City of Novorossiysk: population, area, climate

Characteristic

The city of Novorossiysk is located at an altitude of 10 m above sea level. The population as of 2016 is almost 267 thousand people. Covers an area of ​​about 81 square meters. km. The local population calls themselves Novorossiysk. The city is located in the UTC+3 time zone, there is no time difference with Moscow. Has three awards: Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, Hero City, Order of Lenin. The city is divided into two parts: industrial (eastern) and residential (western). The borders occur along the Tsemes Bay. Streets of Novorossiysk:

• Sovetov (the main one, there are administrative buildings, cafes, restaurants, banks, a hotel, a library).
• Svoboda (construction and transport enterprises, shipbuilding and furniture organizations, insurance companies, banks, shops, hairdressers, etc.).
• Embankment named after Admiral Serebryakov (yacht club, travel agencies, entertainment establishments, various organizations, editorial staff).

Of course, these are not all the streets that are in the city. There are about 100 of them in total.

Climate[edit]

Novorossiysk has a hot summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification Csa

).

Population

In 1866 it received the status of the city of Novorossiysk. The population in those days did not even reach a thousand. This year, just under 450 people officially lived here. However, 15 years later, the number of people registered in the city grew rapidly and already exceeded 7,000. In the 90s of the twentieth century, this figure almost reached 200,000 people. Further, the growth was no longer so rapid. In some years there is even a decline (2000, 2004-2008, 2011), but these are insignificant figures, within one thousand.

At the turn of the 21st century, Novorossiysk (population in 2000 – 203,300 people) was already showing weak annual growth. If previously it was more than 14,000, now it is within 5,000. Now almost 267,000 people permanently live here. In terms of population, it ranks 75th among other Russian cities.

Criminal situation

No matter where in the world you go, to live or vacation, it is important to find out what the crime rate is in the city of your choice. Novorossiysk cannot be called prosperous in this regard.

This is one of the places in the Russian Federation where more crimes are committed than in the capital. Main problems:

• drug trafficking;
• arms trade;
• burglary;
• real estate.

The latter should be taken into account if you are going to buy a house, apartment or land. “Black” realtors operate on a par with normal licensed realtors.

You should check the availability of the necessary constituent documents and monitor the company's reputation.

The fight against crime has been quite successful in recent years. However, the city still cannot be considered prosperous.

Climatic features

The climate of Novorossiysk is close to the Mediterranean. In summer, the territory is blown by tropical air masses, and in winter by streams of temperate latitudes. The problem for this region is the scale winds that begin to dominate from November to March. At this time, the air temperature drops sharply by an average of 10°. The duration of such periods ranges from 3 days to 2-3 weeks. The bay becomes unnavigable, as the wind speed reaches 70 m/s. The coldest month is January. The average temperature is +2 °C, but in some years it dropped below -10 °C. Summer is warm and not hot. On average, the thermometer shows +24...+27 °C. The highest temperatures are in July and August.

The climate of Novorossiysk is comfortable for a holiday on the coast. In summer, the water warms up to +21…+25 °C. In winter it drops to +7…+12 °C. However, you need to take into account some features of the local weather conditions. For example, in August heavy showers with thunderstorms may begin, and tornadoes may arise. As a result, there are frequent floods.

Novorossiysk

History of Novorossiysk

Researchers believe that the Sinds, one of the many tribes of the Northern Black Sea region, who appeared here in the 6th century BC, were the first to develop the shores of Tsemes Bay.
e. The Sinds, who had close trade and cultural ties with the Greeks, are considered by historians to be the most Hellenized among other Black Sea tribes. Presumably in 480 BC. e. The state created by the Sinds, known in ancient times as “Sindica,” became part of the Bosporan kingdom with its capital in Panticapaeum (today Kerch). On the site of modern Novorossiysk, the city of Bata was founded, whose residents conducted active trade with the Greek metropolis, equipping merchant ships with grain and other goods to Hellas. In the 2nd century BC. e. Bata fell under the blows of the nomadic Alan tribes. These conquerors, in turn, were supplanted by the Circassians. They also gave the name to the natural harbor on the shore of which Novorossiysk stands, naming the bay after the Tsemes River flowing into it. The Adygs were constantly subjected to raids by the Khazars, who gradually pushed them into the mountains.

In the 9th century, these lands became part of the Byzantine district of Chersonesos. In the 11th century, the Polovtsians invaded here, and in the 13th century, the army of the Golden Horde invaded, and Tsemes Bay came under the control of the Mongols. In 1266, the ubiquitous Genoese managed to obtain from Mangu Khan, the protege of the Golden Horde in Crimea, the right to own Caffa (today Feodosia), which soon became the center of their colonies on the Black Sea. Having appreciated the Tsemes Bay, the Genoese built a fortress at the mouth of the Tsemes River, which they called “Batario”. They called the bay itself Kola Limane (“Beautiful Harbor”).

In the 15th century, the Northern Black Sea region came under the rule of the Ottoman Turks. This part of their empire was ruled by the Crimean Khanate, whose administration relied on the Tatar army, which, with varying degrees of success, kept the warlike tribes of the Caucasians in obedience. By the beginning of the 18th century, the khan's power weakened, and the highlanders became a real threat to the Porte. In order to pacify them, the Turks decided to build a fortress and staff it with reliable warriors - the Janissaries. The site for the construction of the fortified settlement of Sudzhuk-Kale was the territory in the area of ​​​​the former Genoese trading post. Its construction ended in 1722.

