The monument to Alexander Pushkin.

  Aleksander Pushkin is ranked as one of Russian  greatest poets. He not only brought Russian poetry to its highest excellence, but also had a great influence on all Russian literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

  The monument to A. Pushkin installed on one of the most beautiful streets of the city, bearing the name of the poet. It was created in 1959 by architect G. Schulz and sculptor M. A. Minkus. Somewhat later, the monument was decorated with lanterns in the style of the XIX century. Today, the monument to Alexander Pushkin is an object of cultural heritage for regional purposes.

  Each year, at the birthday of A. S. Pushkin, near the monument held poetry readings, lovers of his art solemnly lay flowers to his monument. The celebration attended by representatives of the Rostov regional branch of the Russian writers' associations, cultural institutions, students and pupils of art schools of the city.

Don State Public Library

 Don State PublicLibrary - it is the Central Library of the Rostov region, located in our city. Library was founded in January 7, 1886. Throughout its history, this library has gone through many transformations. In the beginning it was called Rostov Public Library. Then - Rostov State Public Library named after Karl Marx, the book depository named after Karl Marx, The North-Caucasion State Library named after Karl Marx etc. And, finally,  in 1992 - Don State Public Library. The new building of the library on the Pushkinskaya Street, designed by architect J. S. Zanisa was opened in May 25, 1994. The building consists of several volumes, where are placed reading rooms, offices, and 16-story stack. Today, it is a modern informational, social, and cultural center of our region, a resource center in the support system of municipal library and a center of countinuing education of library professionals. The library has an exhibition hall, which often hosts exhibitions of paintings, rare books and other crafts. It also has its own cinema, where the screenings in the original language. Despite the warning, and the constant threat  that young people prefer to stay close, rather than inside tha walls of the library. When the project was created, one of the motivations was to attract young people to learn. Part of this task is competed.

introduction; some facts about rostov;

Hello dear guests! Welcome to Rostov-on-Don, I’m Dasha, today I’ll be your guide, the name of our today’s excursion is “Pushkinskay Street ”.

First of all I would like to tell some words about Rostov.Rostov-on-Don is port of five seas, industrial, scientific and cultural center of the south of the country, an impotant railway junction.

Demyan Bedni and Valentin Kataev in their poetic improvisation had noticed:

There are no simple conclusion.

Whatever you would do

   But you should know for sure:

   I’ll honestly tell you

                        More life than there are in Rostov

                        Can't ever find you  

In the city there are 543 monuments of architecture, 57- of archeology, 18- of monumental art of federal and local significance. United fund of museum collections forms 208 thousand units of issue. Rostov-on-Don is one of the largest cities of Russian Federation with population over one million people. Area of the city is 354 sq. km., the distance from Moscow- 1226 km. It is political, economical and cultural center of the southern region of Russia.Many tourists may notice that the Rostov women are beautiful. The guests of Rostov will admire tasty food, beautiful interiors and a wide choice of entertainment.The main square of the city is Theatre Square. The Drama Theatre facing this square was built in 1930 in the style of constructivism and it has the form of a tractor. Another large street of Rostov is Pushkinskaya Street, named after the great Russian poet A. S. Pushkin, whose monument you can see just in the centre of the street.