Kuban

45°2′N 38°58′E / 45.033°N 38.967°E / 45.033; 38.967

Map of Kuban Oblast in 1900
Federal subjects in the Black Sea-Caspian area. Smaller areas along the north Caucasus are the republics: Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia-Alania, Ingushetia, and Chechnya
  North Caucasus Federal District (southern area only; grey areas to the north are parts of the Volga and Central Federal Districts)

Kuban (Russian and Ukrainian: Кубань; Adyghe: Пшызэ) is a historical and geographical region in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Don Steppe, the Volga Delta and separated from the Crimean Peninsula to the west by the Kerch Strait. Krasnodar Krai is often referred to as Kuban, both officially and unofficially, although the term is not exclusive to the krai and also accommodates the republics of Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, and parts of Stavropol Krai.


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