Rostov-on-Don, city and administrative center of Rostov oblast (province), southwestern Russia. It lies along the lower Don River, above the river’s mouth on the Sea of Azov. It was founded in 1749 as the customs post of Temernika, when the area was still in Turkish hands. More @Wikipedia
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