Kazanskaya (russian: Казанская) is a
rural locality (a ''
stanitsa'') in
Verkhnedonskoy District of
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...
,
Russia, located on the left bank of
Don River from
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
. Population: It is also the
administrative center of
Verkhnedonskoy District.
Geography
It is situated in northern part of
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...
on the left bank of
Don River close to
Vyoshenskaya stanitsa and border with
Voronezh Oblast.
History
А
map of Southern Russia from
Isaac Massa's book printed in 1638 indicates a crossing of the Don river called ''Casanski Perevoos'' (russian: Казанский перевоз, lit.
Kazan crossing) on the place of the present settlement. This was probably a crossing on a road from the Don Host to the city of Kazan.
An explorer of the
Don Host Oblast and an envoy of
Peter I Rigelman referred to the village as being established in 1647. After the victory of Tsar
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584.
Ivan ...
over the
Kazan Khanate, where the
Cossacks
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
played a key role, he granted them Don lands. These territories were rich in
fisheries
Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...
, with
agriculture,
viticulture, and trade also being developed rapidly.
In 1690, on the recommendation of Peter I, the Cossacks decided to move their settlement upstream along the Don. Yet at its present place the stanitsa of Kazanskaya was settled only in 1740. It is one of the oldest settlements in Don region.
Kazanskaya was part of of
Don Host Oblast.
Places of interest
*
* Church of the Holy Trinity, a
Russian Orthodox church built in 1914.
References
Rural localities in Rostov Oblast
Don Host Oblast
Stanitsa
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