During the Russian-Turkish War of 1768-1774, the Turks used Sujuk-Kale and the adjacent spit as a springboard for landing troops. But already in those years when the Black Sea Fleet did not yet exist, Russian squadrons came from Azov and successfully sank Turkish ships under the walls of the fortress. During the next Russian-Turkish war, Sujuk-Kale was occupied by the troops of General Rudzevich (1810) without a fight. But under the terms of the Bucharest Peace Treaty, the Russians left this territory, having previously blown up the fortifications. A decade later, the Turks themselves abandoned the ruins of Sujuk-Kale.

In 1829, according to the Treaty of Adrianople, which put an end to the next Russian-Turkish war, Tsemes Bay was finally transferred to the Russian Empire. On September 12, 1838, ships of the Russian squadron entered the harbor. A 6,000-strong landing force under the command of Nikolai Raevsky and Mikhail Lazarev landed a few kilometers from the ruins of the former Turkish stronghold. This date is now considered the founding day of Novorossiysk.

In September 1838, on the gentle slopes of the southern shore of the bay, the Novorossiysk (Konstantinovskoye) fortification was laid, consisting of a system of forts, blockhouses, earthen ramparts, ditches with drawbridges. Novorossiysk received city status in 1869; it remained the capital of the Black Sea province, the smallest in the empire, until 1920.

Soviet power in Novorossiysk was established in 1917, and in May 1918 Lenin took the initiative to scuttle the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in order to avoid fulfilling the agreements on transferring them to Germany. After the confusion and protests that arose because of this decision, some of the ships still ended up at the bottom of Tsemes Bay. Subsequently, many ships were raised, but only the Kaliakria returned to combat service, the rest of the ships were mainly dismantled for scrap.

In the summer of 1918, Novorossiysk came under the control of counter-revolutionaries and until March 1920 was the center of the white movement in southern Russia. In the conditions of the rapid advance of the Red Army, the White Guards who had accumulated in Novorossiysk began to evacuate en masse. The flight was accompanied by riots and panic. About 35,000 people were transported to Crimea and foreign lands on Russian and Allied ships.

During the Great Patriotic War, part of Novorossiysk was occupied by German and Romanian troops. They captured combat positions in September 1942, but were unable to advance further: the other part of the city was heroically defended for 225 days by Soviet sailors who occupied a bridgehead that became known as “Malaya Zemlya.” In the post-war years, Novorossiysk actively developed, receiving financial privileges and fame thanks to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, a participant in the liberation of the city from the Nazis. Novorossiysk has never had the official status of a resort city, but from Soviet times until today it receives tens of thousands of tourists every year.

Geography and climate

Novorossiysk is located in the southern latitudes of Russia, at the junction of three geographical zones - sea, steppe and mountains. It extends on the northwestern shore of Tsemes Bay, an ice-free bay in the northern Black Sea. The depth of this natural harbor reaches 27 m, its coastline extends for 15 km, and its maximum width at the entrance reaches 9 km.

Tsemes Bay is bordered by the hilly Abrau Peninsula and the picturesque relief Markotkhsky Range - the northwestern spur of the Greater Caucasus. The highest point of the mountain range on the territory of Novorossiysk is Sugarloaf (558 m), and within the city municipality the highest mountain is Markotkh (696 m). The Markotkhsky ridge is made of sandstone, limestone, clay, but its basis is marl - it is from this high-quality raw material that Novorossiysk cement plants make their products.

To the south and northwest of Novorossiysk there are two famous seaside resorts: Gelendzhik, which is only 40 km away by highway, and Anapa, located 53 km away. The distance between Novorossiysk and the capital of Russia is 1496 km by land, the time here is Moscow.

Novorossiysk is one of the few Russian cities where the climate is characterized as subtropical, close to Mediterranean. In winter, air masses of temperate latitudes dominate here, and in the summer months, sultry weather reigns. The hottest months in Novorossiysk are July and August, when daytime air temperatures often exceed +30 °C, and nighttime temperatures usually do not fall below +23 °C. During this period, the water off the coast warms up to +24…+28 °C. These same two months can boast of periodic natural excesses: sometimes thunderstorm fronts form in the waters of the bay, and tornadoes appear that reach land. Heavy rains are possible, which periodically cause floods and mudslides.

September in Novorossiysk is very warm. In the first half of the month during the day, the thermometer rarely drops below 25 degrees, the water temperature remains comfortable - at least +23 ° C. By the end of September, both indicators are approaching +20 °C. Rains are rare this month. It usually starts to get cold in Novorossiysk in the third ten days of October, when the daytime air temperature gradually drops from +15 °C to +11 °C, at night it is usually +8...+12 °C. The water off the coast cools to +16 °C by the end of October.

November in Novorossiysk usually marks the beginning of an unfavorable season, characterized by icy northeast winds called “bora”. They fall on the coast of Tsemes Bay when cold streams originating on the North Caucasus Plateau rush here, overcoming the Markotkhsky ridge. Air masses forming bizarre visible outlines approach the city from the mountains and are accompanied by heavy winds, the speed of which sometimes reaches 70 m/s. In a matter of hours, the air temperature can drop by 10-15 °C. Such winds usually plague Novorossiysk for more than 40 days a year, weakening by March. It happens that from several days to two to three weeks, Tsemes Bay becomes dangerous for navigation, and ships have to go out to the open sea during a storm.

