Mezmay
Mezmay 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, south-east of Apsheronsk. Population: less than a thousand inhabitants. It is a popular mountain resort.
The village was linked with Apsheronsk by branch line of the Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway, yet, in 2010 this branch was almost completely dismantled, except length part between Mezmay and village Guamka. This remaining railway was from 2011 to 2017 interrupted due to a landslide.Name
The name Mezmay is formed of the two Circassian words Mez and Mye, so Mezmay translated from Circassian as "wild apples forest."Landmarks
Mezmay is a popular tourist site with a lot of natural attractions:, the Clay Roman necropolis on the north-western outskirts of the village and the astrophysics observatory of the Kuban State University.
There is also Mezmaiskaya cave, where, in 1993, was found perfectly preserved skeleton of a Neanderthal baby from which DNA was extracted.
