Taman (Russian: Тамань) is a stanitsa (village) in the Temryuksky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
In 1849, Taman was re-organized as a stanitsa and established local government of its own.
[5] In August 2008, then-Prime Minister Vladimir 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 Minister Maksim Sokolov said that the Port of Taman would open in 2019 to handle dry cargoes, such as grain and coal.