jagchaser
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Im headed to Taganrog bay on the Azov Sea, and will get to go to a few places on the Mius Front up by Matveev Kurgan. Then we are going to Novorossiysk down on the eastern side of the Black Sea for a week. After that we are going to Armenia for a week. My wives grandmother was born in Khndzoresk, a cave village that dates back to 700bc, but has been abandon since the 60's. Her relatives are going to take us to their old cave.
Im taking my ctx 3030 in my checked luggage and my deus in my carry on as a backup, just in case my checked luggage doesn't make it. Ive been practicing on some 1500-1600 hammered silver and copper russian coins and I have the machines tuned up and ready! Here are a few quick historical notes for those who don't recognize the names of the places.
Taganrog:
"Ancient history
The excavations conducted by the German Archaeological Institute (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) led by Ortwin Dally and Don Archaeological Society, brought to conclusion that there was a Greek settlement in the place of the modern-day Taganrog, founded in the late 7th century BC.[1]
It played an important role in the course of the early Greek colonization of the Black Sea region, and was founded probably soon after Berezan and Histria, it is anyway much older than the first settlements and colonies in the Cimmerian Bosporus (Strait of Kerch) or Tanais that were founded between 580 and 60 BC.
According to scientists, the name of the settlement might be Emporion Kremnoi on the coast of Palus Maeotis, mentioned by Herodotus"
Novorossiysk:
"In antiquity, the shores of the Tsemess Bay were the site of Bata, an ancient Greek colony that specialized in the grain trade. It is mentioned in the works of Strabo and Ptolemy, among others. Genoese merchants from the Ghisolfi family maintained a trade outpost there in the Middle Ages. Archaeological investigation of the area is in its infancy, but some interesting items have already been uncovered"
Mius Front:
"The Mius-Front was a heavily fortified defensive line created by the Germans in October 1941 under direction of General Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist along the Mius River during World War II.
Soviet troops twice tried to break through this line, first from December 1941 to July 1942 and from February to August 1942.[clarification needed] By the summer of 1943, the Mius-Front consisted of three defense lines with a total depth of 40-50 kilometers. The Soviets finally succeeded in August 1943 during the Donbass Strategic Offensive when troops of the Southern Front broke through near the village of Kuybyshevo"
Khndzoresk:
"The historic cave village, located on the steep slope of a gorge, is comprised of both natural and manmade caves. At the inhabiting community's height, some estimates suggest that population grew to as many as 15,000 people. Since many of the dwellings were carved out over and around each other, a complex system of ropes and ladders were required for people to reach many corners of the community. The village even had two churches and three schools. The cave dwellings were inhabited until as late as the 1950s at which point it is said that Soviet officials deemed the caves unfit and uncivilized, forcing the remaining villagers to leave."
Im taking my ctx 3030 in my checked luggage and my deus in my carry on as a backup, just in case my checked luggage doesn't make it. Ive been practicing on some 1500-1600 hammered silver and copper russian coins and I have the machines tuned up and ready! Here are a few quick historical notes for those who don't recognize the names of the places.
Taganrog:
"Ancient history
The excavations conducted by the German Archaeological Institute (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) led by Ortwin Dally and Don Archaeological Society, brought to conclusion that there was a Greek settlement in the place of the modern-day Taganrog, founded in the late 7th century BC.[1]
It played an important role in the course of the early Greek colonization of the Black Sea region, and was founded probably soon after Berezan and Histria, it is anyway much older than the first settlements and colonies in the Cimmerian Bosporus (Strait of Kerch) or Tanais that were founded between 580 and 60 BC.
According to scientists, the name of the settlement might be Emporion Kremnoi on the coast of Palus Maeotis, mentioned by Herodotus"
Novorossiysk:
"In antiquity, the shores of the Tsemess Bay were the site of Bata, an ancient Greek colony that specialized in the grain trade. It is mentioned in the works of Strabo and Ptolemy, among others. Genoese merchants from the Ghisolfi family maintained a trade outpost there in the Middle Ages. Archaeological investigation of the area is in its infancy, but some interesting items have already been uncovered"
Mius Front:
"The Mius-Front was a heavily fortified defensive line created by the Germans in October 1941 under direction of General Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist along the Mius River during World War II.
Soviet troops twice tried to break through this line, first from December 1941 to July 1942 and from February to August 1942.[clarification needed] By the summer of 1943, the Mius-Front consisted of three defense lines with a total depth of 40-50 kilometers. The Soviets finally succeeded in August 1943 during the Donbass Strategic Offensive when troops of the Southern Front broke through near the village of Kuybyshevo"
Khndzoresk:
"The historic cave village, located on the steep slope of a gorge, is comprised of both natural and manmade caves. At the inhabiting community's height, some estimates suggest that population grew to as many as 15,000 people. Since many of the dwellings were carved out over and around each other, a complex system of ropes and ladders were required for people to reach many corners of the community. The village even had two churches and three schools. The cave dwellings were inhabited until as late as the 1950s at which point it is said that Soviet officials deemed the caves unfit and uncivilized, forcing the remaining villagers to leave."
