Stavropol - capital city of Stavropol Krai in North Caucaus, Russia

Stravropol (Ставрополь) is a city in Russia.

Understand

The city was founded in 1777. It was first a fortress to defend the Southern borders of Russia. The city's name is of Greek origin and translated as "the city of a cross". Stavropol is the capital of the Stavropol Krai (one of Russia's territorial districts). Its population as of 2021 is around 350,000 people. It is a geographically and economically strategic city, an also a place where people from the nearby distressed Caucasus areas come to relax.

Get in

By plane

You can also fly from Saint Petersburg or Moscow to Mineralnye Vody and then take a bus/minivan to Stavropol.

Or to Krasnodar with various low-cost airlines like UTair or Nordwind. Krasnodar is about 300 km from Stavropol, and it takes on average 5 hours to drive from there by bus or a minivan.

By train

  • From Moscow there are three weekly departures, travel time 1 day and 9 hours. One-way prices start around 'Platzkart' and 'Kupé'. Tickets are available at the website of RZD (in English).

Get around

See

Do

Buy

There is the Galereya next to the Alexander Area. Or there is:

  • Yevropeyskiy, Prospekt Karla Marksa, 47, Stavropol, 45.05013°, 41.98504°. daily 08:00-22:00 (maybe more like 08:45 opening on Su). Modern shopping mall and cinema. The Lower Market (a giant open food marketplace is just behind it). 2021-02-05

Eat

  • "Akropol" — a mainly Greek cuisine restaurant;
  • Theater Cafe ("Teatral'noye"), Ulitsa Mikhaila Morozova, 1 (just opposite the Stavropol Drama Theatre), 45.04192°, 41.96508°, +7 865 271 22 10. daily 08:00-23:00. a cafe where prices are in the upper medium range, a rather pleasant environment 2021-02-05

Drink

Night clubs and discos

Sleep

Budget

Mid-Range

Splurge

Connect

Wireless internet

There was the WiFi-Anet commercial network in Stavropol.

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Stavropol

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Postal code:355000–355099Date Time:Please wait...Timezone:Europe/MoscowPopulation:450,680Coordinates:45.05, 41.98

Stavropol Krai

Primary administrative division

Russia

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Population:144.5 MDial code:+7Currency:Ruble (RUB)Voltage:230 V, 50 Hz