  • Chinese: 頓河畔羅斯托夫
  • Chinese: 顿河畔罗斯托夫
  • Church Slavic: Растовъ на Донѣ
  • Chuvash: Ростов-Тан-çинчи
  • Chuvash: Тан-çинчи-Ростов
  • Corsican: Rostov sopra u Donu
  • Corsican: Rostov sopra-u-Donu
  • Crimean Tatar: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Croatian: Rostov na Donu
  • Czech: Rostov na Donu
  • Danish: Rostov ved Don
  • Dutch: Rostov aan de Don
  • Eastern Mari: Дон ӱмбалне Ростов
  • Eastern Mari: Ростов-на-Дону
  • Egyptian Arabic: روستوف نا-دونو
  • Egyptian Arabic: روستوف-نا-دونو
  • Erzya: Ростов-Дон-лангсо
  • Esperanto: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Esperanto: Rostovo ĉe Dono
  • Estonian: Rostov Doni ääres
  • Finnish: Donin Rostov
  • Finnish: Rostov-na-Donu
  • French: Rostov-sur-le-Don
  • Galician: Rostov do Don
  • Georgian: დონის როსტოვი
  • German: Rostov am Don
  • German: Rostow am Don
  • German: Rostow-na-Donu
  • German: Росто́в-на-Дону́
  • Greek: Ροστόφ επί του Ντον
  • Greek: Ροστόφ στον Ντον
  • Gujarati: રૉસ્ટોવ-ઓન-ડોન
  • Hakka Chinese: Rostov-on-Don
  • Hawaiian: Lōwau Dūnal
  • Hebrew: רוסטוב על הדון
  • Hindi: रोतोव-ऑन-डॉन
  • Hindi: रोस्तोव
  • Hungarian: Rosztov-na-Donu
  • Hungarian: Rosztov
  • Icelandic: Rostov við Don
  • Ido: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Indonesian: Rostov na Donu
  • Indonesian: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Irish: Rostov na Donu
  • Italian: Rostov sul Don
  • Japanese: ロストフ・ナ・ドヌ
  • Japanese: ロストフ・ロシア
  • Kabardian: Ростов-на-Дону
  • Kalaallisut: Rostov ved Don
  • Kalmyk: Ростов-на-Дону балһсн
  • Kannada: ರಾಸ್ಟೊವ್-ಆನ್-ಡಾನ್
  • Kannada: ರೋಸ್ತೊವ್
  • Karachay-Balkar: Дондагъы Ростов
  • Kazakh: Дондағы Ростов
  • Kirghiz: Дондогу Ростов
  • Kirghiz: Ростов-на-Дону
  • Komi-Permyak: Ростов
  • Komi: Ростов
  • Korean: 로스토프나도누
  • Kotava: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Kurdish: Rostov na Donû
  • Kurdish: Rostov-na-Donû
  • Kurdish: Rostova ber çemê Donê
  • Ladin: Rostov sul Don
  • Latin: Rostovia ad Tanaim
  • Latvian: Rostova pie Donas
  • Limburgan: Rostov aon d’n Don
  • Lithuanian: Rostovas prie Dono
  • Lower Sorbian: Rostow nad Donom
  • Lower Sorbian: Rostow
  • Macedonian: Ростов на Дон
  • Malagasy: Rostov-on-Don
  • Malay: Rostov-on-Don
  • Maltese: Rostov-on-Don
  • Maltese: Rostov
  • Manx: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Maori: Rahataua (awa Don)
  • Maori: Rahataua
  • Marathi: रोस्तोव दॉन
  • Marathi: रोस्तोव-ऑन-दॉन
  • Min Nan Chinese: Rostov-on-Don
  • Mingrelian: დონიშ როსტოვი
  • Mongolian: Донын Ростов
  • Northern Frisian: Rostow bi a Don
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Norwegian: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Occitan (post 1500): Rostov de Don
  • Occitan (post 1500): Rostov de Dòn
  • Occitan (post 1500): Rostòv de Dòn
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Raðstofa on Danais
  • Ossetian: Ростов-Доныл
  • Persian: روستوف-نا-دونو
  • Polish: Rostów nad Donem
  • Pontic: Ροστόφ επί του Ντον
  • Portuguese: Rostov do Don
  • Portuguese: Rostóvia do Dom
  • Pushto: روستوف نادونو
  • Romanian: Rostov-pe-Don
  • Russia Buriat: Дондохи Ростов
  • Russian: РнД
  • Russian: Ростов на Дону
  • Russian: Ростов-на-Дону
  • Russian: Росто́в-на-Дону́
  • Russian: Ростов
  • Rusyn: Ростов над Доном
  • Scots: Rostov-on-Don
  • Serbian: Ростов на Дону
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rostov na Donu
  • Silesian: Rostow na Donu
  • Sinhala: රෝස්ටෝව්-ඕන්-ඩොන්
  • Slovak: Rostov nad Donom
  • Slovenian: Rostov na Donu
  • South Azerbaijani: روستوف-نا-دونو
  • Southern Altai: Дондо Ростов
  • Spanish: Rostov del Don
  • Swahili: Rostov juu ya Don
  • Swedish: Rostov vid Don
  • Swedish: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Tagalog: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Tagalog: Rostov-on-Don
  • Tajik: Ростови лаби Дон
  • Talysh: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Tamil: தொன்-மீது-ரசுத்தோவ்
  • Tamil: ரொஸ்டொவ்-ஆன்-டான்
  • Tatar: Дондагы Ростов
  • Tatar: Дондагы-Ростов
  • Tatar: Ростов-на-Дону
  • Tatar: Тындагы Ростов
  • Telugu: రోస్టోవ్ -ఆన్ -డోన్
  • Thai: รอสตอฟ-นา-โดนู
  • Tumbuka: Rostov-on-Don
  • Turkish: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Twi: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Udmurt: Ростов-на-Дону
  • Ukrainian: РнД
  • Ukrainian: Ростів-на-Діні
  • Ukrainian: Ростів-на-Доні
  • Ukrainian: Ростів-на-Дону́
  • Ukrainian: Ростів
  • Ukrainian: Росто́в-на-Діні
  • Ukrainian: Росто́в-на-Доні
  • Ukrainian: Ростов-на-Дону
  • Ukrainian: Росто́в-на-Дону́
  • Ukrainian: Росто́в
  • Upper Sorbian: Rostow nad Donom
  • Upper Sorbian: Rostow
  • Urdu: روستوف-نا-دونو
  • Urdu: روستوو نا دانو
  • Uzbek: Rostov-Don
  • Veps: Rostov Donal
  • Vietnamese: Rostov trên sông Đông
  • Volapük: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Võro: Rostov Doni veeren
  • Waray (Philippines): Rostov-on-Don
  • Welsh: Rostov-ar-Ddon
  • Western Armenian: Տոն Ռոսթոֆ
  • Western Frisian: Rostov oan de Don
  • Western Panjabi: راستوڡ نا دانو
  • Western Panjabi: روستوو نا دانو
  • Wolof: Rostov-na-Donu
  • Wu Chinese: 顿河畔罗斯托夫
  • Yakut: Ростов-на-Дону
  • Yue Chinese: 頓河畔羅斯托夫
  • Zulu: Irostov-On-Don
  • Rostov Doni veeren
  • Rostov na Donu

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