Weather Novorossiysk

Webcam description

In English
Novorossiysk, Svobody-Mira streets crossing & view to Tsemesskaya bay

In the native language of the webcam owner
Новороссийск, перекрёсток улиц Свободы-Мира и вид на Цемесскую бухту

Enlarge map Webcam location

Further information about Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk (Circassian: Цӏэмэз, "Ts'emez") is a city in southern Russia, the main Russian port on the Black Sea, in Krasnodar Krai. It is one of the few cities honoured with the Soviet title of the Hero City. Population: 281,400 (2005 est); 246,900 (2004 est); 232,079 (2002 Census). History: In antiquity, the shores of the Tsemess Bay were the site of Bata, an ancient Greek colony that specialized in the grain trade. It is mentioned in the works of Strabo and Ptolemy, among others. The Genoese merchants from the Ghisolfi family maintained a trade outpost there in the Middle Ages. Archaeological investigation of the area is in its infancy, but some interesting items have already been uncovered. Since 1722, the bay was commanded by the Ottoman fortress of Sujuk-Qale or Soğucak. After the coastline was ceded to Russia in 1829 as a result of a Russo-Turkish War, the admirals Mikhail Lazarev and Nikolay Raevsky founded an eastern base for the Black Sea Fleet on the shore in 1838. Named ... Read more about Novorossiysk on Wikipedia

Comments