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Sochi Seaport |
The assimilation of Sochi Sea cost was pretty difficult to access in the beginning of development. Sea - was the only way to get to the most heavenly place in Russia, in reason that railway track has finished in Novorossiysk.
First landing-stage has built close to "Riviera" by Russian Steamship Company. The other place for landing-stage building - was small creek near to lighthouse.After revolution time necessity of the seaport presence increased.
The pier building was started in pre-war period. The construction of the port was prolonging straight away after war. Builders created steamship of the shallow mooring line for comets and boats rank in place of damp, rotten boggy area. Landing-stage have bordered with beautiful mounting embankment. There is a round summer-house ennoble in the centre, there you can see picturesque sea-view from.
It was pretty long period of time till the seaport building have finished, when "Russia" first came to the port. The "Russia" captain in that time was famous person Ivan Man, lately he was known as a Flotilla captain, who has gone to Antarctica.
The project of the port arrival and departure building and close-fitting erection was charge to Academician Alabyan architect studio. Authors of the project set themselves to create maximum conveniences for in-coming and out-coming trips. In the centre there is a main waiting-room. Spacious, poly-colour hall wealthy decorated by the modelling and mirrors, surrounded with comfortable furniture. divans, arm-chairs and tables. Columns of the main lobby decorated with majolica, at the first level floors covered by coloured mosaic. Ticket tills, post, telegraph and other offices also situated here.
There are two open yards with a high colonnade and wealthy mounting sculpture, in the south and north side of sea port.
The architecture suite is stretching along the building from seaside.
The seaport building is crowned by the tower with a five-pointed star in the spiel. Architect glided down tower and 36-meters metallic spiel very peculiarly with a specific building greatness.
Sculpture mounting was charged to Agalov V. I. - well-known architect, Stalin's gratuity prize-winner, professor and his studio. The project of the decorated mounting sculpture first and foremost issued from the main architecture building project. Authors of the decorated sculptures felicitous combined reality and allegory. Sculptures are situated in three tiers on the tower. First tier - on 20 meters height - four allegoric female figure personifying seasons - spring, autumn, summer and winter. Second tier - situated on 26 meters height, portray Four Sides of the World. Four Sides of the World sculptures - 2,5 meters each one and "Four Seasons"- 5 meters each one. The last tier of the decorated sculptures established 35 meters height - Twelfth Dolphins, surround spiel base like flame clappers.
Agalov's students - architects created project of three fountains. In front of seaport building central entrance - big one, and two smaller dimensions inside the covered inner yards. There is a allegoric figure "Navigation" with compass, spy-glass telescope and other emblem's items in centre of the big fountain with a cup -7 meters diameters . Seaport building was finished in 1955. After final seaport building completion, Sochi's mooring line could entertain any types of passenger vessels.
One Russian composer Arkadiy Ostrovskiy was inspired by graceful turrets and created famous song " Steamships seeing off":
"... the turrets of the seaport are leaving
and disappear without trails..."
- it's all about our turrets in the end of mooring line. There is beautiful park of the subtropical plants with a pavilions, summer-houses, fountains and sculptures.
Calendar of international events 2007
August 2010 - EL COURSES ABROAD
Summer holidays. would you like to combine rest with jony studies abroad?
Italy-Russia
New projects development in the areas of culture, science, youth policy, opympic movement. Key participation of Italy Embassy in Sochi.
Sochi city children's visit to Hollywood
Passport to Hollywood. Learn more about new educational programme in Universal Studio Film Academy. Unique chance to lear n more about film production, art, culture and movie
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