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.

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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 an Astrophysics Observatory of KubSU.

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]

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