New Year's fireworks in Krasnodar.

Krasnodar (until 1920 - Yekaterinodar) is a city in southwestern Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuban River, at a distance of 120 km from the Black Sea (by road from the village of Dzhubga), 140 km from the Sea of ​​Azov (by road from the village Golubitskaya) and 1300 km - south of Moscow (along the M-4 'Don' highway). The administrative center of the Krasnodar Territory. Together with the adjacent rural settlements, it forms the urban district of the city of Krasnodar.

A major economic and cultural center of the North Caucasus and the Southern Federal District, the center of the historical and geographical region of Kuban. Unofficially called the capital of the Kuban, as well as the capital of the South of Russia.

Foreigners often confuse it with Krasnoyarsk, which is located in Eastern Siberia.

The population of the city - 1099344 people, the thirteenth largest city in Russia.

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