Salsk
Encyclopedia
Salsk is a town and the administrative center of Salsky District
of Rostov Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Sredny Yegorlyk River (Don
's basin
), 180 kilometres (111.8 mi) southeast of Rostov-on-Don
. Population:
It was established as a settlement serving the railway station
of Torgovaya , which opened in 1899. It was granted town status and renamed Salsk in 1926.
Salsky District
Salsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 43 in Rostov Oblast, Russia....
of Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District. Rostov Oblast has an area of and a population of making it the sixth most populous federal subject in Russia...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Sredny Yegorlyk River (Don
Don River (Russia)
The Don River is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....
's basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
), 180 kilometres (111.8 mi) southeast of Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don
-History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...
. Population:
It was established as a settlement serving the railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
of Torgovaya , which opened in 1899. It was granted town status and renamed Salsk in 1926.