During the years of Stalin's five-year plans, a large-scale construction of port facilities began. In this regard, I had to deal with stone and sandy streams more than once. It was their turn to study them in detail. A number of questions had to be resolved: what are the extent and direction of the flows, where does the material of the flows come from, what is the power of these flows, and how is it related to the strength and direction of the waves, that is, to the wave regime.

A number of research organizations were engaged in solving these problems, but the most extensive research was carried out by the Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences. One such work was carried out on the Caucasian coast of the Black Sea.

The Black Sea coast is bordered here by a surface strip of pebbles, which forms the material of the coastal stream. During the construction of three ports - Sochi, Gagrinsky and Ochemchirsky - it was found that the sediment flow goes from the northwest to the southeast. Where does this flow begin and where does it end? In order to answer this question, on the one hand, the outline and structure of the coast were studied, and on the other hand, the composition of the rocks that form the pebbles.

The coast near the city of Tuapse and to the north of it has an uneven contour. Here, bare rocky capes alternate with open wide bays into which small rivers flow (Fig. 15). There are almost no fragments near the capes, and those that lie there are completely unrounded.

The sharp angles and fresh breaks of these fragments show that the stones have recently fallen from steep cliffs.

In the bays, on the contrary, there is an abundance of pebbles. But the pebbles turned out to be completely different in each of the bays. Each river carries to the sea fragments of those rocks that are in its basin. In one bay, for example, there are a lot of diabases (a dark, strong rock of volcanic origin), while in the next one there are none at all. From this, the conclusion suggests itself that adjacent bays do not exchange pebbles with each other and there is no constant flow here. Yes, this is understandable, since waves from the open sea can drive pebbles only inside the bay, and not move it from the top of the bay to the cape.

South of Tuapse, approximately from the mouth of the Ashe River, the picture gradually changes (Fig. 15). The coast becomes more even. The river sediments accumulated here move almost in line with the former capes. This is where you need to look for the "origins" of the stone river.

Pebbles along the entire coast from Ashe to Cape Pitsunda turned out to be mixed. It was necessary to find a breed that would easily differ from all others, was on the beach in sufficient quantities and was carried to the sea by only one single river. Such a breed was found. It is carried out by the river Shahe. This is light muscovite granite; it is easy to distinguish it from all other stones on the shore by white color and sparkles of mica interspersed in it - muscovite.

Granite pebbles are found only to the south of the mouth of the Shakhe; already a kilometer to the north there is not a single granite pebble. Further, it was found that this wonderful pebble is on the beach everywhere, up to Cape Pitsunda, at a distance of 130 kilometers from the mouth of the Shakhe. All ego says that the stream begins a little north of the mouth of the Shakhe and goes all the way to Pitsunda.

The entire coast of the Black Sea from Tuapse to Gagra is composed of a monotonous rock, which is called fl and - sh m. This is a thin interbedding of sandstones, slates and marls. However, there are many completely different breeds on the beach. Where do they come from? - They are brought here by mountain rivers. Everything major rivers their upper reaches reach the watershed of the Caucasus Range and along the way they cross limestone, phyllites, gneisses, porphyrites and other rocks. Almost half of the sediments of these rivers are non-flish rocks. On the sea ​​beach, that is, in the composition of the sediment flow, they are slightly more than one quarter. This means that more than half of the illage pebbles consists of river sediments.

Why were the rivers of the Tuapse region and to the north of it unable to create a stone stream?

In the direction from the northwest to the southeast, the Caucasus Range becomes higher and higher and further and further away from the sea. Pools are getting bigger mountain rivers and the steepness of their fall. In addition, in the southeastern part of the range, rain falls twice as often as in the northwest. And there are more rivers, and more water in them. Consequently, more and more sediment comes to the seashore. These quantitative changes, gradually accumulating from north to south, led to an abrupt change in nature sea ​​shore. In the north, the coast is dissected, and a small amount of stones brought by the rivers remain entirely in the tops of the bays. Therefore, there is no sediment flow in the north. In the south, there were so many sediments that they leveled the coast and formed a constant stone stream.

The flow power, that is, the amount of sediment that it moves in a certain time (per year), turned out to be completely different in different places, despite the fact that the coast from Shakhe to Pitsunda is elongated in one direction and has approximately the same wave regime. In Sochi, for example, the capacity of the stone stream is 32 thousand cubic meters per year, and in Gagra - only 15-20 thousand cubic meters. This is due to the fact that the stones gradually wear out. After all, in order to get round “velvet” pebbles from rough unrounded gravel, the corners of the gravel must be beaten off and all protruding edges erased. But since the gravel is worn out, then the pebble itself must be worn out - only, perhaps, at a lower speed. Abrasion products - particles of silt and sand - are carried away from the coast to great depths.

