The village in the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory is called Taman . The Tamansky Peninsula is also sometimes called . The most interesting is that it was in the place of this village that once was an ancient city with the striking name of Tmutarakan, which makes one think of some settlement in a godforsaken corner, and not in such a fertile region as the Krasnodar Territory. . Even earlier, in ancient times the settlement was called Hermonassa, in the Khazar period - Samkertz, in the Byzantine - Tamatarha, and after the Slavic period - Matarha . These are suchmetamorphosis underwent the name . Yes, and the settlement itself did not remain the same, it changed from one historical period to another .

Since that time in Taman there was an ancient fortification, now an archaeological reserve of the federal category, and in the vicinity there are numerous monuments of antiquity

At the moment Taman is the only center of ancient civilization in Russia, is an interest for lovers of ancient history and its monuments. The modern history of Taman began on August 25, 1792, when the Cossacks landed on the coast of the Taman peninsula and the peninsula again became part of Russia.

How to get here

You can get to Taman in various ways: by airliner or by train to Anapa, then by bus; by train to Fontalovskaya station, then by bus. But it's best to come here by car in order to be free to travel around the neighborhood and see the maximum of sights during the rest.

Geography and climate

Geographical location the village of Taman is very profitable: proximity to the Black and Azov seas, the crossing of trade routes - this, in fact, made the village so significant in the history of the region. The climate here is dry, sunny: there are more sunny days in this region than in Sochi. The shallow sea has a rest with children, and sandy beaches, which are about 220 km on the peninsula, are convenient and pleasant for everyone.

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Cuisine and Markets

Taman is on the same latitude with the famous French province of Champagne, and wine and culinary traditions are close to it. Whether Lermontov our contemporary, to suffer from hunger in Taman he certainly would not have to. Fresh local products and wonderful local wines are offered to guests of the village in cafes, restaurants and markets.

The prices here are comparable to those in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but you can easily bargain in the market.

It is better to worry about accommodation in advance, it will save considerable funds and will give you peace of mind and confidence that there will be no domestic problems during the rest.

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Taman is not only a pleasant holiday, but also an opportunity to improve health with the help of therapeutic mud, the sources of which are numerous on the peninsula. Here you can significantly expand your horizons, as the attractions of Taman are not only picturesque, but also witness the long-past events.

There were in Tamani A .FROM.Pushkin, M .YU.Lermontov, A .FROM.Griboyedov, A .AND.Odoyevsky .On each of them the village made a deep impression and left a trace in their works .Unfortunately, there was not a single house in the village that would have witnessed the arrival of such great writers .In the place where the house stood M .YU.Lermontov, in 1964 a hut with a house was reconstructed, a museum of the great poet's creativity was organized, and his words "Taman is the most nasty town of all the seaside cities of Russia, I almost died of hunger there, and in addition they wanted to drown me" safely forgotten by the inhabitants of the village .But the novel "Taman" is a classic of Russian literature .

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