Discover Novorossiysk

• The cruiser “Mikhail Kutuzov” is moored in the harbor and serves as a museum ship.
• The Novorossiysk Historical Museum-Reserve has an exhibition on the city’s history at 58 Sovetov Street.
• The “Myskhako” protected natural area safeguards the natural landscape, as well as its animal and plant life.
• The Abrau-Dyurso area in Novorossiysk has 15 trails designated as “nature” routes.

The exhibition aboard the cruiser “Mikhail Kutuzov” covers two topics: the history of Russian cruisers from the 1860s onward, and the history of the ship itself. In the passageway outside the officers’ mess, photo panels about the cruiser’s history accompany a shipboard wall newspaper. This presents the history of a class of ship and that of the individual museum ship as distinct perspectives.

The Novorossiysk Historical Museum-Reserve also includes the “Dom-muzey N.Ostrovskogo” house museum at 21 Vassenko Street. Another exhibition at the reserve, “Oruzhiye i boyevaya tekhnika perioda Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny,” focuses on weapons and military equipment from the period of the Great Patriotic War. Together with the “Istoriya goroda Novorossiyska” exhibition, it offers insight into both the city’s history and another subject of remembrance. Check the current opening hours before visiting the museum.

The “Malaya zemlya” monument commemorates the troops who held the bridgehead near Novorossiysk in 1943. The Eternal Flame in Heroes’ Square was lit on September 15, 1958. The two dates mark different points in time: the fighting for the bridgehead and the lighting of the flame.

In the “Myskhako” specially protected natural area, the existing natural landscape, natural complexes, and the animal and plant life of the publicly accessible area are protected. Thirty-seven plant species found there are listed in the Red Books of Krasnodar Krai and the Russian Federation. Species counts and listings may change when the Red Books are updated.

The 15 nature routes in the Abrau-Dyurso area pass through different locations; check the condition of your specific route before setting out. The challenging cycling route over the Neberdzhaevsky Pass is described differently: it passes memorial sites commemorating the war history of Novorossiysk’s Eastern District. When choosing, you can first distinguish between several nature trails and a cycling route explicitly described as challenging.

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What topics does the exhibition aboard the cruiser cover?

It covers the history of Russian cruisers from the 1860s onward and the history of the cruiser “Mikhail Kutuzov” itself.

What does the “Malaya zemlya” monument commemorate?

It commemorates the troops who held the bridgehead near Novorossiysk in 1943.

How many nature routes are there in the Abrau-Dyurso area?

There are 15 trails designated as “nature” routes. Check the condition of your chosen route before setting out.

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