Praskoveyevka
(Redirected from Praskovéyevka)
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. (October 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Praskoveyevka
Праскове́евка | |
|---|---|
 | |
_-_Krasnodar_Krai.svg) | |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 269 |
Praskoveyevka or Praskoveevka (Russian: Праскове́евка) is a village near Gelendzhik in Krasnodar Krai, in the south of Russia. It is situated on the northeastern beach of the Black Sea, 17 km southeast of Gelendzhik and 89 km southwest of Krasnodar. It had 269 inhabitants as of 2010.[1]
It is in the municipality Divnomorski.
History
[edit]The town was founded in 1866 with Pontic Greek settlers.[2][3]
Places of interest
[edit]North of the coast of Praskoveyevka is the Sail Rock, a natural monument consisting of vertical rock that is 25 meters high, 20 meters long and 1 meter thick, and that stands on the coast of the Black Sea. In the vicinity of the locality, Vladimir Putin has built a luxurious mansion, known as Putin's Palace.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ ЧИСЛЕННОСТЬ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ КРАСНОДАРСКОГО КРАЯ ПО АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО-ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫМ ЕДИНИЦАМ [POPULATION OF KRASNODAR REGION BY ADMINISTRATIVE-TERRITORIAL UNITS] (PDF). krsdstat.ru (Report) (in Russian). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013.
- ^ About the colonization of the area of the area by the Pontic Greeks (in Russian)
- ^ Antón Popov, Pontic Greek (in Russian)
- ^ Article about "Putin's Palace" (in Russian)
- ^ Scandal about the funding of the Palace (in Russian)
External links
[edit]- This article contains geographical data extracted from Google Earth and the map of Russia at Yandex.ru, accessible at this link.
- This article is a translation of the corresponding article in the Russian Wikipedia, Прасковеевка.
- Topographical map at maps.vlasenko.net.
- About the palace (in Russian)