The coldest month in Novorossiysk is January, when daytime temperatures usually fluctuate between +1...+6 °C. There are sometimes slight frosts at night, and snow falls extremely rarely. The breath of spring here begins to be felt at the end of February - beginning of March with a gradual warming of the air to +8...+10 °C during the daytime. By the end of April, the mercury columns already record +16...+18 °C, and from mid-May the air warms up to +20...+22 °C by midday. At the end of the last spring month, the water in the sea is still cool - about +18 °C, but by mid-June its temperature rises to +20...+22 °C.

Sights of Novorossiysk

For guests of Novorossiysk, the areas located on the western coast of Tsemes Bay - Central, Primorsky and Southern - are of interest. The northeastern shore is an industrial zone. There is a seaport, ship repair and carriage repair plants, and cement factories.

The calling card of the city and a favorite place for walking is the two-kilometer embankment, named after the first governor of the city, Admiral Lazar Serebryakov. Its front part is the austere Forum Square, in the center of which rises the slender stele-fountain “Naval Glory of Russia”. There is also a monument dedicated to the founders of Novorossiysk - Vice Admiral Lazarev, Rear Admiral Serebryakov, Lieutenant General Raevsky. Adjacent to the square is the Marine Station building, built in an original manner. Its left wing is crowned with a huge round superstructure resembling a “flying saucer”. Its huge panoramic windows offer spectacular views of the seaport and mountains.

Directly opposite the Marine Station building, the light cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov, which became part of the Black Sea Fleet in 1955, is permanently moored. This unique ship, superior in its parameters to many of the best light combat ships in the world, carried out military missions in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, and provided assistance to the armed forces of Egypt and Syria in the 60s of the last century. After the collapse of the USSR, the cruiser was almost scrapped, but thanks to the active position of military historians, it was decided to turn the ship into a museum. It began accepting visitors in 2002. You can only get on the ship with a tour, during which tourists visit the upper deck, where the military guns are installed, and then go down to the lower deck - the cabins of the sailors and the captain, and the officers' rest room are located here. The cost of the excursion is 250 rubles per person.

Near the cruiser you can see a touching sculpture depicting a woman with a child. She personifies the sadness of separation from sailors leaving on long journeys and the anxious anticipation of them returning from their voyage. Another local landmark is located nearby – the sculpture-fountain “Giving Water”. The sculpture in the form of a sitting girl with water flowing from her palms is full of symbolism. Since its founding, Novorossiysk has never ceased to suffer from a lack of drinking water. It was supplied to the city in barrels, tanks, and even brought by tankers from Tuapse. In 1971, the first branch of the city water supply finally began operating, and in honor of this, a fountain with a sculpture was installed on the embankment. But 30 years later, moisture practically destroyed the monument; it was dismantled and rebuilt in 2006 from stainless steel.

The embankment is decorated with other interesting sculptures. Among them are “Dolphin and the Mermaid” and the dynamic, emotional composition “Exodus”, reminiscent of the tragic events of the Civil War, when the remnants of the White Guard were forced to leave their homeland. The sculptural composition is based on a still from the film “Two Comrades Served,” preceding the sad ending in which Vladimir Vysotsky’s hero had to shoot his war horse.

To the north of the embankment, in the area of ​​​​Cape Myskhako, there is the famous memorial complex “Malaya Zemlya”. This monument, dedicated to the heroism of Soviet soldiers who fought for Novorossiysk during the Great Patriotic War, has an incredibly interesting architectural design. It is stylized as the stem of a landing craft that has rushed ashore at full speed. Its two supports, fixed on land and sea, converge at a 22-meter height, forming a kind of inclined triangular arch. At the left “side” of the symbolic ship you can see the sculptural composition “Paratroopers”, on the right – a bas-relief carved in granite, which depicts episodes of the battles for the bridgehead.

Inside the “cruiser” there is a Gallery of Military Glory with a multi-flight staircase rising to the “nose” of the architectural structure and then leading down. Walking along it to the sounds of dramatic music, visitors examine portraits of heroes and a series of granite slabs, on which the names of formations and units that defended Malaya Zemlya are imprinted in bronze letters. The staircase is topped with a sculptural composition “Oath” with a mosaic panel, the text of the oath and a gilded bronze capsule in the shape of a heart containing lists of the fallen defenders of the city.

From May 1 to September 30, the memorial complex is open from 10:00 to 19:00; the rest of the time you can visit it until 17:00. In winter, only tourist groups are accepted here. You need to pay 100 rubles for the entrance ticket.

The “Defense Line” memorial, located in the Eastern district of Novorossiysk, on the Sukhumi highway, is also dedicated to the events of the last war. It was at this line that the German troops were stopped. On one side of the monumental 40-meter stele, all the awards that the city has been awarded are depicted. On the other side, fists squeezing machine guns protrude from the wall. Nearby stands a shot freight car with ten thousand holes - such was the density of the fire.

“Line of Defense” is located near the cement plant, and in the premises of another enterprise called “Novoroscement” there is a Museum of the History of Cement. Ten halls display interesting exhibits demonstrating the development of the Russian cement industry since the 19th century. An entrance ticket to the museum costs 60 rubles.

