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Main article: Krasnodar Territory
City - in the middle of the world
The 45th parallel of the north latitude, just south of which Gelendzhik is located, is often called the "middle of the world," since it is exactly halfway between the equator and the North Pole of the Earth.
At about the same latitude as Gelendzhik are:
- in Crimea - Yalta;
- in Eastern Europe - Bucharest (Romania) and Belgrade (Serbia)
- in northern Italy - Turin, Milan, Verona, Venice;
- in the south of France - Grenoble, Lyon, Bordeaux;
- in Asia, the range between 44 and 45 degrees north crosses Kazakhstan and the northern regions of China, where the major city of Harbin is located.
- Iturup Island in the Kuril Ridge (Sakhalin Region);
- in North America, a significant part of the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan (USA) and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec (Canada) are in this latitude range. The cities of Minneapolis and Ottawa are very close to the 45th parallel.
Gelendzhik is located 25 km southeast of Novorossiysk, 180 km southwest of Krasnodar and 250 km northwest of Sochi by road.
Caucasus Mountains
Main article: Main Caucasian Range
Markoth Range
The Markoth Range is a mountain range in the northwestern part of the Greater Caucasus, running parallel and south of the Main Caucasus Range.
It stretches along the Black Sea coast for 90 km. Ends with a cliff to the river. Aderba east of Gelendzhik.
The maximum height is 717 m (Mount Sovkhoznaya (formerly Naco) northwest of Kabardinka).
On the ridge there is a natural monument - Shesharis juniper redwood.
The ridge protects the Black Sea coast of Russia from large mass invasions of cold northern air, which sometimes overcome the ridge. Under the influence of gravity, cold air flows down the slope of the mountain range hitting the coast with strong cold winds (bora, Italian bora, from Greek βορέας - north wind; "Borey" - cold north wind). Before the appearance of the forest at the tops of the mountains, thick clouds can be observed, which residents of Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik call "beard."
The Markoth ridge is composed mainly of sedimentary rocks of the Cretaceous period: sandstones, limestones, clays. But the backbone of the ridge is marl, which goes to make cement.
Tuaphat Range
On the section between Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik in the Kabardinka region, there is a low Tuaphat ridge, which is the best preserved part of the first coastal ridge. On the Abrau Peninsula, its continuation is the Navagir Ridge, south of the Gelendzhik Bay (at the mouth of which it went under water) its torn continuation can be traced to Cape Idokopas (the village of Praskoveevka).
Part of the ridge is Mount Doob northwest of the center of Gelendzhik - 434.4 m. The ridge is cut through the valleys of 10 rivers, the largest of which - Yashamba - has a constant flow and flows into the Blue Bay of the Black Sea. The remaining streams (Pine Gap, etc.) are temporary.
It is composed of Tuaphat mainly sedimentary rocks of the Cretaceous period: sandstones, limestones, clays. But the backbone of the ridge is marl.
The slopes of the ridge are covered by Pitsund pine, oak, hornbeam, scumpia, dogwood, blackberry, rose hips, hoarder and other typically Mediterranean xerophytes and ephemeris. Herpetofauna includes the following species: Nikolsky's turtle, medium lizard and olive snake. The flora and fauna of the ridge are actively studied by the Southern Branch of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences located at its foot.
On the flat top of the ridge, the remains of mounds and burial grounds of tribes that inhabited this territory in antiquity were found. Zikha left behind burials of the V - VII centuries AD. e., from the VIII to the middle of the XIX centuries. Natukhai and Shapsugi during burials usually performed the rite of urn corpse burning. The most famous is the Borisov burial ground - a monument of Black Sea archeology of the VI-IX centuries. In the KhІKh century, after the mass departure of the Circassians to the Ottoman Empire, the slopes of the ridge were inhabited by Russian immigrants, as well as Greeks and Armenians from the Ottoman Empire.
Gelendzhik Bay
The prevailing current all year round is directed from Tolstoy Cape to Tonky along the coast.
Wind conditions in winter are much more severe in the northern and northwestern parts of the bay.
Administration
Administration Building
The Gelendzhik administration building used to be a hotel.
Nazirov bought land for a future hotel at the beginning of the twentieth century for 8,000 rubles. On the one hand, it was an expensive and risky investment, and on the other hand, the very center of the city, where there are literally a couple of tens of meters to the sea, and the most significant buildings of that time were located around.
