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Novocherkassk
Novocherkassk (English); Новочеркасск (Russian)
— Inhabited locality —
; A triumphal archs, erected to commemorate the Cossack victories over Napoleon
	; Location of Novocherkassk on the map of Russia
	Coordinates: 47°25′N 40°05′E / 47.417°N 40.083°ECoordinates: 47°25′N 40°05′E / 47.417°N 40.083°E
	; Coat of arms
	Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Rostov Oblast
In administrative jurisdiction of	Rostov Oblast[citation needed]
	Municipal status
Municipal Status	Urban settlement
Head of Administration[citation needed]	Anatoly Panfilovich Volkov[citation needed]
Representative body	Council of Deputies[citation needed]
	Statistics
Area	100 km2 (38.6 sq mi)[citation needed]
Population (2002 Census)	177,000 inhabitants
- Rank	102
- Density	1,770 /km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Time zone	MSK/MSD (UTC+3/+4)
Founded	1805[citation needed]
Postal code(s)	3464xx[citation needed]
Dialing code(s)	+7 +7 8635[citation needed]
Official website	http://www.novochgrad.ru/

Novocherkassk (Russian: Новочерка́сск) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tuzlov River and on the Aksay River. It was formerly the capital of the Don Cossacks. Population: 180,800 (2005 est.); 170,822 (2002 Census); 187,973 (1989 Census); 178,000 (1974); 123,000 (1959); 81,000 (1939); 52,000 (1897).

Novocherkassk was founded in 1805 by Matvei Platov, as the administrative center of the Don Voisko Lands, when the inhabitants of the Cherkassk stanitsa were compelled to leave their abodes on the banks of the Don on account of the frequent inundations.

During the Russian Civil War, Novocherkassk was the heart of the Don counterrevolution and was under the command of Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin. The Red Army finally ousted the Whites from this town on January 7, 1920.
During World War II, Novocherkassk was occupied by the German army between July 24, 1942 and February 13, 1943. In 1962, the local food riots were brutally suppressed by the Soviet Army in the event known as the Novocherkassk Massacre.

Novocherkassk was once an archiepiscopal see of the Greek Orthodox Church and has a cathedral (1904), the palace of the ataman of the Cossacks, and monuments to Matvei Platov and Yermak Timofeyevich (Mikeshin, 1904). During the bicentenary celebrations in September 2005 another monument, dedicated to the reconciliation of White and Red Cossacks, was opened in the presence of the members of the Romanov family.