The Novorossiysk Historical Museum-Reserve has an impressive collection dedicated to the history, culture, and nature of the city. Its 150,000 exhibits are divided into thematic exhibitions. On Sovetov Street, 58, you can see unique archaeological artifacts, weapons, and military-themed exhibitions. At Lenin Avenue, 59, the exhibitions “Old Novorossiysk”, “Historical Gold and Silver”, and dioramas dedicated to local nature are presented. At Suvorovskaya Street, 13, there is an exhibition hall where about 2 thousand works of fine art are displayed. The structure of the museum also includes the house of Nikolai Ostrovsky (Vasenko St., 21). The famous Soviet writer lived here in the late 30s of the last century. To view each of the exhibitions of the reserve museum you will need to pay from 80 to 150 rubles.

Among the pre-revolutionary architectural monuments preserved in Novorossiysk, the most spectacular is the former City House (40 Sovetov Street). Built in 1908, it was intended for commercial and public purposes. The left wing housed the bank, and the right wing housed the city government. In tsarist times, this two-story building was considered one of the most beautiful on the Black Sea coast. Next door to it, in house No. 44, today there is a city library, and at the beginning of the last century this building belonged to the merchant Gury Larin. Within its walls there was a bank, a cinema, a cafe, and a pub.

A number of ancient buildings today house educational institutions. Thus, the former mansion of tobacco magnate Abram Yukelis, adorning Karl Marx Street, hosted students of the Novorossiysk Polytechnic Institute, and the Technical and Economic Lyceum was located in the building of a men's gymnasium built in 1900 (Engelsa St., 52). The railway station building, built in 1898, destroyed in 1942-1943, and then meticulously restored in the post-war years, has also retained its original architecture.

On Vidova Street, 26, stands the main temple of Novorossiysk - the Holy Assumption Cathedral. Built in 1904, it was tested more than once: in the 30s of the last century it was closed, in 1942 services resumed here, but they were interrupted by the bombing of the advancing German troops that soon began. In the post-war period, the reconstructed church again opened its doors to believers, but in 2011 a severe fire broke out here, destroying priceless ancient icons, rare books, and the flames also damaged the interior of the church. The cathedral was restored through donations, and today services are held here daily.

Tourists who want to admire Novorossiysk from a bird's eye view can go to the Seven Winds observation deck on St. Andrew's Pass. Previously, you could get to the very top by car along a picturesque serpentine road, but today a whole system of barriers was installed 5 km before the site. It is impossible to get to the top without special permission or agreement; you have to leave your car in the parking lot and climb on foot. True, the breathtaking panoramas opening from the observation deck are worth it.

Beaches

All beaches in Novorossiysk and its surroundings are pebbly. The most popular among city residents is the Central Beach, bordering Frunze Park. It is well equipped: there are canopies to protect you from the sun, changing cabins, drinking water fountains, cafes, attractions, a shooting range, exercise equipment, rental shops for beach equipment, and a water entertainment center. The beach is always clean, the pebbles on the shore seem to be specially sorted, the pebbles are the same size. True, there are also sharp, large stones at the entrance to the water, so many vacationers wear beach shoes or dive into the water from bridges specially installed here.

Next to the Central Beach there is a beach on the Admiral Serebryakov embankment. It is also equipped with everything necessary, but here, unlike the neighboring recreation area, there are no designated corners for children and no special places for bathing people with disabilities. The entrance to the water here is gentle, but the bottom near the shore is very rocky. The coastline of this beach is quite narrow, so there is no room for cafes and bars to be located here. However, there are enough of them on the city embankment.

From the boardwalk you can go down to another beach. It is called "Neptune" after the nearby cinema. It stretches for almost a kilometer and is quite extensive. This beach is equipped only with changing rooms and toilets; there are no showers. There are always fewer people here than on the two beaches described above, and you can easily find a secluded place.

The most popular beach in Novorossiysk is the “Sudzhuk Spit”, which occupies 800 m of the spit of the same name, separating the sea from the estuary. The water here is always surprisingly clean, calm and warmer than on other beaches, which extends the swimming season in this corner of Novorossiysk. The beach is superbly equipped, the entrance to the sea is smooth, then the depth quickly increases. Along the beach line there are bars, restaurants, cafes, and during the season there are discos roaring here until the early morning. Public transport goes to the “Sudzhuk Spit” from all parts of the city, and there is a large guarded parking lot at the entrance to the beach.

On the outskirts of Novorossiysk, in the area of ​​the Seven Feet yacht club, there is a miniature wild beach. This incredibly picturesque place is rarely visited, which is why it has long been favored by nudists.

Many good beaches, “civilized” and “wild”, are located in the immediate vicinity of Novorossiysk - the villages of Abrau-Dyurso, Shirokaya Balka, Yuzhnaya Ozereevka, and the Sukhaya Shchel tract.

Entertainment in Novorossiysk

In the very center of Novorossiysk there is a magnificent park, dating back to 1876. Today it bears the name of Lenin. Here, among the beautiful alleys and secluded corners, there are cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops, and attractions for children and adults, including a Ferris wheel and a shooting gallery. The park houses a city theater and a 5D cinema, as well as a planetarium named after Yuri Gagarin, where educational and entertaining lectures are given by real professionals with inspiration. Children usually remain delighted after visiting the planetarium, as well as after a trip to the Sea Life Dolphinarium, located near the beach on the Sudzhuk Spit. During the season, there are daily performances featuring seals, sea lions and dolphins. After the show you can swim with the “actors” in the pool.

