Taman occupies the site of the ancient cities of Hermonassa and Tmutarakan. From the end of the 15th century until 1783, this was a site of a Turkish fortress. Before the annexation it was a sanjak subordinate to the eyalet of Kaffa.[citation needed]
The modern stanitsa was founded by the Zaporozhian Cossacks under Anton Golovaty on August 25, 1792 as the latter's residence and the first garrison of the Black Sea Cossack Host. Until 1849, Taman was officially considered to be a town, even though it had no local government of its own and was governed from the nearby stanitsa of Akhtanizovskaya. In 1849, Taman was re-organized as a stanitsa and established local government of its own.[citation needed]
Taman was under German occupation from September 1942 until they were completely pushed out of the Taman Peninsula in October 1943.[5]
Port of Taman
In August 2008, then-Prime MinisterVladimir Putin signed a government resolution authorizing the development of a major international cargo port several kilometers south of Taman. Currently, a fertilizer terminal is under construction there to link with the ammonia pipeline to Odessa owned by TogliattiAzot.
In August 2013 Transport MinisterMaksim Sokolov said that the Port of Taman would open in 2019 to handle dry cargoes, such as grain and coal. He also added that federal spending would amount to $2.3 billion, while private investors were expected to contribute the remaining 152 billion rubles.[6]
As of 2012, the first tonne of cargo was planned to be sent from the port in September 2016.[7]
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