Aerial photography of Rostov-on-Don demonstrates the tenth city of Russia from the perspective of a bird's flight. The video tells about the history of the city since the founding of the customs at the mouth of the Temernik River, industrial development, military history and the current status of the administrative center of the Southern Federal District.
- Duration
- 27 min 27 s
- Start
- Temernik River Mouth (устье реки Темерник)
- End
- Aviators Park (парк Авиаторов)
- Stops
- 4
- Channel author
- НАД ГОРОДАМИ
Timestamps and places
- — Temernik River Mouth (устье реки Темерник) (Nearest major cities overview (Taganrog, Shakhty))
- — Platov International Airport (аэропорт Платов) (Regional context (Donetsk, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Mariupol))
- — Sholohov Prospect (Sholokhov Avenue) (Rostov as administrative center of Southern Federal District)
- — Aviators Park (парк Авиаторов) (Gateway to the Caucasus)
- — Aerial view of Rostov-on-Don
- — Gorky Drama Theatre and city center
- — Fountain Square and Park of Culture and Rest
- — City founding 273 years ago by decree of Empress Elizabeth
- — Temernik River mouth and Don River
- — Historic Temenitskaya customs house
- — Star-shaped fortress construction
- — Fortress as major defensive structure
- — Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov naming (6 April 1761)
- — Two Rostovs in Russian Empire
- — Rostov Veliky in Yaroslavl Oblast (founded 862 AD)
- — Don River as Europe-Asia border
- — Don River source in Novomoskovsk; fifth longest European river
- — Don River mouth in Taganrog Bay (Azov Sea); Voronezh on Don River
- — Five seas accessible from Rostov port
- — World War II occupation by German forces
- — German approach date 17 November 1941
- — Failed Soviet offensive near Kharkov
- — Crimea and Sevastopol context
- — Krasnodar comparison
- — Rostov Oblast and Wagner PMC movements
- — Federal Route M4 Don highway toward Moscow
- — Belarus mediation; CIS migrants
- — Platov Airport (opened 2018 FIFA World Cup)
- — Novocherkassk as Don Cossack capital
- — Skytraks rating organization
- — Former airfield on Sholohov Prospect
- — Trans-Don industrial zone and Don Tobacco
- — Aviators Park and serial killer Chikatilo
- — Shakhty connection to Chikatilo
- — Rostov Triangle (serial killer phenomenon 1970s–1990s)
Route on the map
OVER ROSTOV. ABOUT THE CITY, INDUSTRY, BANDITS AND MANIACS