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Stavropol,Russia,located in the Central part of Stavropol territory. The city is home to more than four hundred thousand inhabitants. Good location of the city makes it an important transportation hub in this area, linking rail, road and air routes remote corners of the region and all over Russia. The city was founded in 1777, when there was the urgent need to strengthen the southern territories of the Russian Empire. So the city became the post. Initially, the city was built as a fortress, its location also was chosen to protect. The hill on which was situated the fortress was well chosen. Later, around the fortress began to appear settlements, the predominant of which was a Cossack. In the late 19th century the city began to build the iron road, there are the first enterprise and production. The city begins to come alive. During the war, luckily the city does not fall under the powerful blows of artillery, so well preserved. The city also there were famous poets and writers – Tolstoy, Pushkin and many others. Initially the city was called Stavropol, Caucasus, and later was renamed into Voroshilov, but the name never caught on. The name of the city means the City of cross, from the ancient Greek.