Main article: Krasnodar Territory
The city is 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.
Airport
Main article: Gelendzhik Airport
Seaport with yacht marina
Main article: Seaport Gelendzhik
Sanatoria
Hotels
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)
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
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
2022: Mishustin 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
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.
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
640 BC: Scythians
III thousand BC: Dolmen culture
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