Stavropol's Sightseeing

1. Stavropol's Sightseeing

Stavropol: garden city and "gate of
the Caucasus"

2. Stavropol has been founded under Catherine II's decree in 1777 as fortress on the Azovo-Mozdoksky defensive line intended for

protection
of the southern borders of Russia and has very quickly turned into the
important economic center of the North Caucasus.
• Monuments of Stavropol and sight are impregnated with history,
each of structures has the legend. It is known that Stavropol has
initially arisen as an outpost, have built it from fortress in 1777, it
was the sixth fortress of the Azovo-Mozdoksky military and
defensive line. The remains of a fortification have been taken under
protection of the state.
• Cultural heritage of Stavropol - historical and cultural monuments
which monumental monuments, town planning monuments,
memorable signs and memorial boards are among. They are
presented by both uniform designs, and the whole complexes. More
than a half of sights of Stavropol is in the downtown. Here at Liberty
Square, in memory of the died soldiers in days of the Great Patriotic
War Slava's obelisk is built and the Eternal flame burns.

3. The Stavropol fortress in the first years of the existence looked approximately as on this reconstruction that costs in museum

of local lore

4. Fortification fragment

In the city the small fragment of a fortification has remained. The fragment of a wall
has length of 34 meters, in a wall there are loopholes 0,8 meters high Having given
vent to imagination, we represent that outside about 1777. On this eminence mighty
walls, around the dense black wood are put up. Builders dig a ditch of three and a half
meters in depth and at least six wide around, construct a shaft. And not anyone directs
building, and Suvorov. Know that the name "Stavropol" turns out by addition of two
Greek words "cross" and "city". The count Grigory Potemkin has christened so this
settlement.

5. Tiflissky Gate

"Tiflissky gate" - the
monument devoted to the
30 anniversary of a victory
in Patriotic war of 1812
welcome city visitors.
Gate have been built in
1841, but in Soviet period
have destroyed them. The
arch of Tiflissky gate
served as gate on entry
into the city earlier. In the
thirties the last century the
arch has been destroyed
and restored only in 1998.

6. Stone cross on the serf mountain

Monument is the main symbol of
the city. The name of Stavropol
goes from Greek "Stavropol" - a
cross and "Paul" - the city. The
origin of the name has three
versions. On one the fortress
which has given to the city rise was
in the form of a rectangle which
basis was made by two crossed
axes which reminded a cross.
According to other version at laying
of the base of fortress the stone
cross of an unclear origin has been
dug out. According to the third
version, at construction of fortress
her location has been marked on
the map not by a point, as usual,
and a cross:

7. Monument of Soldiers

On the Serf mountain on a
slope overlooking northern
part of the city of
Stavropol in an
uncontrollable rush
forward, in the future the
huge figure of the Red
Guard in a budenovka and
a long-skirted overcoat
has stiffened. It is a
monument of Soldiers - to
heroes of civil war built in
honor of the 50
anniversary of liberation of
Stavropol from White
Guards.

8. Monument Guardian angel

On sheets of the project of a
monument "Guardian angel"
there was a few other name:
"Monument of the basis of
Stavropol". But the essence of
the most present monument
hasn't changed. The monument
is located on the platform near
byvy movie theater "Ekran", a 32meter column with a bronze
figure of an angel on the top.

9. Monument of eternal glory of heroes civil and Great Patriotic War of wars

At a Komsomol hill on Karl Marx
Avenue will erect a monument of
eternal glory of heroes civil and the
Great Patriotic War of wars. At the
Eternal flame lit and delivered from
the Field of Mars in Leningrad the
pioneer and Komsomol post No. 1
is established. Youth of Stavropol
costs here in a guard of honor,
paying a tribute of light memory of
those who were killed in action for
the sake of life on Earth, for the
sake of bright future of mankind.

10. Monument to A.S. Pushkin on Karl Marx Avenue

The sculptor E. Ladygin, is
created at the Mytishchi
plant of art molding. The
monument is placed
opposite to that place
where when that there
was a post station at
which Pushkin noted the
roadside.

11. Monument to M. Yu. Lermontov

In Stavropol in the
Garden of Flowers near
dramatic theater there is
a monument to
Lermontov. The poet
has stayed some time
there in 1837, and then
in 1840, before sending
to the place of military
operations in the
Caucasus, in Small
Chechnya.

12. Memorial the Cold Spring — Stavropol

The cold spring originates
on a slope of a northern
exposition of the Cold
beam, in the top part of the
city of Stavropol, within a
memorial "A cold spring".
The memorial became a
symbol of memory of the
victims of fascist crimes in
days of the Great Patriotic
War.

13. Andreevsky cathedral of the city of Stavropol.

Andreevsky cathedral in
Stavropol with all his
constructions - not only
cult buildings, and the
architecture monument
taken under protection
by the state. The temple
in honor of the Saint
apostle Andrew the FirstCalled has been built in
1897 on the project of
the architect Grigory
Kuskov. Before there
was a wooden church in
honor of the Saint
apostle Andrew the FirstCalled constructed for 50
years earlier.

14. Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos

More than 160 years day of the oldest in
edge of orthodox church of the Dormition of
the Theotokos. She has become history of
the city of Stavropol already the fact that,
without looking on any winds of change, for
all years it was never closed unlike most of
others. Already several years are
magnificent decoration of the temple
complex the Holy-water chapel which has
appeared thanks to donations of many and
many people

15. State museum of local lore of G. N. Prozritelev and G. K. Prava

The Stavropol state museum of
local lore of G. N. Prozritelev
and G. K. Prava has been
founded in 1905. Museum
collections reflect his history
and differ in variety,
representing not only edge, but
also all North Caucasus. More
than 250 thousand museum
objects are stored and exhibited
at funds and an exposition of
the museum.

16. Regional museum of Fine Arts

The Stavropol Regional Museum
of Fine Arts (SRMFA) - one of
considerable in the North
Caucasus and the only meeting
of art values in the region
consisting of departments of
ancient, classical Western
European art, Russian art of the
pre-revolutionary period with a
collection of an iconography, the
modern art which most part is
made by a collection of artists of
Stavropol Territory, arts and
crafts.

17. Drama theater of M. Lermontov

The drama theater of M.
Lermontov is founded in May,
1845. It is the first Russian theater
in the Caucasus. In theater
talented, mobile troupe to which
different genres – from the farce to
the tragedy are subject. In the
center of creative attention of
theater today – the person and
society in the unity and contrast,
improvement of an interior

18. Art gallery of P.M.Grechishkin

The art gallery of landscapes of the
honored artist of Russia, the
honourable citizen of Stavropol P. M.
Grechishkin is open since November 5,
1987. The presentation the artist in gift
to the city of a collection of the pictures
was the cause of her opening. Pavel
Grechishkin the master of color and
composition, the successor of the best
traditions of the Russian realistic
landscape which founder were Alexey
Savrasov, Isaak Levitan, Ivan Shishkin.
For the 15-year term of the existence
the gallery became some kind of
business card of the regional center,
the place which regularly visits a large
number of guests and residents of the
region.

19. Central Park

The central park in Stavropol is
located in the downtown and
occupies the space of 12
hectares. The history of park is
closely connected with history
of Stavropol. There is a legend
that the great Russian writers
A.S. Pushkin, M. Yu.
Lermontov, A.S. Griboyedov
visiting Stavropol walked in the
shadow of his foliage more
than once. The central park
amazingly combines the
historical and cultural value
and the place for quiet and
peaceful rest of citizens.