What quantities of stone are abraded? This issue was resolved in the following way.

Porous Ayrum basalt was brought from Armenia to Sochi. This breed is not found anywhere on the Black Sea coast and absorbs paint well. Many pieces of this basalt were soaked with colored cement mortar so that the mortar went deep into the pores. The dyed pieces were then thrown onto the beach. The wreckage was about the same size and weight. A few months later, many of these stones were found near the shore. It turned out that they had significantly decreased in weight and became almost completely smooth, but had not yet turned into real pebbles. It has been estimated that about 7 percent of the basalt is crushed and abraded in a year. But basalt is very durable. The beach is dominated by pebbles from much less resistant rocks. Through complex recalculations, it was possible to determine that about 20 percent of the entire mass of pebbles is worn out per year. This means that if no new debris enters the beach, all the pebbles will disappear in 5 years.

Now it is clear that the power of the stream should vary depending on the distance that the pebbles managed to cover. Each river carries a new portion of sediment and increases its power, but until the flow reaches the mouth of the next river, its power will decrease.

Then there was another interest Ask. The study of the composition of sediments, the structure of the coast itself and the changes that the construction of ports causes on the coast - all this indicates that the sediments go along the coast to the southeast. And storms most often come here from the southeast, and it would seem that they should drive the pebbles just in the opposite direction!

I had to remember that the amount and speed of movement of sediments depend on the energy of the wave, and the energy of waves of different directions is far from being the same. Western storms, although rare, are exceptional in their strength. The energy of a nine-point storm that came from the west, from the vast expanses of the open sea, is twelve times higher than the energy of a seven-point southeast storm, which, arising near Batumi, does not yet have time to disperse a particularly large wave. The energy of the waves of each storm for the year was calculated and their energy resultant was built. And this new resultant lay down in such a way that it showed the actually observed direction of the coastal flow. This work was carried out by the Soviet engineer A. M. Zhdanov.

Minerals form under many different environmental conditions inside the Earth. Most gemstones are formed in the earth bark- the upper layer of the planet with a depth of 3 to 25 miles. Only two varieties of precious stones - and are formed in the earth robes, which represents 80% of the Earth's volume. The mantle is mainly composed of molten rock called magma, with a hard top layer.

Although few of the gems are originally formed in the mantle, all gems are mined in earth's crust. The crust is made up of three types of rocks known in geology as volcanic, metamorphic and sedimentary. These technical terms refer to the way rocks are formed. Some gemstones are particularly associated with one type of rock, while others are associated with several types of rock.

The volcanic process involves the solidification of magma. Magma from the mantle can rise to the crust, usually through volcanic pipes. If it reaches the surface of the earth, it solidifies in the form of lava. However, if the igneous mass cools slowly in the crust, it can crystallize and form minerals. An increase in pressure can also force this pegmatoid fluid into the surrounding rocks, often chemically exchanging with them. A long list of gemstones formed from volcanic rock includes the group , all (including , and ), ( , and ), , and .

When volcanic rock reaches the earth's surface, the forces of erosion and atmospheric action cause it to break into smaller particles that accumulate on the surface or are moved by wind and water. Over time, layers of such sediments form on the ground or under water. Pressure from the upper layers causes compaction in the lower layers along with various chemical and physical changes, such as petrification, which leads to the creation of sedimentary rock. Evaporation is another process that produces sedimentary rocks, as is the case when the dripping of mineral-rich water forms stalactites or stalagmites. Gems associated with sedimentary rock include , and .

The presence of intrusive magma in a given zone (known as contact metamorphism) or the interaction of larger scale tectonic plates (known as regional metamorphism) exposes volcanic and sedimentary rocks and minerals to heat or pressure that can cause changes in their chemical and crystalline structures. The result is the creation of a metamorphic rock. Gems associated with metamorphic rock include

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Where do boulders come from and what is it ...

I have long wanted to write something about boulders, as I collected various information about them, photographed boulders in various countries, but could not tie everything together. Such a case presented itself. Recently I managed to find out that in the city of Minsk in Belarus there is a unique museum of boulders collected from all over Belarus and placed in a specific thematic composition.

This museum is located under open sky on an area of ​​about 6.5 hectares and was created at the Institute of Geological Sciences of Belarus more than thirty years ago by Belarusian scientists-enthusiasts, headed by academician Gavriil Ivanovich Goretsky.

It was also possible to find out that Gavriil Ivanovich Goretsky(1900-1988) patriot, geologist, creator of the new science of paleopathamology, which studies the origin of the relief formed as a result of glacial deposits, put a lot of effort into creating such a museum.

