Mount Azov

Azov (Template:Lang-ru) is a mountain in Central Ural, Russia. It is located 8 km from Polevskoy next to the Zyuzelsky village. It's one of the natural monuments of Russia.<ref>Об утверждении перечней особо охраняемых природных территорий, расположенных в Свердловской области</ref>

According to Aleksandr Matveyev, the configuration of the rocks gives a reason to believe that the name of the mountain derives from the Tatar word azaw teš (азау теш), meaning "molar tooth". In other Turkic languages the word means "fang", "edge", or "sting".<ref>Матвеев А. К. Географические названия Урала: Топонимический словарь. — Екатеринбург: Сократ, 2008. — С. 10. — 352 с. — ISBN 978-5-88664-299-5.</ref> The archaeologist E. Bers believed that in the Iron Age it served as the sacrificial place.

According to popular beliefs, the creature from the local folktales called Azovka (lit. "the Azov girl") lives inside Mount Azov.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>