The city is a port. The city is a hero. Novorossiysk. Boat trip along Tsemes Bay: sea, mountains, ships of Tsemes Bay of the Black Sea map
Novorossiysk is a small city in the southwest of the Krasnodar region of Russia with a population of just under 300 thousand inhabitants. Due to vacationers, the population increases to 450 thousand people. At the same time, the national composition of the city is quite diverse and unique: the bulk of the population is Russian, followed in smaller numbers by Ukrainians, Poles, Czechs, Germans, Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Georgians and Tatars.
On the seashore I remember the city, it is in the sparkles of dawn,
Surprisingly bright and somehow unprecedentedly clean.
You recognize him, he is alone on a huge planet,
Has a proud, beautiful name, Novorossiysk.
There in the port the merchant ship is loading again,
And the warship is forever laid up.
I'm drunk with this city! Happily drunk!
He is far away now and it hurts my heart....
Trofimova Anna
city - port
The main attraction of Novorossiysk can be called Tsemes Bay, on the shore of which the city stands. On the maps, however, it is marked as Novorossiysk. This is the largest bay on the Russian Black Sea coast. Its length is 15 kilometers, width at the entrance is 9 kilometers, depth is 21-27 meters. The Tsemes River flows here, after which the bay is named.
Tsemes Bay
The climate in Novorossiysk is close to the Mediterranean. The strong winds characteristic of the city may be caused by the invasion of cold air from the North Caucasus Plateau onto the Black Sea coast.
Novorossiysk bora
Every year, most often from November to March, a strong wind blows in the city area, which is called the nor'easter, or bora. It can be so strong that it uproots trees and blows off the roofs of houses. Masses of cold air passing through the mountains look like giant clouds of cotton candy. If a nor'easter blows, the air temperature can drop by 10 - 15 degrees in a matter of hours.
Founding Fathers of Novorossiysk
The monument to the founding fathers of Novorossiysk, Lieutenant General Nikolai Raevsky, Rear Admiral Lazar Serebryakov and Vice Admiral Mikhail Lazarev, was installed in the Historical Park of the embankment.
Being located on the coast of the Novorossiysk Bay of the Black Sea, the city is the largest port, including passenger, cargo ports and an oil harbor. A huge cargo turnover passes through Novorossiysk, especially by sea, and almost the entire coast of the city is occupied by berths for ships that transport various cargoes: cement, grain, oil, metal, timber, etc.
Cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov"
By the will of fate, the artillery cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov" became the last ship to survive, and thanks to the struggle of veterans of the cruiser, it was preserved as a monument to the fleet and the era, as an example of shipbuilding, as a museum, as a base for training future generations of sailors.
Museum ship
The cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov" is permanently moored at the marine terminal of the hero city of Novorossiysk. Admiral Serebryakov Embankment.
Cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov": Displacement: 16,300 tons. Dimensions: length - 210 m, width - 22 m, draft - 7.3 m. Maximum speed: 33 knots. Cruising range: 9000 miles at 16 knots. The cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov" was transferred to Novorossiysk from Sevastopol on August 23-25, 2001 and was opened as a museum ship on July 28, 2002, Navy Day.
Many merchant and passenger ships enter Tsemes Bay all year round, but they say that not all of them, leaving it, safely reach their destination. In the bay, at a depth of 47 meters, lies the Russian Titanic (Admiral Nakhimov), a passenger steamer that sank for unknown reasons. Besides it, many more ships from different times sank here. According to sailors, navigational instruments in Tsemes Bay, for some unknown reason, often fail, and divers claim that diving in this area is associated with a huge risk to life. Many people call Tsemes Bay an anomalous underwater zone.
Small land. Museum
During the Second World War, in particular throughout 1942, German troops rushed to the city. Active, fierce and purposeful. In September, the Germans broke into the city, capturing the most important life support facilities, the station and major railway junctions. The middle of the war, that is, the winter of 1943, after the Battle of Stalingrad, the initiative passed to our troops. The Germans were forced to immediately abandon their positions and retreat beyond defensive lines of a rather strong nature.
