Azov (russian: Азов) is a mountain in

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. It is located 8 km from

Polevskoy Polevskoy (russian: Полевско́й) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 60,000 (1974); 25,000 (1939). History The town is best known for its ...

meat Zyuzelsky village. It's one of the

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s of Russia. According to Aleksandr Matveyev, the configuration of the rocks gives a reason to believe that the name of the mountain derives from the

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in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

word ''azaw teš'' (азау теш), meaning '

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'. In other

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the word means 'fang', 'edge', or 'sting'. The archaeologist E. Bers believed that in the

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it served as a sacrificial place. According to popular beliefs, a creature from local folktales called

Azovka "Beloved Name" or "That Dear Name" ( rus, Дорогое имячко, Dorogoe imjachko, lit. "The Dear Name") is a folk tale (the so-called ''skaz'') of the Ural region of Siberia collected and reworked by Pavel Bazhov. It was first published i ...

(lit. 'the Azov girl') lives inside Mount Azov.

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