Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast is a region in Southern Russia, which borders Krasnodar Krai in the southwest, Ukraine in the northwest, Voronezh Oblast in the north, Volgograd Oblast in the northeast, Kalmykia in the east, and Stavropol Krai in the south.Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog.
Rostov-on-Don
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Rostov-on-Don is the biggest city and the centre of Southern Russia, and tenth most populous city in Russia.
Taganrog
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Taganrog is the second largest city in Rostov Oblast, Russia known as the home city of Anton Chekhov.
Rostov Oblast
- Type: State with 4,140,000 residents
- Description: federal subject of Russia
- Also known as: “Rostov”, “Rostov Oblast (Russia)”, “Rostovska oblast”, “Rostovskaia oblast”, and “Rostovskaya Oblast”
- Neighbors: Donetsk Oblast, Kalmykia, Krasnodar Krai and Adygea, Luhansk Oblast, Stavropol Krai, Volgograd Oblast, and Voronezh Oblast
- Categories: oblast of Russia, federal subject of Russia, and locality
- Location: Southern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
47.6222° or 47° 37′ 20″ northLongitude of center
40.7958° or 40° 47′ 45″ eastPopulation
4,140,000Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 696768134OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Rostov Oblast” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Oblast Rostov”
- Afrikaans: “Rostof-oblast”
- Amharic: “ሮስቶቭ ኦብላስት”
- Arabic: “روستوف أوبلاست”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة روستوف”
- Armenian: “Ռոստովի մարզ”
- Asturian: “Óblast de Rostov”
- Azerbaijani: “Rostov vilayəti”
- Bashkir: “Ростов өлкәһе”
- Basque: “Rostov oblasta”
- Belarusian: “Растоўская вобласць”
- Belarusian: “Растоўская вобласьць”
- Bengali: “রসতোভ ওব্লাস্ট”
- Bosnian: “Rostovska oblast”
- Breton: “Oblast Rostov”
- Bulgarian: “Ростовска област”
- Catalan: “óblast de Rostov”
- Catalan: “Óblast de Rostov”
- Catalan: “província de Rostov”
- Catalan: “Província de Rostov”
- Cebuano: “Rostovskaya Oblast‘”
- Cebuano: “Rostovskaya Oblast’”
- Central Kurdish: “ئۆبلاستی ڕۆستۆڤ”
- Chechen: “Ростован область”
- Chechen: “Ростовн область”
- Chinese: “Rostov Chiu”
- Chinese: “罗斯托夫州”
- Chinese: “羅斯托夫州”
- Church Slavic: “Растовьска область”
- Chuvash: “Ростов облаçĕ”
- Crimean Tatar: “Rostov vilâyeti”
- Croatian: “Rostovska oblast”
- Czech: “Rostovská oblast”
- Danish: “Rostov oblast”
- Dimli (individual language): “Rostov”
- Dutch: “Oblast Rostov”
- Dutch: “Rostov”
- Eastern Mari: “Ростов вел”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روستوڤ”
- Erzya: “Ростовонь ёнкс”
- Esperanto: “Rostova provinco”
- Estonian: “Rostovi oblast”
- Finnish: “Rostovin alue”
- French: “oblast de Rostov”
- French: “Oblast de Rostov”
- French: “région de Rostov”
- French: “Rostov”
- Galician: “Óblast de Rostov”
- Georgian: “როსტოვის ოლქი”
- German: “Oblast Rostow”
- German: “Rostov Oblast (Russia)”
- German: “Rostow”
- Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Ροστόφ”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Ροστόφ”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια του Ροστόφ”
- Gujarati: “રૉસ્ટોવ ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Rostov-chû”
- Hausa: “Rostov Oblast”
- Hebrew: “מחוז רוסטוב”
- Hebrew: “רוסטוב”
- Hindi: “रोस्तोव ओब्लास्ट”
- Hungarian: “Rosztovi terület”
- Icelandic: “Rostovfylki”
- Ido: “Provinco Rostov”
