Azov ? great destination on the Sea of Azov for history buffs as it was a center of the centuries long Russo-Turkish conflict and also for archaeological research at nearby Tanais, an ancient Bosporan Greek city
Aksay ? an important Cossack town with a fun fortress and several military museums
Novocherkessk ? the world capital of Cossack culture, this relatively large city is full of Cossack-related sites for the visitor
Starocherkessk ? near Novocherkessk is the old capital of the Don Cossacks; this is perhaps Rostov Oblast's most precious site, full of Cossack cultural monuments
Taganrog ? Anton Chekhov's hometown is a well preserved monument to his childhood and youth containing several museums and palaces; Rostov Oblast's second largest city
Vyoshenskaya Stanitsa ? this small riverside Cossack stanitsa is the hometown of Nobel Prize winning novelist Mikhail Sholokhov
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