The webcam of Novorossiysk broadcasts in real time a view of Kunikova Street.
The camera lens captures residential areas and the Tsemess Bay itself. This street is named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Caesar Kunikov.
Novorossiysk, whose webcams are available on the site, was founded on September 12, 1829.
After the Turks left the area, the Russian military took up the development of new lands. Count Vorontsov became the manager of these territories, and General Raevsky became the mayor. At the same time, Admiral Serebryakov played a significant role in the formation of the city. Local residents immortalized these military commanders in the form of a monument, which is located on the waterfront.
After the end of the Crimean War, the Novorossiysk village was created here. At the same time, already in the autumn of 1866, the city became a port city and was the center of the Black Sea District. At that time, about 400 people lived here.
Gradually, Novorossiysk, whose webcams offer picturesque views in real time, develops and in 1896 becomes the center of the province.
Rapid growth was ensured by the construction of the railway. After marl was found in the nearby mountains, the economic condition of the city began to grow. Before the revolution, there were 10 cement plants here, as well as the largest elevator and oil refinery.
Every year Novorossiysk got better and better. In addition to the development of the industrial sector, profitable houses, mansions, temples, hotels, schools, etc. were built here. The most interesting pre-revolutionary buildings that have survived to this day are the House of the Merchant Obradovic, the Lutheran Church, the City House. At the end of the XIX century. about 3 thousand people already lived here, and the port annually received up to 300 ships.
At the same time, the first vacationers appeared here, for whom they organized baths, landscaped the beaches, and also developed the appropriate infrastructure in the form of restaurants, hotels and other entertainment.
During the Civil War, ships of the Sevastopol fleet were in the Tsemess Bay. It was decided not to return them in connection with the events taking place in the country and in the city, but simply to flood them in the bay. Their remains are still at the bottom of the bay.
A special page in the history of the city is the Great Patriotic War. The Nazis were determined to capture the Caucasus and the city itself, because. he had a good location.
Novorossiysk, whose webcams are available on the site, has even been given the name Adolfstadt.
However, the plans were not destined to come true. Between 1942 and 1943 the defenders fought a heroic defense until these territories were finally liberated on September 16, 1943. The heroes resisted for almost 400 days. Their courage and courage were highly appreciated, for which the city received the status of a Hero City.