- Slavyansk-na-Kubani
Slavyansk-na-Kubani ( _ru. Славя́нск-на-Куба́ни) is a town in
Krasnodar Krai ,Russia , located in the KubanRiver delta . Population: 64,136 (2002 Census); 56,000 (1975).Slavyansk originated in the
Middle Ages as Copa or Coparia, aGenoese trade outpost controlled by theGhisolfi family. After the fall of the Genoese power in the Pontic region, the site was abandoned until1747 when theKhanate of Crimea erected a small fort, known in Russian sources as Kopyl.After the conquest of
Taman byImperial Russia the Tatar fort gave way to theCossack stanitsa Kopylskaya. In 1865 it was renamed after the Slavyansky regiment that had been quartered there underCatherine the Great . In 1958 it was incorporated as the town of Slavyansk-on-the-Kuban (so called in order to distinguish it from the eponymous city inUkraine ).Modern Slavyansk is a small and rather run-down resort with a struggling oil industry. The Assumption Cathedral (1904-07) is the sole building of historical interest.
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