This settlement is one of the largest in the North Caucasus. The history of Stavropol since its foundation has made sharp turns and bends more than once. The city from a small fortress, built to protect the southern borders of Russia from the raids of the Tatars, turned into an economically and culturally developed center of the region.
Southern Outpost
At the heart of a modern large and beautiful city is a fortress that occupied 10 hectares, built in accordance with all the rules of wartime. The earliest surviving plan of Stavropol-Caucasian, as this point was then called, dates back to 1778.
To resist the Tatar invasion, a ditch was dug around the fortress and a rampart was poured. A Cossack village appeared near the outpost, officers and Cossacks lived in it, there were also other buildings, for example, a powder magazine, a guardhouse, and trade shops.
In 1860, the territory of the Stavropol province was reduced, it became almost equal to the modern territory of the region. The Stavropol province existed in this form until 1924, after which it was transformed into a district as part of the North Caucasian Territory.
New century - new mission
In the 19th century, the role of a fortress - an outpost on the southern borders fades into the background. The settlement is rapidly developing, turning into a city in which one wants to live. In 1824, a new page in the history of Stavropol began, regional offices were transferred here from Georgievsk.
An even higher position awaits the city after almost a century. In 1918, a year after the October Revolution, the Stavropol Soviet Republic was formed, it is clear, without further ado, which city became its capital. A year later, the government changed, the city was occupied by the Volunteer Army, but Soviet power nevertheless returned, and in 1935 the city was renamed Voroshilovsk.
The Second World War reached the borders of the city, in 1942 the Germans entered Stavropol. True, the occupation did not last long; at the end of January of the following year, the territories were liberated. In 1943, the city returned to its former name, and a peaceful, creative phase began.
