FIFA World Cup 2018. Rostov on Don
Rostov-on-Don - the largest city in the south of Russia, the administrative center of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District. City of Military Glory.

Based Diploma of Empress Elizabeth on December 15, 1749. It located in the south-east of the East European Plain, on the banks of the Don River, 46 km from the place of its confluence with the Azov Sea, 1092 kilometers south of Moscow.

Population - 1,119,875 people, is the tenth largest city of Russia. Furthermore, Rostov-on-Don is the 30th city in Europe in terms of population. It occupies the 1st place among the cities of the Southern Federal District.

The city is a major administrative, cultural, scientific, educational and industrial center and a major transportation hub in southern Russia. Rostov Informally called the "Gate of the Caucasus" and the southern capital of Russia, as well as the Don and combine capital. Distributed by the concept of "Rostov-papa".

Rostov-on-Don is located in the southeastern part of the East European Plain. The city lies mostly on the right bank of the Don River, some industries and places of entertainment are located on the left bank. South-western outskirts of the city adjacent to the estuary of the river Don (Don Girlie).
This city hosts the geographical border between Europe and Asia - left (south) bank of the Don applies to Asia, and the right (north) - to Europe.

Rostov has access to five seas: the Sea of ​​Azov, the Caspian, the Black, Baltic and White.
After Rostov-on-Don runs the largest river region - Don. Also in the city are other rivers, including Temernik and Dead Donets.

Within the city there are other bodies of water: springs, small rivers, lakes and reservoirs, including the biggest: North Reservoir, Rostov sea.

The Great Patriotic War.

German troops occupied Rostov-na-Donu twice: in the autumn of 1941 and the summer of 1942.
February 14, 1943 after the victory at Stalingrad during the general retreat of the Wehrmacht in the southern sector of the Eastern Front, Rostov-on-Don was finally liberated from German troops.

The war has caused great damage to the city, Rostov-on-Don was among the ten most affected by the war Russian cities. The city during the fighting was destroyed about 12 thousand buildings. killed more than 40 thousand people, 53 thousand í was deported to Germany for forced labor.
December 4, 1970 Rostov-on-Don was awarded the Order of Lenin for the great success achieved by the city workers in the economic and cultural development, in the performance of tasks five-year plan for the development of industrial production and especially the engineering industries Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from December 4, 1970

25 February 1982 - Order of the Patriotic War I level, for the courage and resilience shown by the workers of the city during World War II, and for the success achieved in economic and cultural construction of the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from February 25, 1982.

In 2008 the city was awarded the honorary title of the Russian Federation "City of Military Glory»
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