Poltavskaya

 village, district center

Poltavskaya (Russian: Полта́вская) is a village (stanitsa) and the administrative center of Krasnoarmeysky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Kuban River, 65 kilometers (40 mi) west of Krasnodar. Population: 26,490 (2010 Census).
Founded in 1794, it is one of the first forty settlements of Kuban Cossacks in the area. It was named after one of the 40 kurins that composed the Zaporizhian Cossacks Host. Initially the locality was known as kurin and accounted for only 460 people (298 men and 162 women). In 1807 it was almost completely destroyed by neighboring local mountainous tribes. Its status of stanitsa, the locality received in 1842. It supported the creation of the Kuban People's Republic.
Near the village, at 45°24′11″N 38°9′32″E / 45.40306°N 38.15889°E / 45.40306; 38.15889, is located a large facility for VLF-transmission. It is used for transmitting the RJH63 time signal and the RSDN-20 radio navigation signal. The antenna system consists of seven guyed masts, six of which are arranged in a row around a central mast. As result of its military importance, the facility is not shown on official maps and there are no technical data available