After fierce street fighting that took place in Novorossiysk, the city was completely liberated. In 1973, Novorossiysk was officially recognized as a hero city. On the territory of Novorossiysk there are many famous monuments, monuments and other historical buildings. The “Malaya Zemlya” monument, dedicated to the heroic landing, consists of two reinforced concrete masses (in appearance reminiscent of a deanery ship) with carved bas-reliefs of sailors and soldiers. At the foot of the memorial is the Eternal Flame.
Monument Memorial
In the middle of the “ship” is the Museum of Military Glory. Not far from this place is a museum of Soviet and captured military equipment. Its territory is divided into concrete squares, in the holes of which 1,419 poplars are planted, equal to the number of days during which the Second World War lasted. “Rubezh” and “Kneeling Sailor” are also historical monuments.
The monument-ensemble "Malaya Zemlya" is part of the memorial complex "To the Heroes of the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War of 1941 -1945." - located on the shores of Tsemes Bay.
The monument-ensemble “Malaya Zemlya” stands on the shore of Tsemes Bay. There is a memorial landing ship installed here, on the left side of which there is a bronze nine-figure sculptural group “Landing” - a sailor, an infantryman, a commander and a female medical instructor prepared for battle. On the other side of the ship, from the sea side, there is another multi-figure memorial - soldiers ready for an attack.
Malaya Zemlya Museum
Inside the monument there is a gallery of military glory. The Malaya Zemlya complex includes another interesting museum - the Museum of Military Equipment of the Great Patriotic War.
The museum is small. The main part of the exhibits is military equipment of the Second World War, mainly Soviet. Enemy equipment is represented by an anti-tank gun, and there are also parts of an American fighter. Many trophies were recovered from the seabed.
Monument-ensemble "Defense Line"
The massive feat of the defenders of Novorossiysk is immortalized in the memory of the people. Near the highway on the south-eastern outskirts of the city, on a pedestal stands the skeleton of a railway carriage, riddled with bullets and fragments of shells and mines - a relic of the Great Patriotic War.
To commemorate the heroic defense of Novorossiysk, a monument was erected in the center of the city - a three-figure composition of soldiers with machine guns and a banner. On the pedestal there is an inscription: “To the warriors who defended the city of Novorossiysk 1943.”
Alley of Hero Cities of Novorossiysk. The dates for conferring the title are given, not decrees on awarding Gold Star medals and Orders of Lenin to cities that received the title of Hero City earlier: Novorossiysk - from September 14, 1973
In memory of the heroic exploits of the paratroopers in 1968, a torpedo boat was installed on a concrete pedestal in the shape of a high-rising wave. The monument became a symbol of all the boats that took part in the battles for Novorossiysk in September 1943. The author of the monument is the architect N. Nikitin. 
In 1960, a monument to the “Unknown Sailor” was unveiled on the Admiral Serebryakov embankment. On a high granite pedestal stood a 7-meter bronze figure of a sailor with a machine gun on his shoulder. The monument became a symbol of the courage of the Black Sea soldiers.
Alley of Cities - Heroes
On the alley near Frunze Park
Wonderful places for a walk can rightfully be considered the city embankment, which offers a magnificent view of the ships, the marine terminal and Heroes Square, on the territory of which there is a park and monuments to war heroes.
"The Fate of a Sailor"
anchor embankment
Virgin with roses. Singing fountain in the center of Novorossiysk
Until the 70s, Novorossiysk did not have its own fresh water. Especially in summer, the small local water reserves near the city became depleted. Water was transported to the city by tankers from Tuapse. Residents were always waiting for water tankers to appear. In the early 70s, a decision was made to build a water pipeline from the Kuban. When water from the Kuban came to Novorossiysk (the Troitsky group water supply system started working), a sculpture-fountain “Giving Water” appeared on the embankment opposite the coastal beach.
Fountain "Giving Water"
monument to A.S. Pushkin
Monument to Natalya Goncharova
Admiral Serebryakov Embankment.
The sculpture “Dolphin and the Mermaid” was installed in 2007 in Novorossiysk. Sculptors T.M. Sinelnikova, A.I. Suvorov.
Novorossiysk Planetarium named after Yu. Gagarin
The Novorossiysk Planetarium named after Yu. Gagarin is the only one in the Krasnodar region and one of twenty planetariums in Russia. Here you can admire the starry sky, determine the location of the planets, listen to a story about constellations, comets, stars, and see the northern lights.
