Taman peninsular
Taman peninsular is a unique place, rich in legends. It harmoniously combines the beauty of nature and the marvelous history. The sun shines here during 235 days per year. Azov sea gets warmed very quickly, that is why the bathing season starts at the end of May and ends up in September. Taman people are sure that it was their place where Odyssey`s ship came in the harbour, and that Aida`s kingdom of myths used to be there as well. There are really few places like Taman with such unique natural conditions and possibility to touch ancient civilizations.
Here people come to enjoy a picturesque place on the sea coast “Taman Switzerland”, which is considered a natural piece of art. Among wide fields covered with various grasses and flowers, bushes and trees you can see a wonderful lake. This lake is created from soil springs 10 m deep. “Taman Swizerland” preserved unique beauty of primeval nature.
This year Taman peninsular celebrated 2600 years of human civilization. There were so many of them there: Greeks, Romans, Vizantiya, khazars, the Slavs, polovs people, Golden Orda, genuya people and the Ottoman Empire. In 1792 Kuban started to be inhabited by kossaks from Zaporohskaya Setch. Taman is the earliest orthodox territory. In the 40- s B.C. apostle Andrey Pervozvanniy went through Taman, and in 325 A.D. there was an independent orthodox church. Now in Taman there is a grand scale construction of Saint Trinity church. This church as a symbol of renovating orthodox Russia is visible even from Ukranian coast of the Creamea peninsular. It is very symbolic that from Taman land orthodox movement started to spread out in Russia, because it was the place where Andrey Pervosvanni stepped down.
Saint-Trinity church`s construction started in 2004. The size of it is impressive: 24 m per 36 m and 60 m in height. The construction in under way but the church has already become the place of people prayers. It hold unique icons and saint relics. They symbolize Russia`s victory over the turkeys and tatars in Creamean-Azov land.
Tmutarakan kingdom is a very interesting historical period too. It used to control the Great Silky Way. UNESKO registered as a city of the silky way. Taman coat of arms is one of the oldest one in the South of Russia. It was confirmed by the Emperor Alexander the 1st in 1806, who made Taman the capital of Black Sea Land.
Taman welcomed outstanding men who were guests here – Strabon, Homer, Pliniy the Seniour. Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov were there. Near Taman a military hero Alexander Suvorov founded Fanagoriyskaya fortress, which is preserved till our days.
Taman is proud of its unique ancient town Hermonassa-Tmutarakan. It has 14-16 metres of cultural layer. Here are also estuary and volcanic curative muds. A chain of mud volcanoes lies on Gnilaya “Roten” hill in the outskirts of Temryuck. Here in the 60-s of the 19th century a military troop hospital was opened. The mud was dug out from the side of the hill with buckets, spades and taken to the hospital. A historical case is known when a cossak-soldier who had suffered from biting rheumatic pains in bones and feet was on duty to carry the mud. In the course of a week he went barefoot along the mud lake and his decease had gone.
In 1908 on the most western point of Krasnodar region had a mud curative spa clinic was built which had existed till 1941. Now the mud is studied out and it is a remedy for nervous system, polyarthritis, radiculitis, pyelonephritis, possesses spa effect. Those willing to test the healing effect of the mud can dive in a mud spool and mud lake.
Taman museum holds pieces of art of the world heritage. It is not only connected with archeology, but with the name of Mikhail Lermontov, who devoted his novel “Taman” to his travellers` memoirs.
Who knows, what touristic impressions of yours might be the start of new pages in the literary or social profile of the modern Taman ?
In the times of Tmutarakhan period a high spiritual culture was there. During 12 years saint Nikon lived there. He set up the first Russian monastery on the territory of Russia. The first white stone church built by the Russian feudal Mstislav the Bold was the second one after the Kiev white stone church at that time.
Taman is also unique that it lies at the intersection of two seas. Favorable climate, warm Azov sea, sandy beaches, wonderful coastal landscape make Taman settlements ideal for family rest. Here are all touristic offers available for a short-term holiday stay. The sea is clean, the bottom is even and convenient even for children to swim and bathe. In fact, it is a children`s paradise. Various cafes, barbecues, billiard, souvenier stands, entertainment programmes are at your service for romantic stay. Those willing to look at geographic or cultural peculiarities can hire guides. Or at the sunset to enjoy a romantic walk with your family. Taman holds a lot of mud volcanoes. Their craters reveal rodon mud. They say the mud possesses wonderful spa and rheumatic characteristics. Many women go to the coast of the Dead Sea but mineral muds of Taman peninsular are no worse.
Among other attractions a wine-tasting hall of agro-firm ”Yuzhnaya” has a special place. Yuzhnaya wines enjoy wide recognition of consumers and strict connoisseurs. It accounts for their top chart of high quality wines in output and sales. You won`t only get acquainted with the wines` creation history in Krasnodar region and Taman, in particular, but will taste the wine masterpieces of the best industry representatives.