Morozovsk
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Morozovsk is a town and the administrative center of Morozovsky District
of Rostov Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Bystraya River (left tributary
of the Seversky Donets
), 265 kilometres (164.7 mi) northeast of Rostov-on-Don
. Population:
The khutor
of Morozov was founded in the 1880s. In 1900, the railway station
of Morozovskaya , named after the village, was opened nearby. In 1910, the stanitsa
of Taubeyevskaya was established near the railway station. It was renamed Morozovskaya on April 24, 1917. Later, the villages grew and merged, and the resulting settlement was granted town status in 1941.
Morozovsky District
Morozovsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 43 in Rostov Oblast, Russia....
of Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District. Rostov Oblast has an area of and a population of making it the sixth most populous federal subject in Russia...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Bystraya River (left tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Seversky Donets
Seversky Donets
Seversky Donets is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine and then again through Russia to join the Don River, about from the Sea of Azov...
), 265 kilometres (164.7 mi) northeast of Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don
-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...
. Population:
The khutor
Khutor
Khutor or khutir is usually taken to refer to a single-homestead rural settlement of Eastern Europe.In Cossack-settled lands that encompassed today's Ukraine, Kuban, and the lower Don river basin the word khutor was used to describe new settlements which had detached themselves from stanitsas...
of Morozov was founded in the 1880s. In 1900, the railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
of Morozovskaya , named after the village, was opened nearby. In 1910, the stanitsa
Stanitsa
Stanitsa is a village inside a Cossack host . Stanitsas were the primary unit of Cossack hosts.Historically, the stanitsa was a unit of economic and political organisation of the Cossack peoples primarily in the southern regions of the Russian Empire.Much of the land was held in common by the...
of Taubeyevskaya was established near the railway station. It was renamed Morozovskaya on April 24, 1917. Later, the villages grew and merged, and the resulting settlement was granted town status in 1941.