Sculpture at the Novorossiysk College of Construction and Economics
Bell tower of the Assumption Cathedral. Assumption Cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
cross Cross erected in honor of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ
The building of the Novorossiysk sea trade port
Hall of the seaport of Novorossiysk.
and this is how dry cargo is loaded onto ships. Hence the name “Dry cargo ship”... Anyone who does not live on the seashore does not know how they load or how they transport...
and this is an oil tanker. Hence the name “Nalivnyak”...
but this, too, one might say, is a monument...
This cargo ship sank on November 11, 2007 during a storm and washed ashore near Novorossiysk. Built at the Yildirim shipyard (Istanbul, Turkey). Gross tonnage: 955 tons. Deadweight: 2103 tons
Winery "Myskhako". Myskhako winery logo
A few kilometers from Novorossiysk is the village of Myskhako, where one of the oldest wine-making companies in Russia is located. There is also a tasting room here. Here you can not only try different types of wine, but also look at unique archaeological finds from antiquity - amphoras, pithos, bowls.
Tsemes Bay is a water area that is now occupied by one of the largest sea trading ports of the Black Sea and Russia in general. The bay washes the shores of the hero city of Novorossiysk.
If you find yourself in this wonderful town, just come to the embankment and enjoy the grandeur of the port. Also every half hour in the summer, pleasure boats depart from the central embankment. An hour-long trip around the bay is very affordable - 200 rubles. per person, so I advise
Novorossiysk is a port of world significance, which is why you can meet ships from all over the world here. Here, for example, straight from Panama, unloaded near the administrative building of the organization 
These are the pleasure boats 
And this is the edge of a bunna (breakwater) with a lighthouse at the end. They are built in order to protect ships from storms, which are so frequent in these places in the autumn-winter period 
Three red and white pipes near the mountain are another cement plant, of which there are more than enough in the Novorossiysk region 
As you have probably already noticed, the mountains around these factories have a rather modified topography. There's no escape - the main raw material comes from them 
In the lower right corner between the mountains there is the resort village of Kabardinka, administratively belonging to the Novorossiysk region 
The oil loading part is also present here and is located at the edge of the port 
This is what a floating crane looks like 
Warships sail here constantly 
Not far from the Sudzhuk Spit there is a panoramic view of the city itself. And this memorial dedicated to the Great Patriotic War is called “Malaya Zemlya”. There is a museum inside, quite a popular place among tourists from neighboring cities. 
Tsemes Bay is a small part of the Black Sea near Novorossiysk, separated from the winds and open waters by land. It got its name from the Tsemes River carrying its waters; it is a unique natural structure that combines two functions at once - practical and aesthetic. Considered one of the main ways of connecting the district center with the outside world, it is rightfully considered the largest repository of the city’s monuments.
Where is Tsemes Bay?
Its location is the northeast of the Black Sea region. The nearest settlements, besides Novorossiysk, are Myskhako and Kabardinka.
On the map Tsemes Bay is located as follows:
Historical facts and legends
Tsemes Bay has always been valued by the Russian fleet - it is the largest harbor in terms of military importance after Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula. It became part of the Russian Empire only in 1829, having been given to the state as a reward for victory in the war with the Ottoman Turks.
Since then, it has been actively exploited: from March to October, ships of various sizes and purposes - from military to commercial - ply along it, serving the needs of Novorossiysk. This harbor does not freeze even in winter, but in the cold months it is dominated by winds: storms can be so strong that sailors do not risk setting sail during this period.
The length of the coastline of Tsemes Bay is 15 km, it is formed from the west by the Abrau Peninsula, from the north-west by the island, and in the east is the village of Kabardinka. The maximum depth of the local waters is 27 m, an impressive figure that makes it possible for even ocean liners to enter here.
Myths and legends
Hunters of paranormal phenomena and seekers of anomalous zones all over the planet have long given this unique natural attraction its own name - the Russian Bermuda Triangle. In 1917, it was here that the new government of the country decided to sink more than a dozen ships, organizing a kind of ship graveyard against the enemy.
