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Stavropol (Russian: Ставрополь, IPA: [ˈstavrəpəlʲ]) is a city and the administrative center of Stavropol Krai, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 398,539.
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1. Art Gallery of Landscapes of the Honored Artist of Russia P. M. Grechishkin
2. Parshin Art Gallery
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5.0 based on 40 reviews
3. Prozritelev and Prave Stavropol State Museum
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4.5 based on 125 reviews
The G. N. Prozritelev and G. K. Prave Stavropol State Museum-Reserve was established in February 24, 1905 as the North Caucasus Museum of local history. Archaeological and ethnographic collections of public activist, regional ethnographer and archeologist G. N. Prozritelev (1849-1933) were at the basis of the museum. At the same time the City Museum of educational visual aids was founded in Stavropol. Initiative of its foundation came from the notary, public figure and collector G. K. Prave (1862-1925). In 1927, the North Caucasus Museum and the City Museum of educational visual aids have been merged into one institution, is located in the trade building, where the museum is today. Now it is called «The G. N. Prozritelev and G. K. Prave stavropol state historical-culture and natural-landscape museum-reserve». On displays and in the stores of one of the biggest in the North Caucasus museum there are more than 400,000 items which illustrate the history, nature and culture of this multinational territory from prehistoric to modern times. On show in the museum are numerous historical relics, unique photographs and documents, articles of daily life and work of the Northern Caucasus nations, rare collections of arms, coins and medals of many periods and peoples, fine pictures, old manuscripts and books. Many exhibits are of international importance, among them two skeleton of a fossil southern elephant that lived more than one million years ago, a stone mausoleum of an Alan chiefman dating back to the 10-11 th centuries, the first in the world fossil reconstruction of a prehistoric rhinoceros, unique collection of imprints of insects living in the Tertiary Period and many others.
4. Stavropol Regional Museum of The Fine Arts
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4.5 based on 37 reviews
5. Memory Museum of the World War II of 1941-1945
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
6. Historical Park "Russia - My History"
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4.5 based on 21 reviews
The Russia-My history Museum and exhibition complex is the only multimedia Park in the world that will tell you about the history of Russia from ancient times to the present day in the language of modern technologies, which is familiar in our society. The main purpose of the Museum-to increase the interest of young and adult Stavropol to the centuries-old history of our country. Stavropol was the first city in the South of Russia and the fourth in the country where there was such an exhibition, and it is no coincidence. After all, Stavropol is a multi-ethnic region in which the culture, religions and languages of different peoples living in the North Caucasus are historically linked. The exhibition consists of 1000 pieces of equipment - a panoramic video walls, touch screens, projection dome, interactive books and multimedia maps that form a single "live" textbook, which captivates visitors with its visibility and accessibility. Thanks to them, you will be able to witness the main b
7. Museum of City History
8. Museum of History of the Cossacks
9. Dinopark Rex
10. Stavropol Cossacks Museum
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3.0 based on 4 reviews
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