Connoisseurs of beauty should visit the Prima-Yug art gallery, which has earned the reputation of the richest and most professional fine arts gallery in the south of Russia. Excellent examples of painting, graphics, sculpture are displayed here, as well as ceramics, works of jewelers, and masters of applied arts. The gallery is located on Revolution 1905 Street, near the embankment.

There are several nightclubs in Novorossiysk, the most popular among them being Wonderland (Geroev Desantnikov St., 2). It has the largest dance floor in the south of Russia. The doors of many city restaurants and bars are open until 02:00-03:00, and in the karaoke club Air Music Hall (Dzerzhinsky Avenue, 229), you can have fun until 06:00.

The Dom Sovetov restaurant, located on Sovetov Street, 36/38, is open from 08:00 to 02:00. People come here to eat delicious food and dance to good music. Excellent cocktails are served at the Balance Bar, which also closes after midnight. The best hookah bars in Novorossiysk are called Bock (Novorossiysk Republic St., and Meduza (Pionerskaya St., 4-A).

Purchases

Those wishing to indulge in full-fledged shopping can go to the Red Square shopping center (Anapskoye Shosse, 2). This is the largest shopping center in the area of ​​Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik. There are more than 200 stores on five floors, including branded ones, a children's playground, a cinema, and a food court. Nearby, on Anapa Highway, 39-A, there is another large shopping center - Bon Passage. The third popular shopping mall is located on Heroev Parasantnikov Street, 2. Prices for clothing, especially beachwear, in Novorossiysk are noticeably lower than in resort stores in Anapa and Gelendzhik.

To remember the seaside city, tourists buy original crafts made from shells and natural wine corks, jewelry made from pearls and the same shells, and magnets. Similar products are offered in souvenir shops on the embankment, in the park named after. Lenin and on Pushkin Alley, where you can also buy paintings by local artists that you like.

Among delicious souvenirs, the palm is held by Krasnodar tea, packaged at the factories of Adler and Dagomys. Local alcoholic products are also popular - champagne produced in Abrau-Durso and wines under the Myskhako brand. In the markets of Novorossiysk, which operate in all districts of the city, you can always buy churchkhela, fruit marshmallows, honey and nuts. “Living souvenirs” are also sold here - young yuccas, blue spruces, Pitsunda pines in pots. Please note that you should not dig up exotic seedlings yourself in green areas of the city for their potential transplantation on your summer cottage. This is punishable by serious fines.

Cafes and restaurants

There are more than 200 culinary establishments in Novorossiysk, the most famous, but also the most expensive of them are located near the coast. Guests of the city praise the Enik Benik restaurant, located on the embankment and famous for its dough dishes: dumplings, dumplings, khinkali, pasties with a wide variety of fillings. However, meat and fish dishes, snacks and salads here are also of excellent quality. In summer it is always crowded here, you need to reserve places in advance. On average, a full meal for two will cost 3,000 rubles, which is a bit expensive for Novorossiysk. At a branch of this establishment, the Eniki Beniki dough cafe, located nearby, a delicious breakfast or lunch with pancakes, cheesecakes, dumplings or dumplings will cost half as much.

The trendy restaurant with dancing waiters, Steak House Ribeye (2-B Tolstogo St.), serves excellent steaks (300-600 rubles/100 g). This place is also famous for its juicy New Zealand mussels and oysters. Another stylish establishment in Novorossiysk is Hofmeister Pub (Sovetov St., 51), which has its own brewery. Here, visitors are offered 8 varieties of high-quality foaming drink (from 120 rubles per mug), which is served with burgers (from 190 rubles), chicken wings, assorted meats and cheeses, and garlic croutons. The expensive and prestigious shell factory “Ivan Rakovar” (17 Lieutenant Shmidta St.) deserves special mention. The menu includes superbly cooked crayfish, shrimp with a delicious sauce, and snails. In the evenings they dine by candlelight, and on Thursdays guests are treated to free white wine.

Fans of oriental cuisine can go to the Vostok Market restaurant (Gubernskogo str., 26) with affordable prices. Here you can treat yourself to shawarma, kharcho soup, and shish kebab. The average bill for two will be about 1,500 rubles. Excellent pilaf and shashlik made from meat or lamb liver can be enjoyed in the colorful restaurant with Uzbek cuisine “Marmarit”, located on Tolstoy Street, 1. At the same address there is a cafe-pizzeria “Academy”. Caucasian cuisine is widely represented in the atmospheric Grand Balcony restaurant on the embankment. It is worth considering that they smoke here and serve hookahs, so it is better not to come here with children.

In numerous budget cafes and eateries in Novorossiysk, you can have a snack for 500-600 rubles, and a hearty lunch for 800-1000 rubles for two.

Where to stay

There are no more than 20 hotels in Novorossiysk, and the vast majority of them correspond to categories 1-3*. But in recent years, private mini-hotels and hostels have been opening here, becoming increasingly popular. Tourists who come on vacation with a group often prefer to rent housing in apartment buildings. Daily accommodation in a furnished one-room apartment equipped with air conditioning starts from 1,100 rubles.

In 2022, the first hotel under an international chain brand, Hilton Garden Inn, opened in Novorossiysk. It is built on the shore of Tsemes Bay, within walking distance from city attractions and the beach. The hotel, which has 130 rooms, has outdoor and indoor swimming pools, a wellness area with a fitness room and massage rooms, an excellent restaurant, and a bar with a view terrace on the 8th floor. You can stay in a Hilton Garden Inn room by paying 4620-8120 rubles per day.

