Zernograd (Russian: Зерногра́д, literally "Grain town") is a town and the administrative center of Zernogradsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located 71 kilometers (44 mi) southeast of Rostov-on-Don, the administrative center of the oblast.

[citation needed] By 1933, it became a settlement and was renamed Zernovoy (Зерново́й).

[citation needed] It was granted town status in 1951 and renamed Zernograd in 1960.

[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated within Zernogradsky District as Zernogradskoye Urban Settlement.

[3] From 1969 to 1995, Zernograd (air base) was home to the 106th Training Aviation Regiment, Yeysk Higher Military School of Pilots, of the Soviet Air Forces.