Krasnodar, [a] formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920) is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern Russia, with a population of 1,138,654 residents, and up to 1.244 million residents in the Urban Okrug. [14]

The Yekaterinodarsky otdel[a] was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Kuban oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Kavkazsky otdel to the north, the Tamansky otdel to the west, the Black Sea Governorate to the south, and the Maykopsky otdel to the east.

The city was founded on January 12, 1794 (Gregorian calendar) as Yekaterinodar (Екатеринода́р). The original name meant "Catherine's Gift", both in recognition of Catherine the Great's grant of land in the Kuban region to the Black Sea Cossacks (later the Kuban Cossacks), and also in recognition of Saint Catherine, the Martyr, who ...

2025年3月24日 · Krasnodar, city and administrative centre of Krasnodar kray (territory), southwestern Russia, lying along the Kuban River. Founded about 1793 as a Cossack guardpost on the Kuban frontier, it developed as a military town.

2019年4月4日 · In 1793, the Black Sea Cossacks founded a military camp named Yekaterinodar (literally meaning “Catherine’s gift”). According to the census of 1794, 586 people lived in Yekaterinodar. The main street was named Krasnaya meaning “beautiful”.

2017年7月18日 · And St. Catherine of Alexandria is the patron saint of the city. In 1930, Stalin tried to erase all memory of the city's imperial past, so Yekaterinodar became Krasnodar – ‘a red gift.’

2020年2月15日 · Facts About Krasnodar: Krasnodar was founded on January 12, 1794. City status was granted in 1867. On December 7, 1920, as a result of the October Revolution, Yekaterinodar was renamed Krasnodar. The original name of Krasnodar was ‘Yekaterinodar’, The name meant “Catherine’s Gift”.

2018年9月25日 · Krasnodar (meaning "Red gift" also "Beauty gift") was founded in 1794 by the Black Sea Cossack settlers under the guidance of Catherine the Great to guard the southern border of the Russian Empire from the Ottomans. The city was originally knows as Yekaterinodar, meaning "Catherine's Gift".

Founded in 1793 as Yekaterinodar or Ekaterinodar (Екатеринодар), the original name meant "Catherine's Gift" simultaneously in recognition of Catherine the Great's grant of land in the Kuban region to the Black Sea Cossacks (later the Kuban Cossacks) and in recognition of Saint Catherine, the Martyr, who is considered to be the ...

Formerly, Krasnodar was called Yekaterinodar, which literally means the «gift of Catherine». It was founded in 1793, a year after Empress Catherine signed the deed of gift by which the Kuban Cossacks obtained possession in perpetuity of the Kuban …