7-829: Temryuk (Russian: Темрю́к , IPA: [tʲɪmˈrʲʉk] ) is a town and the administrative center of Temryuksky District in Krasnodar Krai , Russia , located on the Taman Peninsula on the right bank of the Kuban River not far from its entry into the Temryuk Bay , amid a field of mud volcanoes . The seaport of Temryuk is situated 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) from the town itself. Population: 41,413 (2020), 38,046 ( 2010 Census ) ; 36,118 ( 2002 Census ) ; 33,163 ( 1989 Soviet census ) ; 26,600 (1975). Tens of thousands of years ago,
14-512: The Azov Sea was much larger and covered the delta of the Kuban River . Deposition of silt by the Kuban gradually pushed out the sea and shaped the delta with numerous shallow estuaries. Frequent eruptions of the mud volcanoes contributed to this deposition process. There are about 25 mud volcanoes in the area and some are still active. Situated close to the site of ancient Tmutarakan , Temryuk
21-758: The Soviet time, each of the republics of the Soviet Union , including the Russian SFSR , had its own legislative documents dealing with classification of inhabited localities. After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union , the task of developing and maintaining such classification in Russia was delegated to the federal subjects . While currently there are certain peculiarities to classifications used in many federal subjects, they are all still largely based on
28-937: The framework of administrative divisions , Temryuk serves as the administrative center of Temryuksky District . As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities , incorporated within Temryuksky District as the Town of Temryuk . As a municipal division , the Town of Temryuk is incorporated within Temryuksky Municipal District as Temryukskoye Urban Settlement . Types of inhabited localities in Russia The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries. During
35-559: The fort in 1570; it was known as Adis for a century to come. In the 18th century, the site was settled by the Cossacks , whose stanitsa was incorporated as the town of Temryuk in 1860. . The Germans took the Kuban Gorge (General Konrad Pass) and the town of Temyruk in 1942–43. The port of Temryuk is situated 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) from the town itself. The port is home to a large liquefied petroleum gas facility. Within
42-486: The system used in the RSFSR. In all federal subjects, the inhabited localities are classified into two major categories: urban and rural. Further divisions of these categories vary slightly from one federal subject to another, but they all follow common trends described below. In 1957, the procedures for categorizing urban-type settlements were further refined. Multiple types of rural localities exist, some common through
49-624: Was vied by various powers as a vantage point at the mouth of the Kuban River. The first recorded settlement on the site was Tumnev , a Tatar fortress, which passed to the Genoese merchants in the 14th century. It was known as Copa until occupied by the Crimean Khanate in 1483. The Russians, allied with a local potentate, Temryuk of Kabardia , captured Tumnev and built a fortress called New Temryuk there. The Crimean Tatars retook
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