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Text 1 At the Dawn of our History. The Don Slavs are the first Christians in the East Europe...........................................................................……………...	5
Text 2 The Don Cossacks............................................................................…..……	8
Text 3 Some Words about Life and Traditions of the Don Cossacks.........………..	12
Text 4 The Famous Cossacks: Ermak..............................................................................................…….…	14
Stepan Rasin....................................................................................……….	14
Matvey Platov.................................................................................…….…	15
Emelyan Pugatchov........................................................................…….….	16
The Millers – The Don Cossacks...................................................…….….	16
Text 5 The Fortress Named after St. Dmitry Rostovsky.............................………..	17
Text 6 St. Dmitry Rostovsky: a Legend and a Real Person........................………..	19
Text 7 The Early History of Rostov-on-Don..............................................………...	20
Text 8 Nakhichevan.....................................................................................………	22
Text 9 The Monument to Katherine II and the Alexander’s Column.........………	24
Text 10 Rostov in the 19-th Century...........................................................………	24
Text 11 The Memorial Days of the Great Patriotic War.............................………	27
Text 12 Rostov-on-Don in the 21-st Century..............................................………	28
Text 13 The Symbols of Rostov..................................................................………	31
Text 14 The History of the Central Rostov Streets ....................................………	32
Text 15 Rostov Theatres........................................................................………….	38
Text 16 The Rostov Region and its Towns................................................……….	40
Text 17 The Cathedrals of the Rostov Region …………………………………...	41
Text 18. The Climate, Fauna and Flora of the Rostov Region...................……....	43
Text 19 The Don Cossacks Defend the Environment...............................………..	45
Text 20 Two Stories about the Famous People of Rostov..........................………	46
References.....................................................................................................……..	48

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