Under his leadership, since 1974, there has been an active scientific work for the search and study of unique, distinctive or characteristic glacial boulders throughout the territory of Belarus.

Boulders, and these are stones measuring in diameter from 10 cm to 3-5 meters or more, are found everywhere on the surface of the territory of Belarus. In some places they form heaps in the form of boulder mounds, boulder fields, rocky ridges, and sometimes individual blocks of stone are hidden on the edges of the forest, the slopes of ravines, along roads and rivers and create the unique beauty of landscapes. Boulders are represented by a wide variety of rocks of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary origin.

All of them are foreigners who were brought from distant lands and delivered to the territory of Belarus by huge glaciers that repeatedly covered the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth during its long geological life.

Stones can tell a lot about themselves: where they came from, how they got here, what paths they took and what events happened to them. Therefore, boulders help scientists solve controversial issues about the amount of icing, the location of the centers of origin of glacial flows, the directions and speeds of their movement, their stopping points, and the qualitative and quantitative composition of glacial sediment.

The geological reference book of Belarus gives a definition of boulders and an explanation of their location.

boulders- large, rounded (rounded) rock fragments with a diameter of 10 cm or more, processed by the glacier during their transportation.

Ancient boulders, as a rule, are located on the surface of the earth, however, they are confined to terminal moraine formations, and therefore come across at different depths. As agricultural land is cultivated, and also over time as a result of freezing of wet soil, boulders are squeezed out of the ground, which gives the impression of their constant growth, an increase in their number on the surface.

In glacial areas, boulders are distributed regularly, fan-shaped diverge from the centers of glaciation. As the transport capacity of the glacier decreases, more and more boulders remain on the surface of the earth.

Therefore, the birthplace of boulders in the European territory are the bedrocks of Sweden, Finland, the rocks of the bottom of the sea and the Baltic islands, as well as the bedrocks of the northwestern regions of Russia.

Boulders carried over long distances are called erratic, or wandering. In Belarus, boulders of various shapes are widely represented in the central and northern regions ( north of the border of ancient glaciations), most of them are scattered over the surface of the finite-morainic uplands, much less is located on the inter-morainic lowlands and in river valleys. There are boulders of impressive size. The largest of them (length 10.6 m, width 5.6 m, rises 2.8 m above the ground) is located near the village of Gorki, Shumilinsky district.

Boulders hinder farming. Their accumulations form bouldered fields, which reduces the yield of agricultural crops (crop shortage can reach 15-20%), and hinder the effective use of equipment.

Boulders are used in the construction of foundations, religious buildings, expensive paving, for obtaining crushed stone, as backfill material for dams, strengthening slopes, creating architectural compositions in parks, squares, along highways, etc.

Many boulders are associated with folk tales.

In connection with the change in natural landscapes under the influence of human activities: cleaning fields from boulders, using them in construction, etc., there is a need to protect boulders and preserve them as objects of study, therefore the most original and rare are geological monuments of nature and are protected by the state.

V last decade landscape and park art began to develop in the cities of Belarus. V different corners open squares, streets, parks, along the banks of lakes and streams in cities, man-made compositions are created from boulder stone and ornamental plants. Such corners look very good and fit well into the modern architecture of Belarusian cities.

I do not like pebble beaches, so I always make a choice in favor of sandy beaches. Our Black Sea has not only a large selection of hotels and attractions, but also a huge selection of beaches. Here anyone can find a beach to their taste. It remains only to find out where are the rocky beaches on the Black Sea, and where are the sandy ones.

Where are the rocky beaches on the Black Sea

Majority famous resorts have pebbly beaches. For instance:

• Lazarevskoye;
• Kabardinka;
• Dzhubga;
• Resorts of Crimea;
• Resorts of Abkhazia.

I can't swim on pebble beaches, but many people choose them for several reasons. Advantages of pebble beaches:

• purity and transparency of water;
• stones and pebbles do not stick to the body like sand;
• better visibility underwater.

But not only advantages have pebble and rocky beaches. Minuses:

• sharp stones;
• risk of cutting your legs;
• stones and pebbles get very hot in the sun;
• the need to wear special slippers for swimming.

Not everyone wears special bathing shoes. For some, pebbles are the perfect foot massager. But I still remember how the wave dumped me right on the rocks. It ended badly. The legs were bruised and cut. And I'm not the only one who has experienced this.