In 1904, the grand opening of the Central Hotel took place. It was a beautiful stone two-story building with elegant balconies with 15 rooms (later 25 more rooms were completed). Rooms cost from 40-50 kopecks for the simplest up to 2.5 rubles for comfortable, furnished and overlooking the sea.
In addition to the hotel, the building had a dining room and shops.
Many people stayed at the hotel, including the famous Russian writer V. G.Korolenko.⠀
After the 1917 revolution, the basements of the building housed storage facilities in which inventory and food products of the resort administration were stored. Since 1921, a point was organized for the reception and distribution of vacationers.
During the 1942-43 war, the building was bombed by fascist bombers and for a long time it stood destroyed.
In 1959, according to the project of the famous Krasnodar architect N.P. Sukhanovskaya, this building was reconstructed and rebuilt.
In the 1980s, the building was lengthened and the 3rd was added etazh.⠀
Since the 1990s, it has housed the administration of the resort city of Gelendzhik.
Budget
2025
In 2025, it was possible to significantly strengthen the revenue side of the Gelendzhik budget. The growth of tax revenues by 2024 amounted to 50% - this is more than 1.1 billion rubles.
After the introduction of the tourist tax, there is a positive dynamics: in 2024, 78 million rubles were collected for the resort tax, in 2025, over 212 million were collected for the tourist tax. The increase in collection was 270%.
Transport
Airport
Main article: Gelendzhik Airport
Seaport with yacht marina
Main article: Seaport Gelendzhik
2025: Acquisition of 642 smart video cameras with human face recognition and license plates
642 video surveillance cameras with a function of recognizing people's faces and car numbers will be installed in Gelendzhik. For these purposes will allocate 32 million rubles. from the local budget. This was announced in August 2025 by the head of the city Alexei Bogodistov. The resort will become a pilot city for the implementation of this technology in the Krasnodar Territory. Cameras will be installed on the streets of Gelendzhik, the embankment, in squares, parks, near bus stations. The information will be processed instantly.[1]
Beaches
Sandy Central Golden Beach 1 km long
In the early 1970s. in Gelendzhik Bay, work was carried out to create an artificial sandy beach. Scientists of the Southern took part in the justification and preparation of the hydraulic alluviation of the beach departments of the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of sciences
To implement the project were attracted highly qualified specialists-divers and surveyors of GO All-Russian Research Institute of Marine Geology. During geophysical studies of Gelendzhik Bay, thickness of shell sand at its bottom was discovered - this allowed not to bring sand from other places. Material was taken from the central part of the bay. With the help of the Arbatsky vessel, equipped with pumps for pumping, 150 thousand m3 of sand was washed.
The difficulty that the creators of the Gelenkjik beaches had to face is the Nord-Ost. He spread sand along the shore, noticed residential areas, streets. All available equipment was thrown to clear the sand blockages and transport the sand back to the shore. After that, pipes were laid on the beaches for irrigation of sand and its compaction.
In 1975, "Golden Beach" was exhibited at VDNKh and received a silver medal. It was presented by the stand "Gelendzhik beach - the cheapest beach in the world." Shell sandy beach has the length is about 1 km. The experience of creating an artificial sandy beach had a wide resonance abroad.
Time has shown that the sandy beach is durable and a real decoration of the resort city.
Sanatoriums and children's camps
Hotels
2025: The resort "Manor" Maryina Roshcha "will be built in Gelendzhik for ₽16 billion
In Gelendzhik, the tourist cluster "Manor" Maryina Roshcha "worth ₽16 billion will be built on an area of more than 3.7 thousand hectares. The protocol of intent was signed by the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev, the mayor of the resort Alexei Bogodistov and the general director of the joint-stock company Usadba Maryina Roshcha Alexander Zhuchkov in June 2025. Read more here.
2024: Subsidiary of AFK Sistema became the operator of a 5-star hotel in Gelendzhik worth 22 billion rubles
Cosmos Hotel Group, part of the AFK Sistema group, will be the operator of a 5-star hotel in Gelendzhik, which will be built by the Krasnodar developer Neometria. The corresponding agreement was announced on March 6, 2024. Read more here.
