Aksay

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Coat of arms of Aksay

Aksay (Russian: Аксай) is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Don River, 18 km north-east of Rostov-on-Don. Population: 38,012 (2002 Census); 33,389 (1989 Census).

It was founded in the second half of the 16th century as a Cossack settlement. Until the 18th century, it was known as Ust-Aksayaskaya (Усть-Акса́йская), Nizhniye Razdory (Ни́жние Раздо́ры), Kobyakovsky (Кобяковский), Atamansky (Атама́нский), and Nizhny (Ни́жний). From 1791, it is known as the stanitsa of Aksayskaya (Акса́йская). In 1957, it was granted town status and renamed Aksay.

Aksay serves as an industrial sattelite of Rostov-on-Don.

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(Russian) Website of Aksay

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	Administrative center: Rostov-on-Don Aksay \| Azov \| Bataysk \| Belaya Kalitva \| Donetsk \| Gukovo \| Kamensk-Shakhtinsky \| Novocherkassk \| Novoshakhtinsk \| Konstantinovsk \| Krasny Sulin \| Millerovo \| Morozovsk \| Proletarsk \| Salsk \| Semikarakorsk \| Shakhty \| Taganrog \| Tsimlyansk \| Volgodonsk \| Zernograd \| Zverevo