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Nakhichevan-on-Don, Rostov-on-Don — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Nakhichevan-on-Don is an Armenian-founded quarter of Rostov-on-Don, its grid of churches and monuments laid out in 1779.
About Nakhichevan-on-Don
Where to stay in Nakhichevan-on-Don
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Beds sit close to the old grid. Nakhichevan-on-Don keeps its lodgings near May Day Park and the streets around St. Karapet's Church, where the low blocks suit visitors who want the Armenian quarter's quiet over the din of central Rostov-on-Don. The edge toward the Rostov Regional Fine Arts Museum draws travellers who plan their days around galleries and monuments.
Choose your street by what you want at the door.
About Nakhichevan-on-Don
What are the main landmarks in Nakhichevan-on-Don?
St. Karapet's Church anchors the district, one of the Armenian sanctuaries raised after the settlers arrived. The Rostov Regional Fine Arts Museum holds the quarter's picture collection, and the Chekhov Monument honours the writer whose family came from the wider Rostov-on-Don area. May Day Park spreads its walks and shaded benches at the neighbourhood's heart, ringed by the Catherine II Monument and the Karl Marx Monument.
The Sagirov mansion recalls the merchant houses of the old grid. Old faith and civic memory stand together.
What is the history of Nakhichevan-on-Don?
Armenians resettled from Crimea founded Nakhichevan-on-Don in 1779, laying out a rigid grid under a charter from Catherine II and building the churches that still mark the streets. The town grew apart from Rostov-on-Don for well over a century. Merchant families such as the Sagirovs raised the mansions that line the older blocks, and the Catherine II Monument recalls the empress who granted the founding charter before the two towns finally merged.
Where is Nakhichevan-on-Don?
Nakhichevan-on-Don lies east of the old centre of Rostov-on-Don on the right bank of the Don, a flat grid of streets threaded by May Day Park.
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Updated July 2026