Mezmay

Coordinates: 44°12′N 39°58′E / 44.200°N 39.967°E / 44.200; 39.967

Coat of arms of Mezmai.
Mezmay, Krasnodar Krai.
Mezmai forest

Mezmay (Russian: Мезма́й) is a settlement in Apsheronsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located in the valley of the Kurdzhips River near its confluence with the Mezmay River, 35 kilometers (22 mi) south-east of Apsheronsk. Population: less than a thousand inhabitants. It is a popular mountain resort.

The village was linked with Absheron by narrow-gauge railway[1] but in 2011 this was completely interrupted due to a landslide.

Name

The name Mezmay is formed of the two Circassian words Mez (forest) and Mye (wild apple),[2] so Mezmay translated from Circassian as "wild apples forest ."

Landmarks

Mezmay is a popular tourist site with a lot of natural attractions: (waterfalls, caves, canyons, etc.), the Clay Roman necropolis (Mezmayskoe burial) on the north-western outskirts of the village and the Astrophysics Observatory of Kuban State University.

Mezmai landscape

There is also Mezmaiskaya cave, where, in 1993, was found perfectly preserved skeleton of a Neanderthal baby from which DNA was extracted.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Узкоколейные железные дороги Краснодарского края.
  2. ↑ К. Х. Меретуков. Адыгейский топонимический словарь. Краснодар. 1981 г.]
  3. ↑ Причина вымирания неандертальцев – вулканическая зима?.


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