Taman (russian: Тамань) is a
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a ''
stanitsa
A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Arm ...
'') in
Temryuksky District of
Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, located on the coast of the
Taman Bay
The Taman Bay ( Russian: Таманский залив) is a shallow bay or gulf on the east coast of the Strait of Kerch shaped on the southern side by the Tuzla Spit and to the north by the Chushka Spit. It dips into the Taman Peninsula of Kras ...
. It is the administrative center of the Taman rural settlement. Its population was recorded at 9,417 people (2020), and
History
Taman occupies the site of the ancient cities of
Hermonassa
Tmutarakan ( rus, Тмутарака́нь, p=tmʊtərɐˈkanʲ, ; uk, Тмуторокань, Tmutorokan) was a medieval Kievan Rus' principality and trading town that controlled the Cimmerian Bosporus, the passage from the Black Sea to the Se ...
and
Tmutarakan
Tmutarakan ( rus, Тмутарака́нь, p=tmʊtərɐˈkanʲ, ; uk, Тмуторокань, Tmutorokan) was a medieval Kievan Rus' principality and trading town that controlled the Cimmerian Bosporus, the passage from the Black Sea to the Se ...
. From the end of the 15th century until 1783, this was a site of a Turkish fortress. Before the annexation it was a
sanjak
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian language, Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησι ...
subordinate to the
eyalet
Eyalets ( Ottoman Turkish: ایالت, , English: State), also known as beylerbeyliks or pashaliks, were a primary administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth century the Ottoman local government ...
of
Kaffa.
The modern ''
stanitsa
A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Arm ...
'' was founded by the
Zaporozhian Cossacks
The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host, (, or uk, Військо Запорізьке, translit=Viisko Zaporizke, translit-std=ungegn, label=none) or simply Zaporozhians ( uk, Запорожці, translit=Zaporoz ...
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 (russian: Черномо́рское каза́чье во́йско; uk, Чорномо́рське коза́цьке ві́йсько ), also known as Chernomoriya (russian: Черномо́рия), was a 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.
Taman was under German occupation from September 1942 until they were completely pushed out of the Taman Peninsula in October 1943.
Port of Taman
In August 2008, then-
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
signed a
government resolution authorizing the development of a major international cargo port several kilometers south of Taman. Currently, a fertilizer terminal is under construction there to link with the ammonia pipeline to Odessa owned by
TogliattiAzot
TogliattiAzot (russian: ТольяттиАзот) is a Russian chemical company that has been described as the world's largest ammonia producer. It is headquartered in Tolyatti, Russia.
The main ammonia plant in Tolyatti was constructed as a join ...
.
In August 2013
Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov
Maksim Yurevich Sokolov ( rus, Максим Юрьевич Соколов, r=Maksim Yurevich Sokolov; born 29 September 1968) is a Russian economist and politician who was the Minister for Transportation, from 21 May 2012 to 7 May 2018.
Biogra ...
said that the
Port of Taman would open in 2019 to handle dry cargoes, such as grain and coal. He also added that
federal spending would amount to $2.3 billion, while private investors were expected to contribute the remaining 152 billion rubles.
As of 2012, the first tonne of cargo was planned to be sent from the port in September 2016.
В Тамани появится самый большой в России сухогрузный порт
(''tr. "The largest dry cargo port in Russia will appear in Taman "'') — Югополис, 10 February 2012.
Sights
Principal sights of Taman include:
*The ruins of Hermonassa and Tmutarakan.
*A Turkish condensate pump A condensate pump is a specific type of pump used to pump the condensate (water) produced in an HVAC (heating or cooling), refrigeration, condensing boiler furnace, or steam system.
Applications
Condensate pumps may be used to pump the condensate ...
dating from the 15th century.
*An archeological museum imitating the Roman domus
In Ancient Rome, the ''domus'' (plural ''domūs'', genitive ''domūs'' or ''domī'') was the type of town house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras. It was found in almost all the ma ...
.
*The memorial house of Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...
. The fourth part of his novel ''A Hero of Our Time
''A Hero of Our Time'' ( rus, Герой нашего времени, links=1, r=Gerój nášego vrémeni, p=ɡʲɪˈroj ˈnaʂɨvə ˈvrʲemʲɪnʲɪ) is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1839, published in 1840, and revised in 1841.
It ...
'' is set in Taman.
*A small wine-making museum.
*A museum devoted to the history of Kuban Cossack
Kuban Cossacks (russian: кубанские казаки, ''kubanskiye kаzaki''; uk, кубанські козаки, ''kubanski kozaky''), or Kubanians (russian: кубанцы, ; uk, кубанці, ), are Cossacks who live in the Kuban re ...
dom.
*An Orthodox church built by the first Cossack settlers in 1793. This is the oldest Russian Orthodox
Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...
church in the Kuban
Kuban (Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Кубань; ady, Пшызэ) is a historical and geographical region of Southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Pontic–Caspian steppe, ...
region.
*Amandus Adamson
Amandus Heinrich Adamson (12 November 1855 in Uuga-Rätsepa, near Paldiski, Estonia, then Russian Empire — 26 June 1929 in Paldiski, Estonia) was an Estonian sculptor and painter.
Life
Born into a seafaring family, Adamson excelled in wood ca ...
's monument to the first Cossack settlers of the region (1911).
References
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Rural localities in Krasnodar Krai
Taman Peninsula
Populated places established in 1792
Port cities and towns in Russia