Gelendzhik

city Gelendzhik Геленджик flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia region Krasnodar Urban district Gelendzhik mayor Victor Chrestin Founded 1831 City since 1915 surface 123  km² population 54,980 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 447 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 30  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86141 Post Code 353460-353497 License Plate 23, 93, 123 OKATO 03 408 Website www.gelendzhik.org Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 33 '  N , 38 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 33 '0 "  N , 38 ° 5' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Krasnodar Territory

List of cities in Russia

Gelendzhik ( Russian Геленджик ) is a city with 54,980 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Krasnodar region in Russia . The city is one of the most important tourist and recreational centers on the Russian Black Sea coast.

geography

Panorama of Gelendzhik taken from the green slopes of the Markchot Mountains. The city hugs the shores of the bay like an amphitheater

Gelendzhik is located on the north-eastern Black Sea coast in the Russian foothills of the Caucasus , about 90 km southwest of the regional capital Krasnodar . The closest cities are: Novorossiysk (31 km northwest of Gelendzhik), Abinsk (35 km north), Krymsk (43 km north) and Anapa (71 km northwest).

The climate in and around Gelendzhik is almost subtropical and its properties are comparable to the climate of the south coast of the Crimean peninsula or the south-eastern metropolis of Sochi . A hot and dry summer, a moderately warm autumn and a mild, mostly snow-free winter are common. The annual average temperature of the air is 13.5 ° C. Due to its location on the Black Sea and the favorable climatic conditions, Gelendzhik has the status of a climatic health resort . 250 days of sunshine a year enable a swimming season from May to October. The water of the Black Sea has an average temperature of +15.5 ° C per year, in summer it rises to +28 ° C.

At a distance of 17 km from the city is the Parus rock , which has been declared a natural monument by the Gelendzhik authorities.

history

The first settlements in the area of ​​today's city already existed several centuries before Christ, including a Greek trading town and a Roman fortress , the remains of which have been preserved to this day. Later there was a Circassian settlement in this area , which belonged to the Ottoman Empire until 1829, when these areas became part of the Russian Empire with the Peace of Adrianople .

The Assumption Cathedral in Gelendzhik

In 1831 the present-day city of Gelendzhik was finally founded, at that time as one of the fortresses on Russia's new southern borders. Until the end of the 19th century the Cossacks were the main part of the population of the place. In the course of the century the place was renamed depending on its status, so it was called 1864-1870 Gelendzhikskaya (Геленджикская) and 1870-1896 Gelendzhikskoje (Гелендикское). The origin of the toponym Gelendzhik is believed to be in the Turkish language ("gelin", English "bride" and "-cik" in the sense of "-lein").

With the construction of a paved road from Novorossiysk to Sukhumi , which passed Gelendzhik, tourism began to establish itself in the place. In 1900 the first sanatorium was opened in Gelendzhik, which marked the beginning of the place as a spa town. Gelendzhik received town charter in 1915 and since then has developed into a town mainly focused on tourism and health resorts. At the beginning of the 1940s, the annual number of spa guests was around 60,000. In 1970 the Council of Ministers of the USSR declared Gelendzhik to be one of the “spa towns of importance throughout the Union”.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	10,721
1959	14,131
1970	29,086
1979	36,533
1989	47,711
2002	50,012
2010	54,980

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Chairlift in Gelendzhik

Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ / URKG)

The city's entire tourist infrastructure includes around 180 facilities with a total capacity of over 40,000 places. The most popular recreational time in Gelendzhik is September, when the weather in this area is particularly mild with an average air temperature of 25 ° C and a water temperature of 23 ° C.

Industry is relatively insignificant in Gelendzhik with only a few food and wood processing plants. Among other things, viticulture is carried out in the vicinity of the city . There is a monitoring station of the SDKM system on site.

Gelendzhik is on the M4 and M27 highways . There is no own railway connection, the nearest train station is in Novorossiysk . Gelendzhik Airport was completed in 2010 .

Attractions

Gelendzhik's calling card is the spa promenade on the shore. Pavilions and buildings were renovated. The center of the city is brightly lit at night and is decorated with flower beds. The tourism season opens annually with the carnival in early June. The Russian Festival of the Arts "Southern Nights" also takes place once a year in Gelendzhik.

Further educational institutions

• Branch of Taganrog State Radio Technical University
• Branch of the Kuban State University
• Gelendschik Art Institute
• Gelendzhik Administrative Institute

Town twinning

• Angoulême , France (since 1977)
• Hildesheim , Germany (since 1992)
• Vitebsk , Belarus

Personalities

• Lev Tichomirow (1852-1923), member of the Narodnaya Volya and publicist
• Iossif Abramow (* 2001), billiards player and world champion

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)

Web links

Commons : Gelendzhik  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• Historical photos of Gelendzhik (Russian)
• Gelendzhik on mojgorod.ru (Russian)