Event Passport Krasnodar Region
Ceremony of Mounting of the Kuban
Cossack Army Honor Guard in Krasnodar
A traditional ceremony called "Hour of Glory of the Kuban"
is notable for its singularity and colourfulness. It is per-
formed by the Kuban Cossack Army Honor Guard in Kras-
nodar every Sunday on 12:00 and on holidays - since ear-
ly spring till late autumn.
H
onour guard duties are an
old tradition that was re-
vived in 2006. The Cossack
Guard starts moving from the Al-
exander Nevsky Cathedral; then
the Cossacks wearing beautiful
dress uniforms sewn from a pat-
tern of the First and the Second
Sotnias ('Hundreds') of His Im-
perial Majesty's Convoy march
through Krasnaya Street to go on
the post of the landmark mon-
ument "Cossacks Founders of
the Land of Kuban". The colourful
event is participated by the Kuban
Cossack Army Honor Guard, the
cavalry group and the Kuban Wind
Orchestra of the Premiere Creative
Association.
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Event Passport
Krasnodar Region
Kuban Wines
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Wine traditions of Kuban have gone a long way from
the Ancient Greeks to the founders of modern Russian
winemaking agriculturist Fyodor Geyduk and Prince
Lev Golitsyn. Nowadays the biggest part of the Russian
grapes is gathered and cultivated in Kuban.
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he secret of high quality
of Kuban wines is primarily
the terroir, i.e. the natural
environment where the grape-vine
grows, where wines are made and
stored. Unique edaphoclimatic
features of Kuban in combination
with many years of traditions allow
local winemakers to take leading
positions in Russia and adequately
compete with the best global
counterparts. Nowadays the
drinking culture and an ability to
know a good wine are indicators
of prestige and even status. The
Krasnodar Region has a lot to be
proud of. Every bunch of grapes
grown in Kuban embraces the
abundance of sunlight, freshness
of the wind, zest of two seas at
once, tenderness of grateful lands,
care of hardworking masters and
the memory about the history of
wine making in our land.
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