Kalininsky District: Church, MiG-15 Monument and Water Landscapes

The Ponura and Protoka rivers flow through Kalininsky District; limans, artificial canals and rice fields cover large areas. The Epiphany Church in Kalininskaya is a wooden church built on a brick foundation in 1855. The MiG-15 aircraft monument commemorates the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division. The Folk Museum of the History of the Stanitsa of Starovelichkovskaya covers, among other things, the Kuban Cossacks and the founding of the stanitsa.

The Epiphany Church was built in 1855 to replace a dilapidated church. It is considered an almost unique surviving example of wooden architecture and a rare one for the western areas of the Kuban at the end of the 19th century. It has been protected by the state as an architectural monument since 1981. The dates refer to different things: 1855 is the year it was built, and 1981 marks the start of its protected status.

The MiG-15 aircraft stands at the intersection of the Kalininskaya–Krasnodar and Timashevsk–Slavyansk-na-Kubani roads as a monument to military glory. Its dedication commemorates the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, which took part in the liberation of the Kuban from the Nazi occupiers. The monument thus points to a specific military unit and its historical connection to the Kuban.

The Folk Museum of the History of the Stanitsa of Starovelichkovskaya covers, among other things, the history of the Kuban Cossacks and the founding of the stanitsa. It therefore focuses on two distinct subjects: the establishment of the stanitsa and the history of the Kuban Cossacks. The Pokryshkin Museum is also among the museums in Kalininsky District.

The Ponura and Protoka rivers flow through the district; limans, artificial canals and rice fields cover large areas. Natural river courses thus sit alongside man-made waterways and agricultural land. Kalininsky District describes its pink lotus plantations as one of its distinctive landscape features. People come to admire them.

Fishing is another activity mentioned: locals and people from across the region come to Kalininsky District for it. The waters are also associated with hunting. When considering the district in terms of your interests, you can view these water and landscape features alongside its churches, museums and commemorative sites.

The wider destination of Krasnodar Krai also has a distinctive coastal setting. In the «Azovskie kosy» nature park, sea waves and currents shape spits and islands from sand and shells. Bird colonies of various gull, tern and cormorant species are present year-round on shallow coastal waters, at the ends of the spits and on sandy islands; their presence varies seasonally.

In the «Anapskaya peresyp» nature park, visitors can walk along the coast on wide, golden beaches. Farther from the sea, the sand forms a series of high dunes. These coastal landscapes are part of the wider destination of Krasnodar Krai and offer a different landscape type from the rivers, limans, canals and rice fields of Kalininsky District.

Discover more destinations: Zarechenskoye, Sochi Resort City, Kropotkin City, Tuapse District, Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar City, Bryukhovetsky District and Vyselkovsky District.

What does the MiG-15 monument commemorate?

It commemorates the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division and its participation in the liberation of the Kuban from the Nazi occupiers.

What subjects does the Folk Museum in Starovelichkovskaya cover?

Its subjects include the history of the Kuban Cossacks and the founding of the Stanitsa of Starovelichkovskaya.

Which rivers flow through Kalininsky District?

The Ponura and Protoka rivers flow through the district.

For the wider travel overview: Krasnodar Krai.