• 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...
  • Originally knows as Yekaterinodar, meaning "Catherine's Gift", Krasnodar was founded in 1794 by the Black Sea Cossacks...
  • Empress Catherine II issued a Certificate of Merit, according to which the Kuban Cossacks were entitled to local land...
  • In October, authorities in the city of Krasnodar inaugurated a monument commemorating Cossack ataman and Lieutenant General Grigory Rashpil.
  • From the lively Krasnaya Street to the tranquil Botanical Garden, there’s a slice of Krasnodar for every type of traveler.
  • Angle view on the impressive WWII memorial to the 4th Guards Kuban Cossack Corps near the village of Kushchevskaya in springtime before a rain.
  • In April 1783, the Russian Empress Catherine II issued a manifesto according to which the Crimea and the Kuban region became part of the Russian Empire.
  • The obelisk in honor of the 200th Anniversary of the Kuban Cossack army — a monument in Krasnodar, at the intersection of the Krasnaya and...
  • About what ask from relics Saint Nevsky Alexander kubanets, why recruits come to touch a pedestal of a monument to the prince and when the list of walls of an...