Historical events in the toponymic monuments of the Black Sea region of Kuban from ancient times to the beginning of the XIX century

The literature on this issue is analyzed. The main historical epochs and periods, events that influenced the development of the black sea region and created toponymic names are considered. Antiquity: Greek colonies, the period of the Bosporan Kingdom, names lost and recreated. Ages: Russian trail - Tmutarakan, trade rivalry, Genoa and its trading posts. The second half of the XV - beginning of the XIX century: the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean khanate, Circassia, the Russian Empire and the beginning of the Cossack colonization of the territory of the North-Western black sea region of Kuban.