Stavropol

Stavropol (???????????) is a city located in southwestern Russia. Geographical location It is the administrative center of Stavropol Krai (region).

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Stavropol was founded in 1777 as a military encampment and designated as a city in 1785. Its strategic location aided in the Russian Empire's conquest of the Caucasus. The city was renamed Voroshilovsk in 1935 after Kliment Voroshilov, but returned to its original name in 1943. The first and only executive president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was born in Stavropol Krai (region) and spent several years working in the city of Stavropol as the head of the Krai's administration.

Russia: The Russian Federation (, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: ???????, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Europe and Asia. With an area of 17,075,400 km? (6,595,600 mi?), it is the largest coun...

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