Interestingly, none of the numerous ships were subsequently found: many times divers dived to the bottom, but did not find any large ship parts, with the exception of their wreckage. Since then, the bay has entailed a series of tragic events, increasing the underwater cemetery. And many claim that they saw a ghost ship here: the vision appears at dusk, when fog falls on the ground.
Local residents are sure that the mystical ship is the Admiral Nakhimov, which sank in 1986 as a result of a collision with another ship. At one time, the tragedy caused a lot of noise; mystics associated this catastrophe with the bad reputation of the area. And now the cruiser is forced to travel along its route again and again, transporting people who have long been no longer in the world of the living.
Tsemes Bay: sightseeing tour
Tsemes Bay is not only a place with a rich history and a large port, but also a real cluster of monuments and attractions. A walk along the coastline will give a tourist many wonderful hours and even days: it is not possible to cover all 15 km in 24 hours.
At the entrance to Novorossiysk there is a Monument to the Sailors of the Revolution. Opened in 1980, it was supposed to become part of an entire complex dedicated to the heroes of the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War. But funding for the project stopped; only this memorial sign was completed. It is magnificent: 12 m in height, the memorial depicts a kneeling sailor, bowing his head in a moment of mourning for his fallen comrades. In one hand he holds his own cap, and in the other, the headdress of a comrade who did not return from battle, carefully pressing everything that is left of him to his heart. The composition is incredibly touching; many cry when they look at it more closely.
If you cross the road, you will come out to a large observation deck that offers a magnificent view of the sea: here you will get breathtaking panoramic photos; Tsemes Bay is a picturesque place. There is also an original “Cube-visor” sign, made in memory of the ships that sank in the harbor. Such an abstract interpretation of the tragedy makes it even more attractive; you want to stop and admire it longer.
One of the most interesting excursions here is a visit. In the middle of the 20th century, the ship took part in hostilities in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, traveling to the shores of Egypt and Syria. Thanks to its technical characteristics, which were ahead of most ships of those years, it entered the TOP 10 best of its time. But time makes itself felt: the cruiser no longer sails the seas, but it gives every visitor a chance to become better acquainted with maritime affairs and learn about the great history of Russia over the past 100 years. More than 200 m long and 20 m wide, it has preserved unique reminders of the past on board. Having bought a ticket for a symbolic price, a tourist receives fascinating information and a walk on the sea on a legendary ship.
Naval glory of the city-city
Another magnificent example of majestic sculpture is the Sea Glory stele. The authors - Suvorov and Apollonov - put all their strength and talent into it. The total height is 7.5 m, because of this it had to be created not entirely, but in particles: the first to cast was the figure of a girl angel, under whose feet the entire planet is located, in her hands she holds a sailboat, protecting the ship from misfortunes and troubles. Then a granite column was erected, on which a figure was placed, visible long before entering Tsemes Bay. The sailors, having seen the monument, unmistakably determine that they have arrived in the glorious hero city of Novorossiysk.
It’s also interesting to walk around: among the huge dry cargo ships with multi-ton cargo, unprecedented equipment and human bustle, you feel like just a grain of sand. Due to its size, the port is divided into four areas: military, passenger, oil and cargo. Only the passenger part is accessible for inspection, but with proper dexterity you can get into the other departments.
- a monumental sculpture in the form of a warship with sailors preparing to go into battle. Right inside there is a museum containing bas-relief portraits of heroes of the Soviet Union.
How to get there (get there)?
Getting to the harbor is not difficult - many transport routes running between Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik go near it. City minibuses and buses also approach it.
From the center of Novorossiysk you can get to Tsemes Bay like this:
Note to tourists
- Address: Krasnodar region, Russia.
- Coordinates: 44.678237, 37.848035.
Tsemes Bay is rightfully glorified and recognized as unique; it is not for nothing that Novorossiysk considers it its main breadwinner. It is thanks to her that he keeps in touch with the outside world. Through the efforts of the authorities, it has turned into a real multi-kilometer attraction, which is worth visiting for every tourist of this beautiful city, the history of which has seen many both glorious and tragic days. Finally, watch the video about it.
