Azovsky District, Municipal district in Rostov Oblast, Russia
Azovsky District is a municipal district in Rostov Oblast located near the Sea of Azov and structured around numerous rural communities and settlements. The area stretches across open terrain without any urban centers, maintaining an entirely countryside character throughout.
The district was established in 1924 as an administrative division of Rostov Oblast and has maintained its rural structure since then. The region developed primarily through agricultural activities and settlement patterns that persisted through Soviet and modern times.
The population of 93,579 residents lives exclusively in rural settlements, preserving traditional agricultural practices and local customs of the Don region.
The area is best explored by personal transport since public transit between communities is limited in this rural territory. Visitors should expect basic services in small settlements and plan for longer travel times when moving between different villages.
The district manages agricultural activities across multiple settlements while maintaining zero urban development, making it a completely rural administrative territory.
Location: Rostov Oblast
Inception: 1924
Capital city: Azov
Website: http://rayon.azov-info.ru
GPS coordinates: 47.10000,39.41667
Latest update: December 7, 2025 20:25
Azov Fortress
1.8 km
Rostov railway drawbridge
24.8 km
Azov History, Archaeology and Paleontology Museum-Reserve
1.4 km
Kumzhensky memorial
18.7 km
Steppe mammoth
1.4 km
Көнбайыш күпер (Дондағы Ростов)
19.2 km
Alekseevsky Gate
1.8 km
Powder Cellar Museum
1.8 km
Church of the Transfiguration
6.8 km
Church of the Intercession
5.9 km
Нижне-Гниловское городище
18.2 km
Monument to heroes of World War I
465 m
Church of the Holy Trinity
2.4 km
Monument to Peter I
1.4 km
Monument to the sailors of the Azov Flotilla
2 km
Სამშობლოსთვის დაღუპულთა მემორიალი (აზოვი)
519 m
Church of the Transfiguration
12.2 km
Bulanov Mill
765 m
Samoylovitch house, Azov
1.4 km
White Swan
2 km
Monument to Aleksei Shein
1.4 km
Храм на честь Азовської ікони Божої Матері
835 m
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Nedvigovka
19.3 km
Former men's progymnasium building, Azov
960 m
The House of Kovalev
1.4 km
Old Believers church of Dormition of the Mother of God in Azovsky
8.3 km
Vladimir Lenin monument, Azov
1.6 km
Церковь Георгия Победоносца (Донской)
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