About Stavropol

Stavropol is the administrative centre of Stavropol kray (region), southwestern Russia, situated on the Stavropol Upland near the source of the Grachovka River. Founded in 1777 as a Russian fortress, it was an important base for the subsequent Russian conquest of the Caucasus. The was called Voroshilovsk between 1935 and 1943. Although it was at first a major route and administrative centre, the city was later bypassed by the Rostov-Baku railway, and its original functions declined.