Rostov-on-Don
My native city is Rostov-on-Don. It is the capital of
the Don area. It was founded in 1749. It is situated on the right bank of the
river Don.
In the past Rostov was a small town with small
population. But now the territory of Rostov-on-Don is 380 square kilometres and
the population is more than one million people.
Our city is a big industrial, scientific and cultural
centre in the South of Russia. The plant “Rostselmash” is known not only in our
country but abroad as well.
The largest scientific and educational establishment
is the Rostov State University, which was founded in 1915 and now has more then
ten faculties.
In Rostov there are four theatres: Gorky Drama
Theatre, Musical Comedy, Puppet Show, Theatre of Young Spectators. The Gorky
Theatre is surrounded by a large park named after the October Revolution. It is
one of many parks and gardens which make Rostov a green town and where
Rostovites like to walk on a nice sunny day.
During the Second World War Rostov-on-Don was occupied
twice (1941 and 1942). The war cost Rostovites huge losses in life. That is why
in the city there are a lot of monuments devoted to the war years and people
who gave their lives for our peaceful life.
Rostov-on-Don is a large transport centre. It is not
only a big knot of railways and airways but it is also the port of five seas
(the Baltic, the White, the Caspian, the Black and the Sea of Asov).
Nowadays Rostov-on-Don as many other cities and villages
in Russia is undergone the process of economical changes. Factories and plants
can hardly survive in the conditions of deep economic crisis. But we hope that
in some years people will be able to overpass all the difficulties and
Rostov-on-Don will occupy its place of one of the biggest industrial cities of
Russia.
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