Rostov-on-Don: All Data
Rostov-on-Don is a city in Russia (with Crimea). This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Rostov-on-Don: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Bolsheviks take control of most of European Russia
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1917 AD
Capital of Don Cossacks
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle for the Donbass
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Establishment of the Don Republic
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Evacuation of Crimea
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1941 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Rostov, part of Battle of Rostov
1942 AD
Mentioned in Event: Case Blue
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (Eastern Theatre)
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
2023 AD
Mentioned in Event: Wagner Group rebellion
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the oblast of Rostovskaya Oblast’, part of Russian Federation