Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

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.

Wikipedia: Church of the Intercession, Rostov-on-Don (EN)

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

Wikipedia: Покровский сквер (RU)

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

Wikipedia: Rostov State Puppet Theatre (EN), Website

Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy, was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire.

Wikipedia: Alexander Suvorov (EN)

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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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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The apartment building of A. M. Shtrom is a cultural heritage site of regional significance at 89 Bolshaya Sadovaya Street in Rostov-on-Don. It was built at the beginning of the XX century in the historical part of the city by the architect L. F. Eberg.

Wikipedia: Доходный дом А. М. Штрома (RU)

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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Sergei Mironovich Kirov was a Russian and Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Kirov became an Old Bolshevik and personal friend to Joseph Stalin, rising through the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ranks to become head of the party in Leningrad and a member of the Politburo.

Wikipedia: Sergei Kirov (EN)

The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Russian: was a Greek Orthodox church constructed in 1909 in Rostov-on-Don. In Soviet times, the church was demolished, and the Puppet Theatre was built on its foundations. A new Greek church of the Annunciation was built close to the site of the demolished one in 2014.

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The House of Diligence is a building built in Rostov-on-Don at the expense of a merchant, hereditary honorary citizen of the city, head of the City Duma Pyotr Romanovich Maksimov.

Wikipedia: Дом трудолюбия (Ростов-на-Дону) (RU)

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky was a Soviet writer, satirist and performer of Jewish origin, best known for his shows targeting different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet everyday life.

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The Kramer Mansion is a building in Rostov-on-Don, at 114 Pushkinskaya Street. The mansion was built in the 1910 years for the Rostov philanthropist Pavel Ivanovich Kramer. In 1997 the mansion was listed as being of local interest. Since the 2000s, the mansion has housed the restaurant of the Rostov Public Assembly.

Wikipedia: Kramer Mansion (EN)

The Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Rostov-on-Don, founded in 1938. The collection has more than 6 thousand units.

Wikipedia: Ростовский областной музей изобразительных искусств (RU), Website

The Petrov Mansion is a building in Rostov-on-Don, at 115 Pushkinskaya Street. The house was built at the end of the 19th century, to the design of the Rostov architect Nikolai Doroshenko. Since 1959 the mansion has housed the Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

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The F. N. Solodov House is a historic building in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

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

Wikipedia: Музей современного изобразительного искусства на Дмитровской (RU), Website, Vk, Facebook

The Pivovarova House is a building in Rostov-on-Don at 45/28 Shaumyan Street. It was built as a revenue house in the late 19th - early 20th century and has the status of an object of cultural heritage. It was inscribed as an object of cultural heritage according to order No. 191 of the Regional Inspectorate for Labour Protection and Operation of Historical and Cultural Monuments, dated 29 December 2004. It is not known who the house is now named after.

Wikipedia: Pivovarova House (EN)

Khadzhaev's residential building is an old house in Rostov-on-Don on Sotsialisticheskaya Street. The building belongs to the Monuments of History and Culture of Regional Significance.

Wikipedia: Жилой дом Хаджаева (Ростов-на-Дону) (RU)

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.

Wikipedia: Spielrein Mansion (EN)

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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The tenement house of S. N. Mnatsakanova, early XX century, is a building in Rostov-on-Don, located on Pushkinskaya Street. The mansion was built in the period 1911-1915, and according to reference publications on the valuation of real estate, in 1911-1915 the building was owned by Serpuga Nikokosyanovna Mnatsakanova. According to the reference publication "All Rostov and Nakhichevan-on-Don for 1914", the building housed the technical office of Nessar. At present, the house consists of commercial premises located on the ground floor and residential premises located on the second and third floors, a significant part of which belongs to the Rostov entrepreneur Kurinov Alexander Gennadyevich. The building has the status of a cultural heritage site of regional significance.

Wikipedia: Доходный дом С.Н. Мнацакановой (RU)

The Chirikov House, also known as the Chirikov Revenue House is an architectural monument in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, that was built in 1913 in the Eclectic style to the design of architect Leonid Eberg. It is officially listed as an object of cultural heritage of Russia.

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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 Margarita Chernova House is a mansion in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It was built in 1899 by architect Nikolai Doroshenko. It has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional importance.

Wikipedia: Chernova House (EN)