Armavir

Armavir is a metropolis in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, placed at the left bank of the Kuban River. The place of latest Armavir turned into first inhabited by using Abazins. Later Turkic Tatars from the Crimean Khanate additionally settled right here. As a end result of the Caucasian War the final Abazins were compelled to to migrate from Southern Russia to the Ottoman Empire. Armavir is likewise claimed to be part of the ancient land of the Circassians.

The current settlement turned into founded in 1839 by means of Cherkesogai Armenians as Armyansky aul. Its is thought by way of its current name for the reason that 1848, while it turned into named after the Armavir, one of the ancient capitals of historical Armenia. During the Russian Civil War of 1918–1920, a number of brutal battles occurred near the metropolis. The Taman Army's military campaign led to Armavir in 1918.

The Soviet authority become hooked up in Armavir in March 1920. During World War II, the city changed into occupied through the German Army. It turned into liberated with the aid of the Red Army in January 1943. Armavir is the second largest industrial center of Krasnodar Krai, after Krasnodar. The metropolis is known as middle for meals processing, machine constructing and wood operating industries. Here is located one of the oldest engineering firms of Kuban - Kubanzheldormash, founded in 1933.