Another respectable temporary shelter is the atmospheric Provence-style boutique hotel Imperial Hotel & Champagne SPA, although it is located 20 km from Novorossiysk, in the village of Abrau-Dyurso. This small hotel complex with a “wine spirit”, built on the shores of the picturesque Lake Abrau, offers guests both standard rooms and spacious elegant studios. On its territory there is a swimming pool, a lobby bar, a gym, a children's playground, and a unique Champagne SPA complex. The small hotel restaurant offers excellent breakfasts with red fish and champagne tastings. Accommodation price range: from 8,565 to 22,240 rubles.

In terms of price/quality ratio, the winners in Novorossiysk are the new 3*+ Capital Hotel (Karl Marx St., 44-B), where prices start from 4,030 rubles; hotels built in the Soviet era are “Novorossiysk” on the city embankment (from 3,000 rubles per night), and “Sofia” (Sovetov St., 56), where rooms cost from 4,190 rubles.

Among inexpensive hotels, tourists praise the Ocean, located within walking distance from the beach and the Malaya Zemlya memorial, as well as the one-star Dublin and the Central mini-hotel (both are located in the center, Vidova Street). The rooms in these hotels are modest, but clean and equipped with air conditioning. The cost of living is from 1800 rubles per room.

On Mefodievskaya Street, 1-A, there is a good hostel “Prival”. Its ten rooms can accommodate from two to six people. For a bed in a dormitory room they will ask 600 rubles.

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Transport

Public transport in Novorossiysk consists of buses, trolleybuses and minibuses. They connect all areas of the city, running from 06:00 to 22:00 (buses), 23:20 (minibuses), 23:44 (trolleybuses). In 2022, fares were 25 rubles. In minibus taxis, after 21:00 there is an increased tariff - 30 rubles.

You can also travel around Novorossiysk by taxi (boarding costs from 50 rubles, each kilometer from 15 rubles) or use the services of private carriers.

Suburban minibuses depart from the bus station, located in the center of Novorossiysk, daily from 06:00 to 21:40. The movement interval is 10-30 minutes. Minibus No. 102 goes to Abrau-Dyurso, and No. 108 goes to Shirokaya Balka. Buses also regularly depart from the bus station connecting Novorossiysk with the cities and resorts of the Krasnodar Territory, Stavropol Territory, and Rostov Region.

How to get there

Novorossiysk is connected by direct rail and road connections with the largest centers of Russia. Only from Moscow 3-4 times a day (depending on the season) from the platforms of three stations - Kursky, Kazansky and Paveletsky - trains with reserved seat, compartment and VIP carriages depart here. The journey takes from 22 hours 35 minutes. () up to 30-36 hours.

Traveling by train to Novorossiysk from St. Petersburg will last from 39 hours () to 44 hours (passenger train 227A). Trains depart from the Moskovsky station platforms once every 1-2 days.

It is convenient to find out the exact train schedule and ticket prices on the Tutu.ru website.

In the summer, train tickets to Novorossiysk should be purchased in advance, since its railway station serves as a transit point for holidaymakers heading to Gelendzhik, which does not have its own train station.

Near the railway station there is a trolleybus stop No. 6. They run towards the city center at intervals of 10-15 minutes, the route runs through Sovetov Street, Lieutenant Schmidt Street, and Lenin Avenue. A bridge crossing laid over the railway track will lead you to a public transport stop, from where trolleybuses No. 2, 3, 6, 9, 12-14 regularly depart. The trip from the station to the central areas takes 15-20 minutes.

Bus service between Moscow and Novorossiysk is served by several carriers. Buses depart from the capital's bus stations "Central" (Shchelkovo bus station) and "Novoyasenevskaya". The exact flight schedule should be checked at information desks at the points of departure. A trip to Novorossiysk from Moscow will last at least 22 hours and 20 minutes.

Novorossiysk does not have its own airport, so travelers from Moscow and St. Petersburg who do not want to spend a day on the road can travel by air to Anapa or Gelendzhik. Several airlines operate direct flights to the airports of these resorts every day.

Buses leave from Anapa bus station to Novorossiysk daily from 06:00 to 22:10. They follow a direct route or transit through Novorossiysk. The movement interval is from 20 to 55 minutes. The trip takes 1 hour 10 minutes. Ticket prices start from 95 rubles. You can get to the Anapa bus station from the airport by buses No. 102, 103, 105, 106, 112, 612 or by taxi, paying from 350 rubles.

It is convenient to get from Gelendzhik to Novorossiysk by buses departing from the new bus station located on Obezdnaya Street, 3. Many transit flights pass through it every day with a stop in Novorossiysk. Buses run from 05:20 to 20:50, the interval is from 10 minutes, the cost of tickets is from 98 rubles. You will spend from 50 minutes to an hour and a half on the way.

A little history

For the first time these regions began to be populated during the Paleolithic era. Before our era, the modern area of ​​Novorossiysk was occupied by the Greek city of Bata (specialization - trade). Three centuries later it was destroyed. Later, the territory of the bay was in the possession of the Golden Horde. The Genoese built a fortress called Batario. In 1453, these lands were conquered by the Ottoman Turks. And only in 1829 the territory became the property of Russia. In 1838, about six thousand Russian troops landed here. Currently, this year is considered the founding of the city. After 28 years, Novorossiysk becomes the center of the Black Sea District. The population at that time was only 430 people. From that moment on, the city began to develop. The first factories were built, the railway appeared.