Real estate
Main article: Real estate (Russian market)
LC Aquatoria
Main article: residential complex "Aquatoria"
2022: Rise in prices for residential real estate to 208 thousand rubles per meter
2021: First place in Russia in terms of rising prices for residential real estate: + 92% per year to 196 thousand rubles per meter
The rise in prices for residential real estate in resort regions turned out to be much higher than the national average. So, if secondary housing in Russia in 2021, according to SRG estimates, has risen in price by 22.34%, then in the Krasnodar Territory, Crimea and the Kaliningrad Region the growth was two to three times more. The absolute leader was Gelendzhik, where the average cost of secondary real estate for the year increased by 92.6%, to 196.8 thousand rubles. for 1 sq. m.
HOUSING AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
2022: The Russian government allocated 3.3 billion rubles for the construction of treatment facilities in Gelendzhik after the scandal with the discharge of wastewater into the Black Sea
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order to allocate 3.3 billion rubles for the construction of a complex of treatment facilities in Gelendzhik. The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers announced this on December 29, 2022. Read more here
Festivals
The festival of actual culture "Seasons" is an interdisciplinary project that unites music, theater, dance and cinema against the background of the Black Sea coast.
Seasons Festival
The Seasons festival was first organized in 2021. During the first years of Russia's military special operation in Ukraine in 2022-2024, the festival was not held.
2025: "Wedding" by Stravinsky with choreography by Pavel Glukhov, "Sirotkin" and Minaev
In September 2025, at the Seasons festival in Gelendzhik, the New Opera ballet was staged to the music of Stravinsky's Wedding. The author of the musical concept of the new performance was composer Nikolay Popov, who added the prologue and epilogue to Stravinsky's 25-minute score, thereby doubling it. Popov runs the Center for Electroacoustic Music of the Moscow Conservatory (CEAM)[2].
The new performance was staged as synthetic - the folklore ensemble Hodila izba joined the dancers of Ballet Moscow, musicians and singers of the New Opera.
The choreographer of "Wedding" Pavel Glukhov combined the plots of "Wedding" and Ostrovsky's play "Thunderstorm."
The show with a troupe of dozens of artists was made possible thanks to the support of the RA Foundation Roman Abramovich, whom the media call Baletoman. The entrepreneur implements commercial projects in Gelendzhik and promotes the development of the cultural scene in the city, supporting the festival.
The best performances in the concert program were the performances of the Sirotkin group and Minaeva.
Lighthouse Film Festival
Main article: Lighthouse (Gelendzhik Film Festival)
Business
Wineries
Main article: Russian wine
Trade
Gelendzhik shopping center
Temidi House was built on the central square of Gelendzhik in 1903. A tea room and a reading room worked in the building for some time, and during the NEP - the restaurant "On the Roof." There was a dining room and a cinematograph.
In 1967, Temidi's house fell into the frame of the film "Iron Stream."
The Roof was demolished in 1981.
Then, on the site of this building, the Morvokzal was built, which later became the Gelendzhik shopping center.
History
1970: On Mount Markoth, students lay out the inscription "Lenin is with us"
The inscription "Lenin with us" on the top of the mountain above Gelendzhik appeared in 1970 on one of the subbotniks. It was folded in two days by students of the sanatorium and forest school. She was subsequently put in order by pioneers before the May 1 holiday.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the inscription lost its relevance. Residents recalled that enthusiasts shifted one letter and it turned out "Lenin with them." They also wanted to transfer to Lennon with us, but they threw this idea because of two "n."
In the 1990s, the inscription was transferred to Gelendzhik, some letters appeared and Lenindzhik was read. The height of the letters was 11 meters (the letter was shifted 5 times). In 2009, people of concern increased the thickness (the letter g increased to 12 meters) and the height of each letter to 20 meters.
1917
1831: Construction of the first Russian fortifications
Late 15th century: Incorporation into the Ottoman Empire and renaming to Gelendzhik
The name Gelendzhik settlement acquired at the end of the 15th century, when it became part of the Ottoman Empire, which arose on the site of Byzantium. The village becomes one of the most important places for the export of young slaves to Turkish harems. The new name - "Gelendzhik" - means "white daughter-in-law" in Turkish.
According to another version, the toponym originates from the Adyghe (Natukhay) name of this area - Khulyzhiy, which means "Little pasture" (khuly (khulye) - "pasture" or "glade," zhiy - "small").
300 BC: Kingdom of Bosporus
Main article: Greek colonies in Russia
640 BC: Scythians
III thousand BC: Dolmen culture
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