His films, Tractor Drivers ( 1939 ), The Swineherd and the Shepherd ( 1941 ), and his most famous, Cossacks of the Kuban ( 1949 ) all starred his wife, Marina Ladynina.

During the filming of Cossacks of the Kuban, the Soviet Union was going through a postwar famine.

From left to right, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Grand Duchess Olga, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarevich Alexei, Grand Duchess Tatiana, and Grand Duchess Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia ( 1899 – 1918 ) | Maria, and Kuban Cossacks

*** Kuban Cossacks

The Cossacks even formed short-lived independent states, the Ukrainian State, the Don Republic and the Kuban People's Republic.

After the Red Army victory in the Russian Civil War, many Kuban Cossacks, fled the country to avoid persecution from the Bolsheviks.

A notable evacuation point was the Greek island of Lemnos where 18, 000 Kuban Cossacks landed, though many later died of starvation and disease.

In 1918, the Kuban Cossacks joined the White Army, and conscription of both peasants and Cossacks began.

In what was known as the Ice March, they traveled to Kuban in order to unite with the Kuban Cossacks ( most of whom did not support the Volunteer Army.

* Isaak Dunaevsky: Music to the film The Kuban ' Cossacks

The population of the krai is concentrated in the Kuban River and the Kuma River drainage basin, which used to be traditional Cossack land ( see History of Cossacks ).

The Kuban Cossacks are now generally considered to be ethnic Russians, even though they are still an important minority in their own right in this area.

The population of Krasnodar Krai is concentrated in the Kuban River drainage basin, which used to be traditional Cossack land ( see History of Cossacks ).

The Kuban Cossacks are now generally considered to be ethnic Russians, even though they are still an important minority in their own right in this area.

Other notable ethnic groups are the Adyghe who have lived in the Kuban area before the Cossacks and for thousands of years ; other residents include the Armenians ( mostly Christian Hamsheni ) who have lived in the region since at least the 18th century.

A 19th century photo depicting Kuban Cossacks obelisk in Yekaterinodar

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 patron of the city.

In the first half of the 19th century Yekaterinodar grew into a busy center of the Kuban Cossacks.

During the Russian Civil War the city changed hands several times between the Red Army and Volunteer Army, many Kuban Cossacks were committed anti-Bolsheviks who supported the White Movement.

He assembled an army of forty or fifty thousand, including the newly formed Kuban Cossacks.

The more liberal policy of the Kuban was directly mirrored in the living standards of the people.

Historically, Circassia covered southern half of today ’ s Krasnodar Krai bounded by the Kuban River which separated it from the Russian Empire, the Beshtau, or the " Land of Five Mountains ," an isolated mountainous region in Stavropol Krai, the republics of Adygea, Karachay – Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Mozdok, a town in North Ossetia – Alania.

Krasnodar () is a city and the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.

The main airline is Kuban Airlines ( at Krasnodar International Airport ), and the largest hotels in the city include the Intourist, Hotel Moskva, and Hotel Platan.

Major cities along the Kuban are Karachayevsk, Cherkessk, Nevinnomyssk, Armavir, Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar and Temryuk.

Kuban River in Krasnodar

The average annual water consumption from the Kuban River is at its maximum near Krasnodar at about 425 m < sup > 3 </ sup >/ s.

After the construction of the Krasnodar Dam in the 1980s, the Kuban barbel became rare in the lower Kuban.

Its population also declined after the construction of the Krasnodar Dam, but is still large in the middle and upper parts of the Kuban and its tributaries.

Next, he became the new manager of FC Kuban Krasnodar in the 2009 Russian Premier League season but was sacked on 9 August, after a 0 – 2 defeat at home, against Saturn.

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In the first match of the championship, Rubin defeated Kuban in Krasnodar, with a score of 2 – 0.

* Belaya River ( Kuban ), a tributary of the Kuban River in the Republic of Adygea and in Krasnodar Krai

* Kuban Krasnodar

With the help of the governor of Krasnodar Kray Alexander Tkachev, the host has become an integral part of the Kuban life, there are joint combat training operations with the Russian Army, policing of the rural areas with the Militsiya, preparation of local youth for the draft service.

On August 2, 2012, Governor of the Krasnodar Krai, Alexander Tkachyov announced a controversial plan to deploy a paramilitary force of unarmed, uniformed 1, 000 Kuban Cossacks in the region to help police patrol, charged with preventing an influx of he described as " illegal immigration " from the neighboring Caucasian republics.

Krasnodar Krai is often referred to as Kuban, both officially and unofficially, although the term is not exclusive to the krai and accommodates the republics of Adygea, Karachay – Cherkessia, and parts of Stavropol Krai.

* FC Kuban Krasnodar

His club career that started in 1991, with Beschastnykh playing for Zvezda Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Werder Bremen, Racing Santander, Fenerbahçe, and Kuban Krasnodar.

On 15 March 2010 Nikezic ended his experience with Le Havre AC, the striker decided to quit the French team and signed a deal with the Russian side FC Kuban Krasnodar.

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