Taman is one of the dissimilar Kuban landscapes. This peninsula is a lowland lying "on the corner" of the Black and Seas of Azov. It is cut by sea estuaries, narrow thickets of river floodplains, a network of irrigation canals, most of the location is vineyards, melons and orchards, as well as sandbanks. It is windy here, and administratively all this is included in one district, the center of which is the city of Temryuk. The military hill is its main attraction.
Where is the Military Hill located on the map?
Territorial is central part city limits. Not far from here you will find the monument to the liquidators of the Chernobyl disaster, the Bus Station and the Central Market.
The history of the formation of attractions
The northeastern "crossroads" - the place where the roads to different Taman resorts diverge - is Temryuk. Military hill - a hill in the northern massif of a quiet town. The hill was formed on the site of the old mud volcano Miska (locals say "Myska"). Last eruption observed here in 1943.
During the Second World War, the most fierce battles for Temryuk took place on this bridgehead, which are part of the theater of operations of the Novorossiysk-Taman offensive operation. The landing force, which landed to the east, boldly attacked the positions of the Nazis, which went down in history under the name "Blue Line". The soldiers prevented the organized evacuation of the enemy.
Today, the R-251 highway passes through this area, reporting st. Golubitskaya with Krasnodar. Consequently, bus passengers of intraregional routes can admire a kind of museum immediately from the left and right windows of the cabin. Still, because the local street. Rosa Luxembourg is a fragment of the named route.
This point in the post-war period - namely in 1983 - received the status of a "guarded exhibition pavilion", a branch of the Temryuk local history museum complex. At the end of the last century, the exposition was replenished with retired supersonic fighters and combat boats, torpedoes and mines, and many varieties of other offensive and defensive equipment.
The main military museum in Temryuk
Once on the road connecting St. September 27 and Rosa Luxembourg, it is not difficult to notice majestic monuments, military aircraft, tanks and ships of various sizes: the first one that catches your eye is the T-34, whose pedestal stands at the very edge of the road. They belong to the era of the second half of the 20th - early 21st centuries. The official entrance to the fenced area is at the end of the steps connecting the space to the roadway.
Usually, a tour of a curious object begins with an inspection of the equipment on display. Only then do visitors pay attention to several expressive memorials. Visitors willingly take pictures with the muzzles of terrible weapons of the Great Patriotic War, the MT-13 mortar, artillery samples, including the KS-19 and Katyusha anti-aircraft guns, IS-3, T-34 85, T-72 tanks, boats, propellers, power plants and fighters of those times.
Mixed with the military on Mount Myska, post-war equipment flaunts - L-29, MiG-21 PFM and AN-14 aircraft, P-15 rocket and much more. A complete list would take up a whole page. It is necessary to separately note the Su-208-79 steam locomotive and the ZIS-5 truck, which transported echelons with soldiers in those terrible years.
A building has been built at the eastern end of this territory, where other exhibits are exhibited - photographs, documents, propaganda posters, maps, personal belongings of fighters and their commanders. In the photo, which depicts the Military Hill Museum in Temryuk, we see huge complex, consisting not only of the exposition of inactive equipment, but also of many memorial structures.
Among them are the sculptural compositions “We won”, “Hurrah, for the Motherland!” and "Explosion". The latter is an original vision of the war by one of the popular local muralists. The monument was opened on June 22, 2013 - in honor of the well-known mournful date. In front of the audience is a composition consisting of archaeological artifacts welded together - rusty helmets, machine guns, sapper shovels, cartridge and bomb shells, as well as flasks and fragments of tank barrels.
How to get (get there)?
It is quite easy to get to Military Hill - this is the top of the ascent, which begins at the end of 27 September Street (Kalinina). It is easy to get to the object from the swamp, the restaurant "On the Volcano" and the Church of Michael the Archangel.
On the map, the route to the desired place looks like this:
Contacts and prices
- Address: R. Luxembourg street, Temryuk, Krasnodar region, Russia.
- GPS coordinates: 45.278255, 37.385781.
- Ticket prices: for adults - 100 rubles, for children - 30.
