Taman, Russia
Encyclopedia
Taman is a village (stanitsa
) in Temryuksky District
of Krasnodar Krai
, Russia
, located on the coast of the Taman Bay
. Population:
. From the end of the 15th century until 1783, this was a site of a Turkish fortress.
The modern village was founded by the Zaporozhian Cossacks under Anton Golovaty on August 25, 1792 as the latter's residence and the first garrison of the Black Sea Cossack Host
. Until 1849, Taman was officially considered to be a town, even though it had no local government of its own and was governed from the nearby stanitsa of Akhtanizovskaya. In 1849, Taman was re-organized as a stanitsa and established local government of its own.
signed a decree authorizing the development of a major international cargo port several miles south of Taman. Currently, the Togliattiazot
's fertilizer terminal is under construction there. By 2015, Port Taman is expected to become one of the top three ports of Russia. Environmental organizations oppose these developments.
Stanitsa
Stanitsa is a village inside a Cossack host . Stanitsas were the primary unit of Cossack hosts.Historically, the stanitsa was a unit of economic and political organisation of the Cossack peoples primarily in the southern regions of the Russian Empire.Much of the land was held in common by the...
) in Temryuksky District
Temryuksky District
Temryuksky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the thirty-eight in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Temryuk. District's population: Population of Temryuk accounts for 32.3% of the district's population....
of Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai
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, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the coast of the Taman Bay
Taman Bay
The Taman Bay is a shallow bay or gulf on the east coast of the Strait of Kerch shaped by the Tuzla and Chushka spits. It dips into the Taman Peninsula of Krasnodar Krai, Russia for about 16 km. The bay is 8 km wide at its mouth and is up to 5 meters deep. Fishing villages and the...
. Population:
History
Taman occupies the site of the ancient cities of Hermonassa and TmutarakanTmutarakan
Tmutarakan was a Mediaeval Russian principality and trading town that controlled the Cimmerian Bosporus, the passage from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov. Its site was the ancient Greek colony of Hermonassa . It was situated on the Taman peninsula, in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia,...
. From the end of the 15th century until 1783, this was a site of a Turkish fortress.
The modern village was founded by the Zaporozhian Cossacks under Anton Golovaty on August 25, 1792 as the latter's residence and the first garrison of the Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host
Black Sea Cossack Host , also known as Chernomoriya , was a Cossack host of the Russian Empire created in 1787 in the southern Ukraine from former Zaporozhian Cossacks. In the 1790s, the host was re-settled to the Kuban River...
. Until 1849, Taman was officially considered to be a town, even though it had no local government of its own and was governed from the nearby stanitsa of Akhtanizovskaya. In 1849, Taman was re-organized as a stanitsa and established local government of its own.
Port Taman
In August 2008, Vladimir PutinVladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
signed a decree authorizing the development of a major international cargo port several miles south of Taman. Currently, the Togliattiazot
TogliattiAzot
TogliattiAzot is a Russian chemical company, sometimes described as the world's largest ammonia producer. It is headquartered in Tolyatti, Russia....
's fertilizer terminal is under construction there. By 2015, Port Taman is expected to become one of the top three ports of Russia. Environmental organizations oppose these developments.
Sights
Principal sights of Taman include:- The ruins of Hermonassa and Tmutarakan.
- A Turkish condensate pumpCondensate pumpA condensate pump is a specific type of pump used to pump the condensate produced in an HVAC , refrigeration, condensing boiler furnace or steam system...
dating from the 15th century. - An archeological museum imitating the Roman domusDomusIn ancient Rome, the domus was the type of house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras. They could be found in almost all the major cities throughout the Roman territories...
. - The memorial house of Mikhail LermontovMikhail LermontovMikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", became the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837. Lermontov is considered the supreme poet of Russian literature alongside Pushkin and the greatest...
. The fourth part of his novel A Hero of Our TimeA Hero of Our TimeA Hero of Our Time is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1839 and revised in 1841. It is an example of the superfluous man novel, noted for its compelling Byronic hero Pechorin and for the beautiful descriptions of the Caucasus...
is set in Taman. - A small wine-making museum.
- A museum devoted to the history of Kuban Cossackdom.
- An Orthodox church built by the first Cossack settlers in 1793. This is the oldest Russian Orthodox church in the KubanKubanKuban is a geographic region of Southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Don Steppe, Volga Delta and the Caucasus...
region. - Amandus AdamsonAmandus AdamsonAmandus Heinrich Adamson was an Estonian sculptor and painter.-Life:...
's monument to the first Cossack settlers of the region (1911).