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Stavropol,Russia,the city is located in the Central part of Stavropol territory. The town has many industrial enterprises, which are a major economic component in the entire Krasnodar region. The predominant economic enterprise is the production of cars, radio equipment and electronics. Over the past few years, the city has observed an increasing trend of population growth. Today in the city was four hundred and twenty thousand people. The city of Stavropol is also associated with the lives of many famous people – Lermontov, Pushkin, Tolstoy. Leo Tolstoy described one of the boulevards is located in the heart of Stavropol in his works. Initially the city was called Stavropol, Caucasus, until 1935, until 1943 was called voroshilovsk. The name did not stick, however, returning the old name threw Caucasian. The very same thing the name means in Greek City Cross. Originally the town was built as a fortified fortificarea camp. On one of the hills, was arranged like a fortress, around which began to take shape in the Cossack villages. Early in the twentieth century, the town began to form the first company. During the war, the city managed to avoid destruction by German troops.