Maykop[a] is the capital city of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River. It borders Maykopsky District, from which it is administratively and municipally independent, to the east and south; Giaginsky District to the north, and Belorechensky District of …

The Maykop culture or Maikop culture (Russian: майкоп, , scientific transliteration: Majkop,), c. 3700 BC–3000 BC, [1] is a major Bronze Age archaeological culture in the western Caucasus region.

Maykop, city and capital of the republic of Adygea, Krasnodar kray (territory), Russia, on the right bank of the Belaya River. Maykop (from the Adyghian myequape meaning “valley of apple trees”) was founded in 1857 as a Russian fortress.

Mar 22, 2022 · In 1897, Professor Nikolay Veselovsky, a Russian archaeologist and orientalist, specializing in the history and archaeology of Central Asia, uncovered one of the greatest archaeological finds of recent history in a small North-Western Caucuses town called Maykop.

Maykop was a town in Kuban Oblast at the time. In 1936, the Adyghe Autonomous Oblast was created with Maykop as the administrative center (capital city). Maykop has been the capital of the Republic of Adygea since 1991.

Aug 21, 2017 · Maykop (meaning “the city at the mouth of the apple valley” in the Adyghe language) is a city located in the south of European Russia, the capital of the Republic of Adygea. The population of Maykop is about 139,000 (2022), the area - 69.6 sq. km.

Jan 29, 2023 · The Maykop (or Maikop) Culture was a Bronze Age people of the Caucasus mountains who traded with the ancient civilization of Uruk Mesopotamia and the Yamnaya steppe herders. When the famous Maykop Chieftain's kurgan was excavated in 1897 it was almost 11m high and more than 100m in diameter.

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Maykop is the capital city of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River. It borders Maykopsky District, from which it is administratively and municipally independent, to the east and south; Giaginsky District to the north, and Belorechensky District of …

Maykop (“the valley of apple trees” from the Adyghe language) is a city with a population of about 139 thousand people located in the south of European Russia, the capital of the Republic of Adygea.