Gudauta
| Gudauta Гәдоуҭа Гудаута |
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| გუდაუთა | |||
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 Abkhazia (de facto) Georgia (de jure)
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| Rajon : | Gudauta district | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 6 ′ N , 40 ° 37 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 14,136 (2009) | ||
| Time zone : | Moscow Time (UTC + 3) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+7 840) 24xxxxx | ||
| License plate : | DEP | ||
| Community type: | city | ||
| Mayor : | Daur Wosba | ||
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Gudauta ( Abkhazian Гәдоуҭа / Gudouta; Russian Гудаута ; Georgian გუდაუთა ) is a city in Abkhazia .
The resort is located on the Black Sea coast , 37 kilometers northwest of Sukhumi . Gudauta has 7700 inhabitants (as of 2003 ) and houses a military base of the CIS peacekeeping forces ( CISPKR ) in Abkhazia.
Geography and climate
Gudauta is enclosed in the north and north-east by a high mountain range of the Greater Caucasus . These are covered with snow for almost seven months a year.
The climate is subtropical . The very warm summer with average temperatures of 24 ° C in July is followed by an only moderately cold winter with an average temperature of 6 ° C in January. The annual rainfall is 1460 mm. It is stormy only eight days a year, mainly in spring.
tourism
The swimming season in Gudauta lasts from mid-May to October. The course season is all year round. The city has a hotel, rest homes and boarding houses, a sanatorium and a health clinic. Diseases of the respiratory organs , the cardiovascular system and the metabolism are treated. Mainly air, sun and sea baths are offered. The beach consists of gravel, which is edged with sand in the eastern part.
history
Fishermen and farmers settled in the area as early as the Neolithic Age . The city emerged at the end of the 19th century. It has been a health resort since 1926 . The name Gudauta comes from an old legend . It is about the love of the young singer Gudi for Princess Ute . She was doomed because her families lived in hostility. So they committed together at the site of the present city suicide .
The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, built between the 8th and 9th centuries, is located near Gudauta. It is adorned with rich fresco paintings and inscriptions from the 14th century and houses the grave of the Abkhazian prince Safar-Bey, who died in 1821 . To the southeast of the cathedral are the ruins of the palace of the princes of Abkhazia from the 16th century. At the end of the Caucasus War in 1864, the palace became the seat of the administration of the Russian district of Sukhumi (Russian Сухумский округ). In 1866 it was stormed and destroyed in the Abkhazian Peasants' War.
Military base
Until 1991, the 345th Guards Paratroop Regiment of the Soviet airborne troops was stationed at the bombera military airfield near Gudauta . After the independence of Georgia, the 50th military base of the Group of Russian Armed Forces in Transcaucasia (GRVZ) was established there.
During the Abkhazian civil war from 1992 to 1993 , Gudauta was a center of secessionist resistance against the Georgian government troops . According to eyewitnesses, the Russian military base trained secessionist irregulars. Russian units from Gudauta are said to have fought on the part of the irregulars against Georgia from day one.
1999 undertook Russia in a joint statement on the OSCE summit in Istanbul , to close the military base. In 2001 the 50th military base was officially closed. The Bombera airfield was placed under the command of the CIS Peacekeeping Forces (CISPKR) in Abkhazia. The 345th Air Force Regiment became the 10th Air Force Regiment of the CISPKR. Russia is said to have largely withdrawn its personnel and military equipment, but refused to allow the OSCE to inspect the airfield. Georgia therefore suspected Russia of continuing to use him to support the secessionist government in Abkhazia.
Since 2010 the airfield has been used by the Russian 7th military base.
sons and daughters of the town
- Sergei Schamba (* 1951), politician
- Oleg Chopjorski (* 1959), Russian sailor
- Roman Chagba (born 1964), football player
- Achrik Zweiba (* 1966), soccer player
- Denis Zargusch (* 1987), wrestler
Web links
- Gudauta Tourism (ru)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Владимир Мухин: Абхазский плацдарм , nvo.ng.ru February 18, 2010.
- ↑ Oleg Khopyorsky in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
