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Monument Attractions In Aksaysky District

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Post Station Museum Complex

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Aksay History Museum

Aksai Museum of Military History

Aksaysky District, or Aksay Region is an administrative and municipal district , one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,162 square kilometers . Its administrative center is the town of Aksay. Population: 102,369 ; 88,899 ; 73,361 . The population of Aksay accounts for 41.0% of the district's total population.
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Monument Attractions In Aksaysky District

1. Yermak Statue Novocherkassk
Yermak Timofeyevich was a Cossack ataman and is today a hero in Russian folklore and myths. In the reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible Yermak started the Russian conquest of Siberia. Russians' fur-trade interests fueled their desire to expand east into Siberia. The Tatar khanate of Kazan was established as the best entryway into Siberia. In 1552, Ivan the Terrible's modernized army toppled the khanate. After the takeover of Kazan, the tsar looked to the powerful and affluent Stroganov merchant family to spearhead the eastward expansion. In the late 1570s, the Stroganovs recruited Cossack fighters to invade Asia on behalf of the tsar. These Cossacks elected Yermak as the leader of their armed forces, and in 1582 Yermak set out with an army of 840 to attack the Khanate of Sibir. One of Yermak Ti...
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