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Stavropol
City in Stavropol Krai, Russia

Stavropol

Stavropol, known as Voroshilovsk from 1935 until 1943, is a city that is the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, in the North Caucasus region of Southern Russia.

Plan a trip to Stavropol→From Mineralnyye Vody

As of the 2021 Census, its population was 547,820, and it is one of Russia's fastest growing cities.

Get in

Getting to Stavropol

  1. 01
    Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport

    Several airlines fly to Moscow, and Turkish Airlines to Istanbul.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Park Pobedy

    Has interesting statues and kitsch like dinos, jets, tanks, and a rubik cube.

  2. 02
    Triumphal Arch "Tiflis Gate"

    Arch marking beginning of Tiflis Highway (aka Karl Marx Ave) built in 1841.

  3. 03
    Stavropol Regional Museum of Fine Arts
  4. 04
    Soldat and Fortress Mountain

    Soldat is a patriotic monument to the soldiers who gave their lives to defend the mother country with a backdrop of certain vantage points of the city.

  5. 05
    Kafedral'nyy Sobor Kazanskoy Ikony Bozhiyey Materi
  6. 06
    Memory

    Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, Ulitsa Shaumyana, 45,.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Theater Square
Eat

Where to eat

"Akropol" — a mainly Greek cuisine restaurant; 1 Theater Cafe ("Teatral'noye"), Ulitsa Mikhaila Morozova, 1 (just opposite the Stavropol Drama Theatre),. daily 08:00-23:00. a cafe where prices are in the upper medium range, a rather pleasant environment

How locals move

Getting around Stavropol the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • 35 Маршрутное такси №35: бульвар Зеленая роща - рынок Южный"
  • 35 Маршрутное такси №35: рынок Южный" - бульвар Зеленая роща (от пункта "А" до пункта "Б)"
  • 33 Маршрутное такси №33: Селекционная станция - улица Пирогова
  • 33 Маршрутное такси №33: улица Пирогова - Селекционная станция
  • 45 Маршрутное такси №45: Стеклотарный завод - ж/к Белый город (от пункта А" до пункта "Б")"
  • 45 Маршрутное такси №45: Стеклотарный завод - ж/к Белый город (от пункта Б" до пункта "А")"

OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • Get in}} You can also fly from Saint Petersburg or Moscow to Mineralnye Vody and then take a bus/minivan to Stavropol.
  • Get inKrasnodar is about 300 km from Stavropol, and it takes on average 5 hours to drive from there by bus or a minivan.

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