Temryuk

Tens of thousands of years ago, 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 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 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.^{[citation needed]} . The Germans took the Kuban Gorge (General Konrad Pass) and the town of Temyruk in 1942–43.

The port of Temryuk is 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) from the town and is operated by Mechel Group. It is southern Russia's main export port for liquefied petroleum gas, and also exports oil and transships general cargo, bulk cargo, and grain.^[9][10]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Temryuk serves as the administrative center of Temryuksky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Temryuksky District as the Town of Temryuk.^[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Temryuk is incorporated within Temryuksky Municipal District as Temryukskoye Urban Settlement.^[4]

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  Voyennaya Gorka, a military vehicle museum on the slope of a mud volcano in Temryuk
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  A memorial devoted to the Defense of Temryuk during World War II
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  A World War II motor gun boat on exhibit at Voyennaya Gorka
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  T-34 tank on a pedestal on a military hill at Temryuk
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  BTR specified in the Military Museum Hill
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  The T 34-85 exhibition at the Museum of Military Hill
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  General view of the mountains "Miska" which is a museum of "Voennaya Gorka"