Southern Russia is the warmest part of the country, including the lower reaches of the Don, the Black Sea coast and the republics of the North Caucasus.
Krasnodar Territory and Adygea: The Krasnodar Territory is a large and heterogeneous Russian region, which includes a huge and agriculturally flat part, the Black Sea coast fenced off from the plain by mountains, where the most popular Russian resorts are located, the low-lying coast of the Sea of Azov, as well as the mountainous regions of the Western Caucasus . In addition to all this, the region completely absorbed the Republic of Adygea, which is an independent subject of the Russian Federation, but in many respects is inseparable from the Krasnodar Territory.
Crimean Peninsula (de facto Russia, de jure Ukraine)
Crimea is a peninsula washed by the Black and Azov seas. In the south of it rise the Crimean mountains. All this makes Crimea especially attractive for tourists. The main resorts are concentrated mainly on the southern and western coasts of Crimea, as well as on the Kerch Peninsula. The largest resort cities - Alushta, Kerch, Sevastopol, Sudak, Feodosia, Yalta - are famous not only for their recreational and resort complexes, but also for historical monuments of the periods of Greek colonization and the Crimean Khanate. However, most of the architectural heritage (estates, palaces, monuments, gardens, etc.) was created during the Russian Empire. Crimea has always inspired and attracted creative intelligentsia from all over Eastern Europe, so at one time a large number of famous writers and artists visited and lived here.
Derbent is the southernmost and oldest city in Russia
Krasnodar is
the administrative center of the Krasnodar Territory, the capital of the
Kuban
Makhachkala is a city on the shores of the Caspian Sea, the
capital of Dagestan
Rostov-on-Don is the administrative center of the
Rostov region, the largest city in southern Russia
Sevastopol is a
major naval port and base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet
Stavropol is
the administrative center of the Stavropol Territory
Sochi - a resort
on the Black Sea, hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 2014
Elista is
the capital of Kalmykia, the only Buddhist republic in Europe
Yalta
is the most famous resort in Crimea
Dombai
Caucasian Biosphere Reserve
Krasnaya Polyana
The main language in all regions of Russia is Russian.
In the
republics of the North Caucasus, national languages also used (Adyghe,
Ingush, Kabardino-Circassian, Kalmyk, Karachay-Balkarian, Ossetian and
Chechen).
In the Rostov region and the Krasnodar Territory, they can
understand the Ukrainian language, and in the Crimea it was introduced
as an official language (along with Russian and Crimean Tatar).