Mezmay

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

Coat of arms of Mezmai

Rocks and mountains in the surroundings of Mezmay

Local forests

Mezmai landscape

Mezmay (Adyghe: Мэзмые, 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 , 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-east of Apsheronsk. Population: less than a thousand inhabitants.^{[citation needed]} It is a popular mountain resort.

The village was linked with Apsheronsk by branch line of the Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway,^[1] yet, in 2010 this branch was almost completely dismantled, except 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) length part between Mezmay and village . This remaining railway was from 2011 to 2017 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 the Kuban State University.

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

References[]

^ Узкоколейные железные дороги Краснодарского края (in Russian)
^ К. Х. Меретуков. Адыгейский топонимический словарь. Краснодар. 1981 г.]
^ Причина вымирания неандертальцев – вулканическая зима?.

External links[]

Tourism in Mezmay (in Russian)

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[1] Узкоколейные железные дороги Краснодарского края (in Russian)

[2] К. Х. Меретуков. Адыгейский топонимический словарь. Краснодар. 1981 г.]

[3] Причина вымирания неандертальцев – вулканическая зима?.

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