People have different attitudes towards this place. The fact is that the reviews about the described attraction, which are easy to find on the net, vary greatly in nature. Some believe that almost every Russian city has a similar exhibition complex He says it's not worth the money spent. Others are sure that the Military Hill is the most interesting of these museums, and even more so in Temryuk, because the most creative guides work here.
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The Krasnodar Territory is famous for its history and sights. One of these places, where, however, travelers do not come so often is Temryuk, the biggest locality Taman Peninsula. And being on vacation in , we went here for .
Temryuk is a historical place. Human settlements have existed here since ancient times. In the 14th century, the Genoese colony Kopa was located on this site, then, at the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, the Crimean city of Tumnev. During the reign of the Kabardian prince Temryuk Idarovich (Temryuk-Murza, died in 1571), an ally of Ivan the Terrible, the New Temryuk fortress was built here, which, however, was included in the Crimean Khanate in 1570 and renamed Adis.
The population of the city was mixed - Greeks, Jews, Armenians, Yases lived here, who were mainly engaged in trade. Don Cossacks repeatedly made their raids here. After the Russian-Turkish war of 1787-1792, Taman was included in the Russian Empire. Temryuk first existed as a village, and since 1860 - as a city.
The road from Gelendzhik to Temryuk
The weather that day did not please us - the sky was overcast with dense clouds. It looks like it's about to start raining. It hovered very strongly. We passed Novorossiysk, leaving Anapa aside. The mountains gave way to endless steppe expanses.
Almost all fields are sown. Here and there there were shops selling local products - melons, watermelons and other gifts of the Kuban.
Finally, we drive into Temryuk. Having wandered around the city a bit (the navigator let us down), we drove up to the hill where the Military Hill is located.
Museum "Military Hill"
Museum military equipment under open sky"Military Hill" is located on the slopes of the mud volcano Miska. It was opened in 1983, when the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Taman Peninsula from Nazi troops was celebrated.
Tank T-34-85 on the mound
The legendary T-34-85 tank, mounted on a high mound, is a monument to the liberators of Taman, the soldiers of the 56th Army of the North Caucasian Front, who on October 9, 1943 completely cleared the Taman Peninsula from German invaders.
The road divides the museum into two parts. The collection is constantly updated, new exhibits appear. It presents both the equipment of the times of the Great Patriotic War and the newer one.
An-24B and MiG-23UB aircraft
Hill with the inscription "Hurrah! For the Motherland!
Military train: steam locomotive Su-208-79 with an infirmary car and an open platform on which a ZIS-2 cannon is mounted
From the height of the Military Hill, magnificent panoramas of the surroundings open - the coastal lowland, the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov, the Kurchansky Estuary. Since it was August, the vegetation withered from the heat, the earth cracked. Nevertheless, the pictures of the steppe were still impressive.
View from the Military Hill towards the Kurchansky estuary
Panorama of the surroundings of the Military Hill towards the Kurchansky estuary
122 mm gun A-19
Aircraft An-14 "Bee"
"Katyusha"
Kurgan, Btr-80
Training aircraft Aero L-29 "Dolphin"
Military equipment, in the foreground is the T-72 tank
The words are carved on the stele:
The defense of Temryuk will go down in the history of the Patriotic War. The whole country is following the heroism shown by the personnel, as it once followed the heroes of Sevastopol.
S. M. Budyonny
As I wrote above, the Military Hill Museum is located on the slopes of the Miska mud volcano. It was active back in the 19th century, eruptions were observed in 1812, 1844 and 1860. The 1843 eruption was the most violent and was accompanied by ejections of breccia, vapour, smoke and flame. The cone-shaped peak fell down, the resulting caldera was filled with water and oil for several years.
The volcano got its name because of its shape. The Cossacks living in the vicinity called it "Myska", that is, "Plate". Currently, the caldera is occupied by vegetation and a small lake. It adjoins the second part of the Museum "Military Hill".
And it was time for us to return home - the weather was too heavy. If it were a little cooler, you could take a walk along Temryuk itself and visit its other attractions - Archaeological Museum, Walk of Fame. On the outskirts of Temryuk, Mount Rotten (Hephaestus volcano) is located - one of the largest active mud volcanoes in the Temryuk region. Not far from the city is located, in the village of For the Motherland - the Tizdar mud volcano.
After Anapa, the landscape became more mountainous. And finally it started to rain.
