Chaltyr (, ) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...

(a '' selo'') in Myasnikovsky District of

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. Population: nearly 17,000. It is also the

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of Myasnikovsky District and the largest settlement in the district.

Geography

Chaltyr is situated 11 km west of

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don 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 European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...

. The village of Crimea (with 4,5 thousand inhabitants) directly adjoins Chaltyr from the north. Rivers Mokry Chaltyr and Khavaly flow through the settlement.

History

Chaltyr was founded in 1779 by

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settlers from the

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, whose real birthplace was the capital of

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, the city of

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. They speak the Nor-Nakhichevan (or Don, Crimean-Ani) dialect of

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. Don Armenians still constitute a large part of the population of Chaltyr village and other settlements of Myasnikovsky District. The Church of the Ascension was founded in 1790. In the years 1869 ― 1870, the railroad of Taganrog-Rostov line was being constructed through Mokry Chaltyr

khutor A khutor ( ; rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir (, ) is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single- homestead settlement. At the end of the XIX century, the peasants of Chaltyr village invented a new kind of strong, spring

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that was called "Chaltyrskaya".

Places of interest

Church of the Ascension (Chaltyr) The Church of the Ascension (, ) is an Armenian Apostolic church in Chaltyr village, Myasnikovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia. History The Church in the name of the Holy Ascension in Chaltyr village was founded in 1790 by Armenians who ...

, an

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church built in the 19th century. * Glory Memorial, a memorial to Soviet soldiers who died in

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* Museum of local history and ethnography * Chatal-Oba Mounds

References

Rural localities in Rostov Oblast {{RostovOblast-geo-stub