Praskoveyevka Explained

Native Name:	Праскове́евка
Native Name Lang:	ru
Population As Of:	2010
Population Total:	269
Established Date:	1866

Praskoveyevka or Praskoveevka is a village near Gelendzhik in Krasnodar Krai, in the south of Russia. It is situated on the northeastern beach of the Black Sea, 17 km southeast of Gelendzhik and 89 km southwest of Krasnodar. It had 269 inhabitants as of 2010.^[1]

It is in the municipality Divnomorski.

History

The town was founded in 1866 with Pontic Greek settlers.^{[2] [3]}

Places of interest

North of the coast of Praskoveyevka is the Sail Rock, a natural monument consisting of vertical rock that is 25 meters high, 20 meters long and 1 meter thick, and that stands on the coast of the Black Sea. In the vicinity of the locality, Vladimir Putin has built a luxurious mansion, known as Putin's Palace.^{[4] [5]}

External links

• This article contains geographical data extracted from Google Earth and the map of Russia at Yandex.ru, accessible at this link.
• This article is a translation of the corresponding article in the Russian Wikipedia, Прасковеевка.
• Topographical map at maps.vlasenko.net.
• About the palace (in Russian) 

44.4528°N 38.2122°W

Notes and References

1. ЧИСЛЕННОСТЬ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ КРАСНОДАРСКОГО КРАЯ ПО АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО-ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫМ ЕДИНИЦАМ . POPULATION OF KRASNODAR REGION BY ADMINISTRATIVE-TERRITORIAL UNITS . ru . 24 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124073700/http://krsdstat.ru/perepis/vpn2010/ekspres/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%9F%D0%9D_2010.pdf . 2010 . krsdstat.ru.
2. http://www.praskoveevka.ru/praskoveevka/poselenija.php About the colonization of the area of the area by the Pontic Greeks
3. http://history.kubsu.ru/pdf/kn6_102-133.pdf Antón Popov, Pontic Greek
4. http://newsru.com/russia/18jan2011/schloss.html Article about "Putin's Palace"
5. http://rus.postimees.ee/364340/putina-vtjanuli-v-gromkij-skandal/ Scandal about the funding of the Palace