Taman Peninsula

Geographical location

The Taman Peninsula is a peninsula that separates as the opposite Crimea, the Sea of ​​Azov from the Black Sea. It is located east of the Strait of Kerch, has an area of ​​53 km kilometers in east-west direction and 32 to 37.9 kilometers in north-south direction. It belongs to the Krasnodar region (Russia).

The peninsula is drained by the Kuban, which flows into the Sea of ​​Azov.

History

In antiquity, the Pontic Greeks talked here the colonies Hermonassa and Phanagoria and in the 7th century AD Phanagoria was the capital of the United Bulgarian Empire. Later, the peninsula was one of the colonies of Genoa.

During World War II the Wehrmacht the Taman peninsula occupied early August 1942 during the advance on the Caucasus. By October 1943, the area remained as a bridgehead in German hands, to cover the retreat of the Wehrmacht from the Caucasus to the Crimea. This military operation is the background of the novel " The patient Meat " by Willi Heinrich and its film adaptation Steiner - The Iron Cross.

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