When the war was going on, Novorossiysk was occupied by the troops of Nazi Germany. For the feat before the Fatherland, the courage shown during hostilities, and repulsing the enemy in 1973, he was awarded the title of Hero City.

Primorsky district

The Primorsky district includes 13 microdistricts and nearby villages (Tsemdolina, Kirillovka, Borisovka). Housing can be chosen to suit every taste - private houses, townhouses, old high-rise buildings, new buildings. Primorsky district is most famous for its traffic jams - in the morning and evening, as well as during rush hour, vehicles are stopped. The journey to and from work takes a lot of time. Plus, the abundance of transport is associated with air pollution from exhaust gases. Another relative disadvantage is the distance from the sea; it will take a long drive to get there, especially considering the traffic jams. But at the same time, the infrastructure is quite developed - there is everything for a comfortable stay. The cost of housing and rent is average, in the villages it is slightly lower.

City today

Today the city of Novorossiysk is a major port, industrial center, and an outpost of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Although it has access to the sea, it is not a resort. The city itself is divided into 5 districts. Mayor – V.I. Sinyagovsky.

Novorossiysk is a rapidly growing, developing city with a rich infrastructure. 5 cement factories were built on its territory. In this area, it is the most important center in the southern part of Russia. Mechanical engineering and the woodworking industry are also equally important areas. Novorossiysk wines are valued throughout the country. They are produced by local agricultural companies.

The city has many stores of different levels: from ordinary to hypermarkets, not only regional chains, but also federal ones. There are 8 markets and the same number of catering establishments.

Transport[edit]

Novorossiysk is connected by rail and road transport with the main industrial and populated areas of Russia, Transcaucasia and Central Asia. Public transport within the city consists of city buses, trolleybuses and minibuses

(taxis are sent). However, over time, more and more people rely on cars as their primary means of transportation.

The nearest airports (Gelendzhik Airport, Anapa Airport and Krasnodar Airport, located 33 km (21 mi), 53 km (33 mi) and 172 km (107 mi) from the city, respectively, offer flights to many Russian cities.

Panoramic view of the port

Attractions

The following attractions are popular in the tourism industry: the Mikhail Kutuzov Museum on the Water, the Cement Industry Museum, the Malaya Zemlya Memorial Historical Museum-Monument, the Fire Frontier Memorial Historical Complex, the Holy Hand Spring, and the Lutheran Church.

Everyone who comes to the city, even for a short time, strives to get to the embankment. The street is named after Admiral Serebryakov. There are a lot of monuments, compositions and sculptures here. The most famous of them: dedicated to the founders of the city, an unknown sailor, a girl on a dolphin. The city beach located on this street, the cruiser museum, and Cape of Love are popular.

Those who appreciate the classics of the genre in cinema will be pleased to see the monument to Geshi Kozodoev (one of the main characters of the famous film “The Diamond Arm”), it is located not far from the embankment. Little tourists will be delighted with the entertainment in the park named after. Lenin.

Environment[edit]

Novorossiysk is not a resort town, but Anapa in the north and Gelendzhik in the south. Novorossiysk is under the jurisdiction of several urban settlements. The most famous is Abrau-Durso, which consists of a town on the shore of Lake Abrau and a village on the Black Sea, connected by a winding mountain road.

The Novorossiysk region is one of the main wine-growing regions of Russia. The wineries of Abrau-Durso, established by Tsar Alexander III in 1870, produces table and sparkling wines for domestic consumption.

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4. "26. The size of the permanent population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
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   “The population of Russia, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation as part of federal districts, urban settlements, settlements, settlements is 3 thousand or more people” [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal districts, districts Urban settlements, rural settlements - administrative centers and rural settlements with a population of over 3,000] (XLS). All-Russian Population Census 2002
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9. “All-Union Population Census of 1989. The current population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous regions and districts, territories, negative phenomena, urban settlements and rural district centers” [All-Union Population Census of 1989: current population of union and autonomous republics, Autonomous regions and districts , territories, regions, districts, towns and villages performing the functions of district administrative centers. All-Union Population Census of 1989 [All-Union Population Census of 1989]
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10. ^ ab Green, Caitlin (19 May 2015). "Medieval 'New England': A Forgotten Anglo-Saxon Colony on the Northeast Black Sea Coast". Retrieved February 25, 2022.
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Religious sites

To get acquainted with the religious sites of Novorossiysk, it is worth visiting the following temples:

1. Church of the Life-Giving Trinity stands on the street Proletarskaya, 13 and belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church MP. Initially, a wooden structure was built here at the end of the 19th century, but over time the small church could not accommodate all the parishioners and in 1906 a new stone building was consecrated. During Stalin's time, holding services here was prohibited, and in 1957 the sanctuary was blown up. Six years later, a cinema was built on this site, and only in 1996 did the authorities allow the building to be used for church purposes. Currently, the building and the entire surrounding area belongs to the Holy Trinity Parish.

2. Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary located at: st. Vidova, 26. Its construction began at the end of the 19th century. and after the completion of construction work, the structure was consecrated as the Sorrow Church. During Stalin's times, the parish was closed, and in 1942 services were resumed. Since the end of the Second World War, this has been the only Orthodox church in the city. The building is a small one-domed rectangular temple with a vestibule and a refectory. In 2011, a fire broke out and destroyed the building, and restoration work is now underway to rebuild the cathedral.

3. The Church of Russian Confessors and New Martyrs is located on the street. Pionerskaya, 1 and was consecrated in 2002. It contains a large number of relics of holy saints, and in the altar there is a piece of the Lord’s Cross. The church has a library, a Sunday school, a missionary center and a chapel service. The temple complex was built in the same style and attracts tourists with its appearance.

Museums

Museum lovers in the hero city should visit the following historical places:

1. Cruiser named after M. Kutuzova was built at the Nikolaev Shipyard in 1951, and 4 years later it became part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Since 2002, a museum has been located here, allowing tourists to get acquainted with the history of the Black Sea Fleet and the life of sailors. The ship is installed on the embankment. Serebryakova, 2A.

2. The exhibition of military equipment is located near the Sudzhuk Spit and is part of the Malaya Zemlya ensemble. The main exhibits are Soviet military equipment from the Second World War. The peculiarity of most of the exhibits is that they were raised from the seabed.
3. The Cement Production Museum is located on Sukhumskoe Highway, 60. In it, visitors will learn about the development and successes in this industry. In 10 large halls there are more than 50 thousand exhibits demonstrating the history of the appearance of cement and models of the equipment involved in its production.
4. House-museum of the writer N. Ostrovsky stands on the street Vlasenko, 21. The playwright spent the most difficult period of his life in this building. Finding himself bedridden, he studied on his own. In this house Nikolai Alekseevich met his future wife R. Matsyuk. During the Second World War, the building was destroyed and subsequently restored. In 1983, a museum was opened here, where the life of the writer is presented and his works are exhibited.

5. The historical museum reserve was founded in the hero city in 1916. All its exhibits were lost during the war. And after the liberation of Novorossiysk, the ensemble began to be restored literally from scratch. Currently, the complex includes the following objects: a group of various stationary exhibitions; an exhibition entitled “Weapons and equipment of the Second World War”; memorial composition “Death Valley”; ensemble dedicated to the heroes of the Civil and Patriotic War.

The historical reserve is located at: st. Soviets, 58

Train Station

The railway station in Novorossiysk is a station in the Krasnodar region of the North Caucasus Railway. Station type - freight. The number of platforms is 3, the number of tracks is 5. Popular long-distance train destinations: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vorkuta, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Vladikavkaz. There are also seasonal train services on the following routes: Izhevsk, Saratov, Chelyabinsk, Ufa, Kazan, Sosnogorsk, Tambov, Priobye. In addition to long-distance trains, commuter trains to Novorossiysk run through the railway station in Novorossiysk.

Monuments

Tourists planning to visit the hero city should see the following monuments:

1. "Sailor with a Grenade" installed on Lenin Ave., because it was here that the 1st defense line ran in 1943. The opening of the monument in 1972 is dedicated to the fact that 29 years ago the city was liberated from the Nazis. The height of the monument is 3 m, and its width is 4 m. It is presented in the form of a high obelisk, on which a sailor holding a grenade is carved. On the reverse side of the pedestal there is a map with all the defense lines and the names of the military units that defended this land.

2. Admiral M.P. Lazarev is considered the founder of the city, and in 1996 the official opening of a monument dedicated to him took place. The bust of the great naval commander was made at a local shipyard and installed on the city embankment.
3. Complex "Defense Line" is located on the eastern coast of Tsemes Bay near. The memorial ensemble was opened in 1978 and is dedicated to the defenders of the country who stopped the Nazis on the way to the Caucasus. The memorial is made of iron and concrete, and on one side of it all the Novorossiysk awards are presented. In the center of the complex there is a map with the actual line of defense of those years. From a reverse angle you can see 4 hands tightly holding machine guns. Memorial plaques with inscriptions are installed on a separate pedestal.

4. Monument to torpedomen of the Second World War rises on the city embankment in memory of the Black Sea sailors. The sculpture stands on a pedestal that looks like a wave. On such torpedo ships, under powerful enemy fire, an attack took place in 1943, followed by the landing of paratroopers, and for 5 days. the city was liberated from enemies.

5. An obelisk dedicated to the founders of Novorossiysk is installed on the embankment in the Historical Park. It was opened in 2001. All figures are made of bronze and stand on a granite pedestal, the height of which is 4 m. The names of all the founders of the hero city are engraved on the pedestal.

Automobile highways

Federal highways pass through Novorossiysk:

• M4 "Don" is a highway that has the status of an object of federal significance and is part of the European route E115. The total length of the route is 1544 km. The road originates in Moscow and passes through Dzhubga, Voronezh, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don. The end of the M4 route is Novorossiysk. The road surface is asphalt concrete and cement concrete.
• E97 is a European route of category “A”, the total length of which is 1360 km. The highway originates in the Ukrainian city of Kherson and passes through Sochi, Dzhankoy, Poti, Sukhum, Trabzon, Novorossiysk. The final point of the route is the Turkish city of Ashkale.
• E115 is a European route that passes only through Russia. The total length of the highway is 1,730 km. The route starts in Yaroslavl and passes through Voronezh, Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar. The end of the European route E115 is Novorossiysk.