1. I. A bit of 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. (See the article on Azov for detailed information on those settlements.) Rostov-on-Don was in essence established in 1749, as a customs house was built on the Temernik (a tributary of the Don), and soon a large fortress followed. It was named after Saint Dimitry of Rostov , a newly-glorified bishop from the old Northern town Rostov the Great . As Azov gradually declined, a settlement near the new fortress superseded it in importance as a chief commercial centre of the region. In 1756 the "Russian commercial and trading company of Constantinople" set up there, establishing a settlement on the high bank of the Don known as the "Kupecheskaya Sloboda" (the merchant's fortress). In 1796 this settlement received town rights and was renamed Rostov-on-Don, in order to distinguish it from its ancient namesake.

9. 2. The Theatre Square

14. 3. Cathedrals.

17. 4. Monuments

28. City Administration’s building

46. 6. Streets

65. A play “ Woe from Wit ” by A. S. Griboyedov :

69. The Rostov State Musical Theatre

75. The ballet “Nutcracker” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

76. The ballet “ Nutcracker” by Pyotr I l yich Tchaikovsky

78. The opera “ La T raviata ” by Giuseppe Verdi

81. 2. The Church where I was C hristen ed

82. 3. My kindergarten

83. My school