Tmutarakan' is an ancient city that controlled the passage from the Download high resolution version (1300x1000, 315 KB)Satellite image of the Black Sea Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?25334 Copyright info: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/help.html This image page contains items that originally came from a NASA website or publication. All works created by NASA are... Black Sea to the The shallow Sea of Azov is clearly distinguished from the deeper Black Sea. The Sea of Azov (Azovskoye More) is a northern section of the Black Sea, linked to the larger body through the Kerch Strait. It is bounded on the north by Ukraine, on the east by Russia and... Sea of Azov. It was situated on the 1. A family of African languages; see Taman languages. 2. A region in southern Russia, bounded by the The shallow Sea of Azov is clearly distinguished from the deeper Black Sea. The Sea of Azov (Azovskoye More) is a northern section of the Black Sea, linked to the larger body... Taman peninsula, in the present-day Categories: Stub | Krais of Russia ... Krasnodar Krai of The Russian Federation ( Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: The Russian Federation ( Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: Russia and many other countries Region: Eastern Europe and Asia Total speakers: 280 million Ranking: 4... Russia.

Tmutarakan is located near the ancient Greek colony of Phanagoria. In the seventh century, the region fell to the Khazars, who built the fortress town of Tamatarkha. Arabic and Hebrew sources refer to it as Samkarsh. From the late 600's until the city was conquered by Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev (c. Years: 941 942 943 944 - 945 - 946 947 948 949 Decades: 910s 920s 930s - 940s - 950s 960s 970s Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Events Saint Dunstan abbot at Glastonbury Edmund I of England conquers Strathclyde Howell the Good convenes a conference at... Svyatoslav of Rus in the mid-10th century, it boasted a Jewish majority, earning it the Arabic nickname "Samkarsh al-Yahud", or "Samkarsh the Jew". Fortified with a strong brick wall and boasting a fine harbour, Tmutarakan was a large city of merchants. It controlled much of the Northern European trade with the The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the The Roman Empire is not the Holy Roman Empire (843-1806). Roman Empire between AD 60 and 400 with major cities. During this time only Dacia and Mesopotamia were added to the Empire but were lost before 300. The... Byzantine Empire and Southern Federal District (Northern Caucasus) is one of the seven federal districts of Russia. It is located in the extreme southwest, between Ukraine and Kazakhstan. It is the Russian part of the Caucasus. Subdivisions, with republics (that enjoy a high degree of autonomy on most issues and correspond to some... Northern Caucasus. The inhabitants included the Greeks, Armenians, Russians, Jews, Ossetians, and Cirkassians. After the destruction of the Khazar empire by Svyatoslav, a Jewish Khazar principality was centered on the 1. A family of African languages; see Taman languages. 2. A region in southern Russia, bounded by the The shallow Sea of Azov is clearly distinguished from the deeper Black Sea. The Sea of Azov (Azovskoye More) is a northern section of the Black Sea, linked to the larger body... Taman region, though whether Tmutarakan was its capital or not is unknown.

One of the sons of Detail of the Millenium of Russia monument in Novgorod (1862) representing St Vladimir and his family. Saint Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great (c.958–1015) was the grand prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity in 988, and proceeded to baptise the whole Kievan Rus. His name is known in... Vladimir the Great, called Mstislav, was the prince of Tmutarakan from Years: Years: 980 981 982 983 - 984 - 985 986 987 988 Decades: 950s 960s 970s - 980s - 990s 1000s 1010s Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Events End of the reign of Emperor Enyu of Japan Emperor Kazan ascends to the throne of Japan Births Deaths Categories: 984 ... 984 Years... 988 to Years: 1033 1034 1035 - 1036 - 1037 1038 1039 Decades: 1000s 1010s 1020s - 1030s - 1040s 1050s 1060s Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century 1036 state leaders Events Emperor Go-Suzaku ascends the throne of Japan. Edward the Confessor attempts to seize the throne of England from Harold I. Births Deaths... 1036. During his reign, a first stone church was dedicated to Madonna, the ruins of it being still visible. In the 12th century, the city was isolated from the Russian mainland by the The Cumans, also known as Polovtsy (Slavic for yellowish) were a nomadic West Turkic tribe living on the north of the Black Sea along the Volga. They are identified with the Western branch of the Kipchaks. They invaded Southern Ukraine, Moldova, Wallachia and part of Transylvania in the 11th century... Cumans and gradually declined.

The site of Tmutarakan was discovered in Years: Years: 1786 1787 1788 - 1789 - 1790 1791 1792 Decades: 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1789 in art 1789 in literature 1789 in music 1789 in science List of state leaders in 1789 List of colonial governors in 1789 List of... 1792, when the local peasants found a stone with an inscription stating that Prince Gleb had measured the sea from here to Kerch (in Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: The Russian Federation ( Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: Russia and many other countries Region: Eastern Europe and Asia Total speakers: 280 million Ranking: 4-7... Kerch in Years: 1065 1066 1067 - 1068 - 1069 1070 1071 Decades: 1030s 1040s 1050s - 1060s - 1070s 1080s 1090s Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century Events Emperor Go-Sanjo ascends the throne of Japan William the Conqueror takes Exeter after a brief siege Births Henry I of England (d. 1135) Deaths Emperor... 1068. The excavations of the site were conducted in the 19th century. In modern Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: The Russian Federation ( Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: Russia and many other countries Region: Eastern Europe and Asia Total speakers: 280 million Ranking: 4-7 Genetic classification... Russian language, Tmutarakan stands for "a distant and obscure province".