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Kuban
Kuban (Krasnodar Krai is formally and informally referred to as Kuban) is a geographic region of Southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Don Steppe, the Volga Delta and the Caucasus, and separated from the Crimean Peninsula to the west by the Kerch Strait. Krasnodar Krai is often referred to as "Kuban", both officially and unofficially, although the term is not exclusive to the krai and accommodates the republics of Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, and parts of Stavropol Krai.
Population: 5,404,300
The 2010 Census identified ethnic groups (5 most numerous):
Ethnicity Population
Russians - 4,522,962
Armenians - 281,680
Ukrainians - 83,746
Tatars - 24,840
Largest cities or towns in Krasnodar Krai (Kuban):
1 Krasnodar 744,995
2 Sochi 343,334
3 Novorossiysk 241,952
4 Armavir 188,832
5 Yeysk 87,769
6 Kropotkin 80,765
7 Slavyansk-na-Kubani 63,842
8 Tuapse 63,292
9 Labinsk 62,864
10 Tikhoretsk 61,823
Krasnodar, a major economic and cultural center of North Caucasus, also called “the capital of Kuban”. Krasnodar, perhaps, is one of the most interesting resort towns of the Russian Federation. It is a relatively young city founded by the Cossacks in в 1793 on the lands granted by Ekaterina II (hence its former name was Ekaterinodar). Later, when the Soviet system rose to power, the city was re-named to Krasnodar in 1920, and it preserved this name up to date.
Krasnodar is a center of the Russia’s southern touristic zone, located of the right bank of the Kuban River, 120-150 km from two warm seas – the Black and the Azov. It is an interesting fact that the city is located in the golden section of the Earth, almost in between the equator and the North Pole, right on the 45th parallel, also called “the Golden Line” or “the Life Line”. There exists an opinion that the living conditions in these latitudes are most favorable for human.
For centuries Yekaterinodar was the military headquarters of the Kuban Cossacks. After the Russian-Turkish and Russian-Polish wars in the 18th century, the Black Sea Cossacks were granted their own lands in the Kuban region by Catherine the Great, where they founded a military fortress and their own capital. It was considered as a gift of honor for their help on the battlefield.
Today, the Cossacks are still classified as an armed organization, but more often they present themselves as keepers of old traditions. They've opened museums, and they dance and sing at every major traditional festival. Also, the Kuban Cossack Choir tours the world.
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