GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF KRASNODAR LAND

Географическое положение Краснодарского края

Kuban begins from a field – a free and a boundless (безграничный) one. From the dawn of time the wide grain fields, stretching along the fast river, which has given its name to this region, were attracting the people.

The region is located in the south-west part of the Northern Caucasus (Кавказ). In the north-east, the region borders (граничит) on the Rostov Oblast, on the east – with the Stavropol Region, in the south – on Georgia. In the northwest and southwest the territory is washed by (омывается) the Azov and the Black Seas. In the region, there live over 5 million people.