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Mezmay (Russian: Мезма́й) is a settlement in Apsheronsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located in the valley of the Kurdzhips River near its confluence with the Mezmay River, 35 kilometers (22 mi) south-east of Apsheronsk. Population: less than a thousand inhabitants. It is a popular mountain resort.
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Map of Mezmay, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia, 352666
The village was linked with Absheron by narrow-gauge railway but in 2011 this was completely interrupted due to a landslide.
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Name
The name Mezmay is formed of the two Circassian words Mez (forest) and Mye (wild apple), so Mezmay translated from Circassian as "wild apples forest ."
Landmarks
Mezmay is a popular tourist site with a lot of natural attractions (waterfalls, caves, canyons, etc.), the "Clay Roman necropolis (Mezmayskoe burial)" on the north-western outskirts of the village and an Astrophysics Observatory of KubSU.
There is also Mezmaiskaya cave, where, in 1993, was found perfectly preserved skeleton of a Neanderthal baby from which DNA was extracted.