Novorossiysk

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Novorossiysk (disambiguation) .

city Novorossiysk Новороссийск flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia region Krasnodar Urban district Novorossiysk mayor Vladimir Sinyagovsky Founded 1838 City since 1866 surface 835  km² population 241,952 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 290 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8617 Post Code 353900-353925 License Plate 23, 93, 123 OKATO 03 420 Website novoros.com Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 43 '  N , 37 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 43 '0 "  N , 37 ° 46' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Krasnodar Territory

List of cities in Russia

Novorossiysk ( Russian Новороссийск ) is a Russian port city in the Krasnodar Territory . It is located on the Black Sea in the western foothills of the Caucasus Mountains and has 241,952 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

The city has had a new two-kilometer promenade since 2006. Novorossiysk is a university town, a cultural center and an important business location. It is also important as a naval base for the Russian Black Sea Fleet .

history

View of Novorossiysk

Street in Novorossiysk

Beaches near the city

Black Sea promenade

The ancient Greeks founded a colony called Bata on the site of today's city . The place became a Genoese trading post in the 12th and 13th centuries and was later conquered by the Ottoman Empire . The Ottomans built a fortress called Sudjuk Kale at the mouth of the Zemes River in order to conduct the slave trade from here. In 1808 the fortress was conquered by Russia . The city was founded in 1838 on the site of the fortress destroyed by the Russians in 1812. Its name goes back to the province of New Russia (Novorossija) . Novorossiysk was the capital of the Black Sea Governorate , which was formed in 1896 and existed until 1918/20. At the beginning of the 20th century the port was expanded and an economic boom followed.

During the Second World War , the city was the scene of fierce fighting in 1942/43. Novorossiysk was the easternmost point on the Black Sea coast to which the German Wehrmacht advanced in the 1942 summer offensive . Since this was fought off here, Novorossiysk received the award of a hero city in 1973 (the then head of state and party leader Leonid Brezhnev was deployed as a political officer south of the city).

The former Italian battleship Giulio Cesare was accepted into the Soviet Navy as Novorossiysk in 1949 in honor of the city . The cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov , which was closest to the battleship in the Novorossiysk explosion and supported the ship's crew, is now a museum ship in the city's port.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	16,897
1939	95,240
1959	93,461
1970	132,744
1979	159,135
1989	185.938
2002	232.079
2010	241,952

Note: census data

economy

The port of Novorossiysk is the largest seaport in Russia in terms of turnover. Mainly oil is shipped (a pipeline from Central Asia leads here), along with grain. The cement industry is one of the most important industries. One of the few wine-growing regions in Russia is also located in the vicinity of Novorossiysk .

traffic

Novorossiysk is connected to the Russian capital Moscow by the M4 Don highway .

military

The 7th Guards Airborne Division of the Russian airborne troops is stationed in Novorossiysk .

Sports

In football , the city is represented by the Chernomorets Novorossiysk club .

sons and daughters of the town

• Wladimir Kokkinaki (1904–1985), test pilot
• Konstantin Kokkinaki (1910–1990), test pilot
• Yevgeny Sawizki (1910–1990), fighter pilot
• Mordecai Seter (1916–1994), Israeli composer
• Eugenija Šimkūnaitė (1920–1996), botanist and phytotherapist
• Vladimir Lomeiko (1935–2009), diplomat
• Tatiana Selenzowa (* 1948), hurdler and trainer
• Yevgeny Kaspersky (* 1965), entrepreneur
• Emir-Ussejin Kuku (* 1976), Crimean Tatar human rights activist
• Vladimir But (born 1977), football player
• Denis Popow (* 1979), football player
• Anna Vinnitskaya (* 1983), pianist

Remarkable structures

• Novorossiysk TV tower , concrete structure, height: 261 m, completed in 1996

Town twinning

Novorossiysk lists the following twin cities :

• Plymouth , UK
• Varna , Bulgaria
• Livorno , Italy
• Constanța , Romania
• Valparaíso , Chile
• Samsun , Turkey
• Gainesville (Florida) , United States
• Gijón , Spain
• Tomsk , Russia
• Heilbronn , Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Information from the port company , accessed on July 26, 2012

Web links

Commons : Novorossiysk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Novorossiysk  - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

• Mojgorod.ru: Novorossijsk (Russian)
• Novorossiysk: The largest ice-free port of the Black Sea on Russia Beyond the Headlines: News from Russia