Kuban

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Kuban is a geographic region of Southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Don Steppe, Volga Delta and the Caucasus. 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.

Education

• Kuban State University
• Kuban State University of Technology
• Kuban Agrarian University
• Kuban State Medical University
• Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism

See also

• Kuban Cossacks
• Kuban People's Republic
• Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic
• Kuban Soviet Republic
• Ukrainians in the Kuban
• FC Kuban Krasnodar

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