Editing Rostov Veliky (section)

{{Short description|Town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia}}
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|image_caption=Spasso-Yakovlevsky Monastery
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'''Rostov Veliky'''  ({{lang-rus|Ростов Великий|p=rɐˈstof vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj}}, ''Rostov the Great'') is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] in [[Yaroslavl Oblast]], [[Russia]], one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the [[Golden Ring of Russia|Golden Ring]]. It is located on the shores of [[Lake Nero]], {{convert|202|km|sp=us}} northeast of Moscow. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=30,406|p2010=31,792|p2002=34,141|p1989=35,707}}

The name of the town was officially changed to Rostov Veliky in December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-28 |title=Путин подписал закон о переименовании Ростова |url=https://ria.ru/20241228/putin-1991808650.html |url-status=live |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=РИА Новости}}</ref> The name of the town railway station is [[Rostov-Yaroslavsky railway station|Rostov Yaroslavsky ]], due to its location in [[Yaroslavl Oblast]].