Zernograd is a town and the administrative center of Zernogradsky District

Zernogradsky District

Zernogradsky 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

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, located 71 kilometres (44.1 mi) southeast 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:

It was founded in 1915 as the halt

Halt

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 of Verblyud due to the construction of the Rostov–Torgovaya railway. By 1933, it became a settlement and was renamed Zernovoy . It was granted town status in 1951 and renamed Zernograd in 1960.

From 1969 to 1995, Zernograd was home to the 106th Training Aviation Regiment, Yeysk

Yeysk

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 Higher Military School of Pilots, of the Soviet Air Forces. The regiment was equipped with the L-29 and the L-39.