Novorossiysk- a city in the Krasnodar region, on the coast of Tsemes Bay of the Black Sea. The largest port of Russia on the Black Sea. The city is located in one of the most convenient deep-water bays of the Black Sea.
In the 17th century, a protracted period of wars between Russia and Turkey began for access to the Azov and Black Seas. To strengthen their position on the Black Sea shores, the Turks built the Sudzhuk-Kale fortress on the shores of Sudzhuk Bay in 1722. It was here, abeam the Sudzhuk fortress, that the first victorious naval battle for the young Black Sea Fleet took place. On May 29, 1773, a Russian squadron under the command of Captain 1st Rank Ya.F. Sukhotin destroyed 6 Turkish ships. Later there were other glorious victories at Sudzhuk-Kale: at sea and on land. Twice Russian troops captured this fortress, but each time it had to be abandoned to the Turks under the terms of the next peace treaty. And only in 1829, the agreement signed in Andrianopol put an end to the dispute between the two powers. The Sudzhuk coast finally becomes the coast of New Russia.
In 1839, the fortification of Sudzhuk-Kale. was renamed Novorossiysk, and after 7 years it was officially given the status of a city. For some time, Novorossiysk developed as a resort, but after the construction of the railway and the discovery of marl deposits, Novorossiysk quickly developed and became an industrial and commercial center.
In May 1896, Novorossiysk became the center of the newly created Black Sea province. It was the smallest province of the Russian Empire. At the time of its formation, only 57.5 thousand people lived in it.
Novorossiysk played a significant role in the history of the Civil War of 1918-1920.
On June 18, 1918, in Novorossiysk Bay, ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet were scuttled by their crews, who preferred this fate to the shameful surrender to the German army.
On August 26, 1918, units of the Volunteer Army entered the city. Colonel A.P. was appointed military governor. Kutepov. On January 4, 1920, the Supreme Ruler of Russia, Admiral A.V. Kolchak transferred his powers to General A.I. Denikin. From this day forward, Novorossiysk, the seat of the Government under the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia.
During the Great Patriotic War, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis made a decisive push to the south, trying to reach the Volga and capture the Caucasus. In Directive No. 45, Hitler set the advancing troops the following task: “to capture the entire eastern coast of the Black Sea, as a result of which the enemy will lose the Black Sea ports and the Black Sea Fleet.” A mortal threat hangs over Novorossiysk.
On August 17, 1942, the Novorossiysk defensive region was created. The city was defended by the 47th Army, sailors of the Black Sea Fleet and the Azov Military Flotilla. People's militia units were created at the enterprises, 40 command posts, 150 fire points were built, and an anti-personnel and anti-tank obstacle course with a total length of more than 30 kilometers was equipped.
On August 19, 1942, the battles for Novorossiysk began. They lasted 393 days. Only heroic Leningrad held the defense longer. The first weeks of fighting brought bitterness of loss and disappointment.
The enemy with superior forces was rushing towards Novorossiysk. The fighting did not subside day or night. The ships of the Black Sea Fleet provided great assistance to the city’s defenders. On September 1 and 4, 1942, the leader "Kharkov" and the destroyer "Soobrazitelny" used artillery fire to deliver powerful blows to concentrations of enemy troops on the approaches to Novorossiysk.
It was not possible to contain the enemy on the distant approaches to the city. Already on September 6, fighting with the enemy moved to the city streets. The enemy broke into the city, captured the railway station, elevator and port. In fierce battles, Soviet troops, almost after the surrender of the entire city, stopped it on September 11 in the south-eastern part of Novorossiysk. At this moment, the nerves of those who were obliged to report to Headquarters on the progress of the battles trembled. As a result, on September 11, the Sovinformburo reported an event that, fortunately, was not destined to happen: “After many days of fierce fighting, our troops abandoned the city of Novorossiysk.”
Meanwhile, the offensive of the 17th German Army floundered where it should have begun: at the cement factories, on the first kilometers of the strategically important Sukhumi highway, which opened the way for the Germans to Transcaucasia and further to the Middle East. The enemy was forced to go on the defensive. Thus, Soviet troops and naval forces thwarted the enemy’s plan to break through to Transcaucasia through Novorossiysk.
