Semikarakorsk
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Semikarakorsk is a town and the administrative center of Semikarakorsky District
of Rostov Oblast
, Russia
, located on the left bank of the Don River
, 137 kilometres (85.1 mi) northeast of Rostov-on-Don
. Population:
The stanitsa
of Semikarakorskaya , which was founded by the Don Cossacks
, was known since 1672. The stanitsa changed its location frequently due to Don's flooding, and finally was moved to its present location in 1845.
It was granted urban-type settlement
status in 1958 and the town status in 1972.
Semikarakorsky District
Semikarakorsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 43 in Rostov Oblast, Russia....
of Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District. Rostov Oblast has an area of and a population of making it the sixth most populous federal subject in Russia...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the left bank of the Don River
Don River (Russia)
The Don River is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....
, 137 kilometres (85.1 mi) northeast of Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don
-History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...
. Population:
The stanitsa
Stanitsa
Stanitsa is a village inside a Cossack host . Stanitsas were the primary unit of Cossack hosts.Historically, the stanitsa was a unit of economic and political organisation of the Cossack peoples primarily in the southern regions of the Russian Empire.Much of the land was held in common by the...
of Semikarakorskaya , which was founded by the Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks were Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don.- Etymology and origins :The Don Cossack Host was a frontier military organization from the end of the 16th until the early 20th century....
, was known since 1672. The stanitsa changed its location frequently due to Don's flooding, and finally was moved to its present location in 1845.
It was granted urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
status in 1958 and the town status in 1972.