And when we drove up to Gelendzhik, the sun came out.
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On the slopes of an extinct mud volcano, Mount Miska. It was opened in 1983. The museum is spread out on both sides of the highway. Here you can see an impressive collection of authentic equipment from the Second World War: planes, helicopters, warships, tanks, various guns, missiles, trucks and even a train. All exhibits are in excellent condition, the territory of the museum is well-groomed and beautiful. Walking here will be interesting for both children and adults.
The battles for the Taman Peninsula were very heavy and bloody. The Germans organized a line of defense here, which they considered impregnable - it went down in history as the Blue Line. The "Blue Line" blocked the road to the Crimea for Soviet troops, while it was for the Nazi army a springboard for a counteroffensive into the Caucasus. One of the most massive and heavy air battles of the Second World War took place over Taman and Anapa, which largely decided the outcome of the battle for Taman. Therefore, on the "Military Hill" much attention is paid to aviation.
War memorials have been erected in every even the smallest village on Taman - there was not a single piece of land that was not affected by the war. So the organization of such an interesting and large-scale museum here, in Temryuk, is not accidental.
Photo of the Museum "Military Hill" in Temryuk
Panorama of the Museum "Military Hill"
"Military Hill" has a large collection of equipment 
Rockets from the Museum "Military Hill" 
Opening hours: 9:00-21:00. Ticket price: 80 rubles - adult, 40 rubles - for children from 7 to 18 years old, 25 rubles - for children from 4 to 7 years old. Excursion service costs 300 rubles, excursions are held regardless of the number of tourists, even for one person. Address: Temryuk, Mount Miska, intersection of the R-251 highway and st. Chernyshevsky. How to get there: from the Temryuk bus station by minibuses and buses heading towards the village of Kurchanskaya, routes No. 104, 145. You can walk from the main city Lenin Street along Chernyshevsky Street.
Museum of the city of Temryuk - Military Hill was opened in 1983, in the year of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Temryuk region from the Nazi invaders.
The initiator of the creation of the museum was the first secretary of the RK CPSU Kuemzhiev Alexander Fedorovich and the chairman of the district executive committee Viktor Nikolaevich Saloshenko.
The creation of the museum is only a small part of their work, but what a significant, memorable one. The military hill has become the hallmark of Temryuk.
Acquiring exhibits, relics of the war turned out to be a difficult, sometimes impossible task.
It was decided to purchase post-war equipment. In this work, the district leaders were supported by the Ministry of Culture of the USSR, the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Enthusiasts from different parts of the country responded.
The most interested attention to this issue was shown by the former commander of the Azov military flotilla, at that time the commander-in-chief of the USSR Navy, deputy minister of defense of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union, Admiral S.G. Gorshkov.
He presented Temryuk with a decommissioned torpedo boat. Under its own power, it came to the port of Temryuk and was transported to Mount Miska.
The whole city was engaged in the arrangement of the museum. War veterans, heads of farms, enterprises worked after a hard day, on weekends. Komsomol members, utilities, signalmen, electricians tried.
The history of the exhibits of the Military Hill began with the old steam locomotive, doomed to a dead end in the Starotitarovsky railway section. It was decided to deliver it to Mount Miska, where the T-34 battle tank had already been installed in 1960.
Then the formidable Katyusha appeared, terrifying the Nazis. It was not put into production before the start of World War II, and then it was hastily tested in raids in the occupied territory.
The museum's collection grew rapidly. Tanks, artillery pieces, armored personnel carriers, mines, planes appeared... Today, the museum's exposition includes more than a hundred exhibits of pre-war and post-war equipment.
The museum has become a unique center of patriotic education. This is a venue for patriotic events, meetings of veterans and soldiers of the Russian army, athletes. Local art groups perform here. Victory parades are held on the hill. Athletes, cadets, soldiers and sailors of military units come here from all over the Kuban.
Tourists - adults and children - have been looking at the Military Hill and the entire Temryuk District with unflagging interest for more than 30 years. The view from Mount Miska is breathtaking. Taman, at a glance. A unique spectacle. The location at the very top of an extinct mud volcano gives a special flavor to the area.
Temryuk and its inhabitants are proud of the Military Hill.
