Krasnodar.

Krasnodar - City (from 1867) in southern Russia, the administrative center of Krasnodar territory, the historic center of the political and geographical area Kuban, informally called the capital of the Kuban and the southern capital of Russia. Founded in 1793, until 1920, was called Ekaterinodar.
The population of the city - 709 thousand inhabitants (2007) (17 th place in Russia), with subordinate settlements - 791 thousand. While the entire post-Soviet period and the total urban population of Russia is declining, Krasnodar - one of the few cities which has increased the population: for 80 people (almost 15%).

Krasnodar Region is located in the Northwest Caucasus. The length from north to south is about 400 km from east to west - about 360 km.

The determining factor in the growth of the population of the city (and region) authorities and experts called economic migration from all over the North Caucasus in southern Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus, many of which are on their way, along with the Krasnodar Rostov-on-Don (who, along with their area commensurate took a very large number of migrants) has highlighted the level of development. The attractive town of Sochi and unallocated surplus of labor resource, the capital of Russian North Caucasus republic of Krasnodar and less in size and development, and have the specifics. Stavropol and Astrakhan (also a significant number of migrants) - less than in Krasnodar, Volgograd, Moscow and other cities - more and more numerous.

Jun 30, 1792 Catherine II signed the instrument of grant the Black Sea Cossack armies "in the eternal ownership consists of Tauria Island Fanagariya with all the land lying on the right side of the Kuban River, and on the other Sea of Azov to the Eisk town served as the military frontier of Earth. " In duty forces were attributed to "watch and vigil Border "...

Cut almost in half, the entire region, runs through it from east to west, like meanders around the 45 th parallel, fast Kuban. Yes, the blessed land of Kuban kept strictly midway between the equator and the pole at a latitude of northern Italy and southern France.

In Krasnodar, a lot of famous people were born: famous athletes, including the champions of Europe and the world, a composer, writer and others.


Here, too, was born Anna Netrebko - the world-famous Russian opera singer (soprano). In 2007, Anna Netrebko was included in the list of 100 most influential people in the world of the American magazine Time. Today, Anna Netrebko sings the best opera houses of Vienna, Berlin, London, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia. She performs with the world's largest conductors, including Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Nikolaus Arnonkur, Zubin Mehta, Colin Davis, Claudio Abbado. In 2006, Anna received a second nationality (Austria) and now resides in Vienna.

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