South of Russia.


# 1
In the 18th century, the site was settled by the Cossacks, whose stanitsa was incorporated as the town of Temryuk in 1860.



# 2
Stanitsa [stɐˈnʲitsə] is a village inside a Cossack host (voisko) (sometimes translated as "Cossack Army"). Stanitsas were the primary unit of Cossack hosts.



# 3
A woman fishes in the morning with a net.
Ahead is visible the Crimean bridge (also the Kerch bridge, the bridge across the Kerch strait) - it's a constructed transport crossing through the Kerch Strait.



#4
Taman is a village in the Temryuk district. Administrative center of Taman rural settlement.
Hyper Brief History:
Approximately in 592 BC. e. the ancient Greeks founded the city Hermonassu.
Byzantine city of Tamatarkh (Matarha) (VII century).
Khazar (VIII - first half of the 10th century) Tamatarkh, Matluk, as well as Samkers, Samkush, Tumen-Tarkhan.
The Arabic sources of this period call the town of Samkush al-yahud (that is, the Jewish Samkush) that may indicate the existence of a large Jewish community here, or the spread of Judaism among the Khazar nobility.
Slavic Tmutarakan is the capital of the ancient Russian principality (second half of the X-XI century). After the defeat of the Khazar Khaganate in 965, the city passed under the rule of Rus.




# 5

Visiting the region in the XVIII century Johann Tunmann speaking of the population noted
"The residents are mostly yasas, the rest are Armenians, Jews, Greeks, Turks, etc."
Polovtsian Matarha (XII - first half of the 13th century);
Mongolian Matrix (mid XIII - the beginning of the XIV century);
Genoese Matreuga (XIV-XV century);
Turkish Hunkala, then Taman (XVII - middle of the XVIII century).




# 6
August 25, 1792 in the area of ​​the modern village landed Black Sea Cossacks.
During the Second World War Taman became the arena of fierce bloody battles. In 1943, the battles on Taman land brought victory and liberation from the Nazis.





Well, I appreciate and recommend local wine, fruit, fish.


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[kyricom]

Nice photos and interesting information. Thanks.

[CreationBear]

Lovely photo's--#3 is my favorite of the set (how courteous of the fisherwoman to wear that color!) I'm really appreciating the history that you provide as well--I'm curious, though: has "Cossack-ness" as an ethnic identity survived in some families after all the upheavals of the 20th Century?