- Indonesian: “Oblast Rostov”
- Irish: “Cúige Rostov”
- Irish: “Oblast Rostov”
- Italian: “oblast‘ di Rostov”
- Italian: “Oblast’ di Rostov”
- Japanese: “ロストフ州”
- Javanese: “Oblast Rostov”
- Kabardian: “Ростов област”
- Kalmyk: “Ростова төгәлң”
- Kannada: “ರೊಸ್ತೊವ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Rostov wa’layatı”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Rostov wálayatı”
- Kazakh: “Ростов облысы”
- Kirghiz: “Ростов область”
- Komi-Permyak: “Ростов лапӧв”
- Komi: “Ростов обласьт”
- Korean: “로스토프주”
- Kurdish: “oblasta Rostovê”
- Ladin: “Oblast de Rostov”
- Latin: “Regio Rostoviensis”
- Latvian: “Rostovas apgabals”
- Lezghian: “Ростов вилаят”
- Lithuanian: “Rostovo sritis”
- Lombard: “Oblast de Rostov”
- Macedonian: “Ростовска област”
- Macedonian: “Ростовска Област”
- Malay: “Wilayah Rostov”
- Maori: “Rahataua Opaha”
- Marathi: “रोस्तोव ओब्लास्त”
- Mazanderani: “روستو اوبلاست”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Rostov Ciŭ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rostov Chiu”
- Mingrelian: “როსტოვიშ ოლქი”
- Moksha: “Ростовонь аймак”
- Mongolian: “Ростов муж”
- Northern Frisian: “Rostow (Prowins)”
- Northern Frisian: “Rostow”
- Northern Luri: “آستون روستوف”
- Northern Sami: “Rostov oblast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rostov oblast”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rostov oblast”
- Norwegian: “Rostov oblast”
- Norwegian: “Rostovskaja oblast”
- Oromo: “Godinaa Rostov”
- Ossetian: “Ростовы облæст”
- Pampanga: “Rostov Oblast”
- Panjabi: “ਰੋਸਟੋਵ ਓਬਲਾਸਟ”
- Persian: “استان روستوف”
- Persian: “اوبلاست روستوف”
- Polish: “obwód rostowski”
- Polish: “Obwód rostowski”
- Portuguese: “Oblast de Rostov”
- Portuguese: “Rostóvia”
- Pushto: “روستوف اوبلاست”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Rostov”
- Russia Buriat: “Ростовой можо”
- Russian: “Ростовская область”
- Russian: “Ростовская Область”
- Scots: “Rostov Oblast”
- Serbian: “Ростовска област”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rostovska oblast”
- Sindhi: “روسٽوف اوبلاسٽ”
- Sinhala: “රස්ටෝව් ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Rostovská oblasť”
- Slovenian: “Rostovska oblast”
- Somali: “Gobolka Rostov”
- South Azerbaijani: “روستوف اوبلاستی”
- Spanish: “Óblast de Rostov”
- Spanish: “Rostov”
- Sundanese: “Oblast Rostov”
- Swahili: “Rostov Oblast”
- Swahili: “Rostovskaia oblast”
- Swedish: “Rostov oblast”
- Tagalog: “Rostov Oblast”
- Tajik: “вилояти Ростов”
- Talysh: “Rostovi vilojət”
- Tamil: “ரசுத்தோவ் மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “ரஸ்தோவ் ஒப்லாஸ்து”
- Tamil: “ரோஸ்டோவ் ஓப்ளாஸ்ட்”
- Tatar: “Ростов өлкәсе”
- Telugu: “రోస్టోవ్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
- Thai: “แคว้นรอสตอฟ”
- Turkish: “Rostov Oblastı”
- Turkmen: “Rostow oblasty”
- Udmurt: “Ростов улос”
- Ukrainian: “Ростовська область”
- Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Rostow”
- Urdu: “روستوف اوبلاست”
- Uzbek: “Rostov viloyati”
- Veps: “Rostovan agj”
- Vietnamese: “Rostov”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Rostov”
- Vlaams: “Oblast Rostov”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rostov Oblast”
- Welsh: “Oblast Rostov”
- Western Frisian: “Rostov (oblast)”
- Western Frisian: “Rostov”
- Western Panjabi: “روستوو اوبلاست”
- Wu Chinese: “罗斯托夫州”
- Yakut: “Ростов уобалаһа”
- Yue Chinese: “羅斯托夫州”
- “ma lili Loto lon ma Losi”
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