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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.
The main urban development of Maykop was carried out in Soviet times and it was done quite systematically. The streets of the city for the most part are strictly perpendicular to each other, its entire center consists of identical city blocks. Photos by: Slava Stepanov.
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Walking through the streets of Maykop
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Maykop is a city in Russia with a population of about 143 thousand people, the capital of the Republic of Adygeya.
The city was founded in 1857, the name in translation from the Adyghe language means “the valley of apples”. Photos by: Vladimir Mulder.
The central park of Maykop with a mosque and the memorial complex “Unity and Harmony”.
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