Novorossiysk (Russian Новороссийск) is a city in southern Russia, one of the main Russian ports on the Black Sea, in Krasnodar Krai. Located at 44°43′ N 37°46′ E It is one of the few cities who is honoured with the Soviet title of Hero City. The city has 246,900 inhabitants (2004). Map of the Black Sea. ... Jump to: navigation, search Krasnodar Krai (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Southern Federal District. ...

Novorossiysk was founded in 1838 as a base for the Russian Navy and replaced the Turkish fortress of Sujuk-Qale, which had commanded the site since 1722. From August 26, 1918 until March 27, 1920 it was the principal centre of Denikin's White Army. In 1942 the town was occupied by the Wehrmacht, but a small unit of Soviet sailors, defended one part of the town for 225 days, until it was liberated by the Red Army on September 16, 1943. Jump to: navigation, search 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Naval Cathedral in St Petersburg is the main church of the Russian Navy. ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... Jump to: navigation, search August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Anton Denikin on the day of his resignation in 1920 Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин) (December 16, 1872 - August 8, 1947) was a Russian army officer before and during World War I. Following the Russian Revolution he was part of the counter-revolutionary White Russian forces in the civil... The White movement, whose military arm is known as the White Army (Белая Армия) or White Guard (Белая Гвардия, белогвардейцы) and whose members are known as Whites (Белые, or the derogatory Беляки) or White Russians (a term which has other meanings) comprised some of the Russian forces, both political and military, which opposed the Bolsheviks after the... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wehrmacht listen â–¶(?) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

External links

• Soviet topographic map 1:100,000;
• History of Novorossiysk (in Russian).