Rostov-on-Don

Rostov-on-Don, or simply Rostov, is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of the North Caucasus. The southwestern suburbs of the city lie above the Don river delta. Rostov-on-Don has a population of over one million people and is an important cultural, educational, economic and logistical centre of Southern Russia.

2023 uprising in Russia led by Yevgeny Prigozhin

2016 air crash in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

part of the armed forces of the Russian Federation

city district of Rostov-on-Don, Russia

hostage crisis