In the winter of 1943, after the defeat of German troops at Stalingrad, the strategic initiative passed into the hands of the Red Army. The Germans were forced to hastily abandon their Caucasian positions and retreat behind the powerful defensive lines of the Blue Line. It seemed that one more onslaught and the enemy would be thrown out of Novorossiysk. However, the poorly prepared January offensive of the Black Sea Group of Forces ended in failure.
A major landing operation of Soviet troops in the South Ozereyka area was supposed to rectify the situation. Insufficient time and funds were allocated for its preparation; the command of the troops had no experience at all in conducting successful offensive operations. The main Ozerey landing ended in failure. But a diversionary landing under the command of Major Ts.L. Kunikova turned out to be unexpectedly successful and turned into the main one. The bridgehead, captured by the Kunikovites on the night of February 3-4, 1943, south of Novorossiysk in the area of the village of Stanichki, became a painful thorn in the body of the German defense. Five days later, on a bridgehead of 30 square kilometers, called “Malaya Zemlya,” there were already up to 17 thousand Soviet soldiers and officers of the airborne troops, who had 21 guns, 74 mortars, 86 machine guns and 440 tons of ammunition and food.
The heroic epic of Malaya Zemlya lasted 225 days. As a result of the combat operations of the airborne group of troops in the period from April 4 to April 30, 1943, more than 20 thousand enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed, a large amount of military equipment was captured and destroyed.
The fascist German command, considering Novorossiysk the key to the defense of the entire Taman Peninsula, turned it and the surrounding heights into a major defense hub. Over 500 defensive structures were built within the city and port.
On September 10, 1943, the Novorossiysk offensive operation, carried out by the forces of the 18th Army, NVMB, 4th Air Army and the Black Sea Fleet Air Force, began by storming the city from land, sea and a bridgehead on Malaya Zemlya. The concept of the operation was impeccable, but its implementation was far from smooth. The daring landing from the sea, which stunned the enemy, was in jeopardy due to the delay in landing the second echelon. The fighting paratroopers were rescued by the troops of the 318th Infantry Division, who broke through the enemy's defenses from land and drew fire on themselves.
After fierce street fighting on September 16, Novorossiysk was completely liberated. For courage and bravery, 21 warrior-defenders of Malaya Zemlya were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, hundreds of soldiers and officers were awarded orders and medals, 19 units and formations of the Red Army were given the honorary name Novorossiysk. On May 1, 1944, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the medal “For the Defense of the Caucasus” was established, which was awarded to about 600 thousand people.
September 14, 1973 the city of Novorossiysk was awarded the title "Hero City".
But let's not start there. The bay is named after the Tsemess River, which flows into the sea. The river is small, which makes it even more interesting why the most important harbor of the country is named this way. The bay, located at, forms the largest port in Russia here. It cuts into land for 9 km, the maximum depth is 27 meters. On one side, the entrance to the bay is the Sudzhuk Spit, on the other -. But given the numerous banks (shoals) at the bottom and the mass of wrecks of sunken ships, entering the harbor presents certain difficulties, which is why small tugboats try harder than usual in Novorossiysk. Overall a dangerous place. This is probably why the ships in the roadstead, waiting for the command to enter the port part of the bay, stand almost at Divnomorskoe
There is a myth that back in antiquity, even in good weather, the most stable ship could sink here without any reason. Or a swimmer, well trained. In medieval history, at the moment when instead of Novorossiysk there was the fortress of Sudzhuk-Kale (Turkey), exactly the same thing happened to ships as with the ancient Greeks.
In recent history, the saddest loss of a ship occurred in
View towards Kabardinka. In general, if you want to look at Novorossiysk from the outside and examine the bay, then you can easily do this by going to the Mass of observation platforms specially created for this
The military part of the fleet has now been moved to Sevastopol, leaving Novorossiysk to “be content” with trade relations
Ships here from all over the world
The distant mountain is Cape Doob and the village of Kabardinka
On the Internet you can find a great many myths and legends around the bay. Scientists explain the consistently recurring disasters by magnetic disturbances, and some call Tsemes Bay the second Bermuda Triangle.
By the way, many people at sea have their watches stopped in these places. For some they then begin to go again, and for some they don’t.