Sloviansk-na-Kubani [Слов’янськ; Slov’jans'k; Russian: Славянск-на-Кубані; Slaviansk-na-Kubani]. Map: VIII-19. A city (2019 pop 66,829) on the Protoka River in the Kuban River delta and a raion center in Krasnodar krai, Russian Federation. Until 1958 it was named Stanitsa Slavianskaia (formerly Stanytsia Slovianska). The city is a highway junction and a river port. It has a large food industry. According to the census of 1926, Ukrainians accounted for 69.1 percent of the Sloviansk raion population.

[This article was updated in 2020.]


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