Why visit Vëshenskaya
Townapedia lists 23 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 5 places to eat and 7 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Grigory and Aksinya and National Sholokhov Museum-Reserve.
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About Vëshenskaya
Vyoshenskaya (Russian: Вёшенская, IPA: [ˈvʲɵʂɨnskəjə]), colloquially known as Vyoshki (Russian: Вёшки), is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Sholokhovsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia, located in the northern reaches of the Don River on its left bank. Population: 9,261 (2010 census); 9,317 (2002 census); 9,578 (1989 Soviet census).
From the Wikipedia article Vyoshenskaya (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks23
Grigory and Aksinya
Monument and historic site · 0.6 km
Monument in Vyoshenskaya, Russia
Государственный музей-заповедник М.А. Шолохова. Усадьба М.А. Шолохова.
Museum
Tu-Fr,Su 09:00-16:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Государственный музей-заповедник М.А. Шолохова. Гостевой дом
Museum
41 переулок Розы Люксембург
Государственный музей-заповедник М.А. Шолохова. Занимательный хуторок.
Museum
62 улица Шолохова
Государственный музей-заповедник М.А. Шолохова. Старый дом М.А. Шолохова.
Monument and historic site · 0.9 km
103 улица Шолохова
11 more on the map.
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes5
Where to stay7
History
Local tradition asserts that the stanitsa was first mentioned in 1672.. However, a settlement called Veesky in the very same place is marked on a map of Southern Russia from Isaac Massa's book printed in 1638.
During the Russian Civil War in 1919, the Upper-Don Anti-Bolshevists operated from Vyoshenskaya. The Vyoshenskaya Uprising and its leader, Pavel Kudinov, are described in Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don. The rebels had withdrawn from the White Army and joined the Bolsheviks, but rose in arms because of the Red Terror. They felt betrayed by the Bolsheviks who had promised that the Upper Don would be spared any military action or decossackization. The counter-revolutionaries then united with the Don Army. The uprising failed as the southern front collapsed. Sholokhov also described the conditions during those years in his collection of short stories Tales of the Don.
Due to the efforts of Sholokhov, a paved road was laid in 1963 between Vyoshenskaya and Millerovo. In 1985, a bridge was built connecting Vyoshenskaya with the stanitsa of Bazkovskaya, on the opposite bank.
From the History section of Vyoshenskaya on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shopping7
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries4
Healthcare3
Поликлиника Шолоховской центральной районной больницы
Clinic and pharmacy
16 переулок Розы Люксембург, Вёшенская
Map of Vëshenskaya
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Getting there and nearby towns
- Kazanskaya 45 km northwest, about 45 min by car
- Bokovskaya 46 km south, about 46 min by car
- Slashchevskaya 51 km northeast, about 51 min by car
- Kumylzhenskaya 68 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Serafimovich 73 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Sovetskaya 75 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Alekseyevskaya 80 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kashary 84 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Nagibin 85 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Nekhayevskaya 86 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Вешенская, Ростовская обл., Россия, Усадьба Шолохова - panoramio, Сашка Денисов, CC BY 3.0
- Домик Шолохова-01, Александр Стручков, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Причал Вёшенская, Носков А. С., CC BY-SA 4.0
- Вёшенская Григорий и Аксинья 10 октября 2017 01, Сергей С. Петров, CC BY-SA 4.0
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