Located 30 km from Rostov on the right bank of the Don, this is the second capital of the Don Cossacks, and a place where time froze. Postcard courtyards with sunflowers, pots and cockerels on wicker fences, and cossacks going about their business, that is to the church or to the korchma tavern simply jump at you. Curiosities become more curious still at the Starocherkassky Museum Reserve with details of Cossack history and lifestyle, including food preferences.