Krasnodar ( Russian ) birni ne, da ke a Kudancin Rasha, a kan Kogin Kuban, kusan 148 kilometres (92 mi) arewa maso gabashin tashar Bahar Maliya ta Novorossiysk . Ita ce cibiyar gudanarwa ta Krasnodar Krai (wanda aka fi sani da Kuban ). Tana da yawan mutane Jumulla 744,900 a 2010, 646,175 a 2002 da 620,516 a 1989. An kafa garin ne a watan Janairu 12, 1794 (kalandar Gregorian) a matsayin Yekaterinodar ( Екатеринода́р ). Sunan asalin yana nufin "Kyautar Catherine", duka don girmamawar kyautar da Catherine the Great ta bayar a yankin Kuban zuwa ga Black Sea Cossacks (daga baya Kuban Cossacks ), sannan kuma don girmama Saint Catherine, Shuhada, wanda ake wa kallon zama magajin birni. Bayan Juyin Juya Hali na Oktoba, Yekaterinodar aka sake masa suna zuwa Krasnodar (Disamba 1920). Akwai ma'anoni biyu masu yuwuwa ga sabon sunan garin: Krasno- (Красно-), ma'ana ko dai 'kyakkyawa' (wani tsohon tushe) ko 'ja' (musamman dacewa dangane da yanayin siyasar lokacin); da -dar (-дар), ma'ana 'kyauta'.