1 of 5 Population: 1.089 million Main industries: helicopter manufacturing, agricultural equipment production, textile industry, food production. Mayor: Mikhail Chernyshyov Interesting fact: The city was initially called Rostov and got the “on-Don” suffix only in 1928 in order not to be confused with Rostov Veliky in the Yaroslavl region. Founded in 1749 at the order […]