Живой Родник
Jivoi rodnik
The place
Zhivoy Rodnik ("Living Spring") in Krasnodar Krai, Gelendzhik/Kabardinka area (Black Sea coast, Kuban, Russia), at 185 m elevation, on the Caucasus foothills slope. Continuous Russia Krasnodar Krai Black Sea cluster (batches 260-400). Sacred thermal-spring shelter, a site of local pilgrimage (Gelendzhik 100,000 inhabitants Kuban seaside resort + Kabardinka 5,000 inhabitants tourist village + Novorossiysk 250,000 inhabitants oil port + Black Sea 436,000 km² + heritage of the Kuban Cossacks/Adyghe (Slavic Kuban Cossack people 300,000 Kuban dialect + Adyghe/Circassians 500,000 Adyghe language + Russo-Circassian wars 1817-1864 exile of Circassians 90% to Turkey 700,000 iconic Circassian Nakba + iconic heritage Cossacks Ekaterinodar 1793 Catherine II colonization + iconic heritage Sochi Olympics February 7-23 2014 $50 billion the most expensive + iconic heritage invasion of Ukraine February 24 2022 Western sanctions + iconic heritage Novorossiysk submarine Alrosa 1990 Black Sea fleet).
The setting
Krasnodar Gelendzhik/Kabardinka Black Sea coast Kuban Russia 185 m Caucasus foothills slope, continuous cluster batches 260-400, sacred thermal-spring shelter local pilgrimage + Gelendzhik 100,000 Kuban resort + Kabardinka 5,000 tourist + Novorossiysk 250,000 oil port + Black Sea 436,000 km², Kuban Cossacks/Adyghe Slavic Cossacks 300,000 Kuban + Adyghe 500,000 Adyghe language + Russo-Circassian wars 1817-1864 exile 90% TR 700,000 Nakba iconic + Cossacks Ekaterinodar 1793 Catherine II + Sochi Olympics Feb 7-23 2014 $50bn + Ukraine invasion Feb 24 2022 sanctions + Novorossiysk submarine Alrosa 1990 Black Sea fleet.