Where are the sandy beaches on the Black Sea

On the Black Sea you can easily find sandy shores. Most sandy beaches are located in Anapa. You can find good sand beach in Gelendzhik. It is small (about 500 meters long), but without pebbles. The sand also gets very hot in the middle of the day, but it's easier to run on it without shoes. Try to run barefoot on pebbles and rocks. Sandy beaches have their drawbacks. The disadvantages include the following:

• sand sticks to wet skin, especially to sunscreen;
• the water is not so clear, as the sand is constantly stirred up by people who swim in the sea;
• during the wind, the sand will fly into the eyes;
• algae grow on beaches where there is sand, not pebbles.

Sandy beaches are very good if you are traveling with a child. Children will be more comfortable swimming. Sand is safer for children. The child will not fall on the stones, so the risk of injury is greatly reduced. For the elderly, this is also a great beach.. On such beaches, the entrance to the water is smoother. If you are going to a sandy beach, then you do not need to take special swimming shoes with you.

There are a huge number of beaches on the Black Sea. And you can always choose the beach that will be the most convenient and acceptable for you.

There are quite a lot of curious people among our brother. There are also those who wonder: how much is in Russian Black Sea coast beaches?! Some originals from among the connoisseurs of geography claim that, they say, the entire seashore is a continuous large beach! And, here, the natives, that is, the inhabitants of the Black Sea region, categorically disagree with such a statement, because the relief off the coast often changes - either a pebble or sandy strip, or a pile of stones, or suddenly an impressive rock or a whole series of impregnable rocks descends into the sea from land . What kind of beaches are there? And, to be objective, the truth is on the side of the indigenous inhabitants of these places: the sea stretches far along the coast, but it is not a solid beach at all!

They got to the bottom of the truth only in the Crimea - on the peninsula, it is estimated that there are eight hundred beaches - sandy, pebbly, rocky, moreover, departmental (at some sanatoriums and boarding houses) publicly accessible as, for example, in Anapa and wild ones, including nudist ones like in the Koktebel region, Utrish and in other coastal places.
For those curious to get to the truth, we add that the Russian Black Sea coast has added kilometers to itself since 2014 - due to the return of Crimea to its historical homeland. If the entire coastline of the Black Sea is more than 3,400 kilometers, then our share is 1.2 thousand (from 421 to 474, in fact, the Krasnodar Territory, plus 750 kilometers of the Crimean coast). By length coastline we are a little behind Turkey, but we are superior to Ukraine. Recall with the same curious - the Black Sea coast in known quantities is divided by five countries: Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Georgia. Now let's go directly to the beaches - in alphabetical order.

Not many coastal countries can boast of such excellent beaches as the All-Russian health resort for family and children's recreation and treatment of Anapa. Their length is about seventy kilometers, of which 40 is a golden embankment left in memory of itself by the ancient river Kuban, which suddenly changed its old course to a new one. And here the definition of the curious that the coast - a solid beach - will come in handy. From the Anapka river itself, where it is already continuing Central Beach and to the village of Blagoveshchenskaya (more than 35 kilometers), a golden sandy strip stretched, and even, like in a desert, with dunes from three to twelve meters high, in some places overgrown with branchy trees, giving a saving shade in the heat to the whole family. The width of the beaches is from two tens of meters to two hundred and more behind the Anapka River and six hundred near the village of Blagoveshchenskaya. Anapa, Dzhemete, Vityazevo, Blagoveshchenskaya - all along the coast, entry to the beaches is free, although sanatoriums, boarding houses, children's health camps, recreation centers and so on go to them. From land to the sea, you have to walk a dozen meters until you are up to your chest - expanse for children and adults who cannot swim.

Taking into account the fact that the sun shines over the resort all 280 days a year, the water warms up quickly after the off-season, and you can swim in it next to the dolphins from late April to early November inclusive. The beaches are landscaped in the European manner - awnings, lifeguard trailers, toilets, of course - sun loungers and deck chairs, there are also those that turn after the sun, and an even tan forms on your body. Doctors are on duty. Catamarans, "bananas", "tablets", flying over the sea on parachutes - there are other attractions. At the border of the beach area - cafes, canteens, kiosks with soft drinks, ice cream, souvenirs. At the Central Beach there is a Summer Stage, where concerts of show business stars take place in the evenings with a full house.

There are pebbly and rocky beaches in Anapa. They start immediately behind the sandy ones towards Malaya Bay, Mayak, and then Small and Big Utrish and stretch for, consider, three dozen kilometers. Landscaped. And on Bolshoi Utrish, holidaymakers can expect a dolphinarium with an open-air theater, where during the high season several performances in a row are given a day, and after virtuoso fantastic performances, dolphins jump out of the sea onto the platform and willingly pose with the audience on a TV camera or camera, winking at you smart and cheerful eyes. Pleasure boats depart from the sea station and berths in other places according to the schedule. They are also accompanied by dolphins, in addition to seagulls, albatrosses and other birds living by the sea, swimming familiarly in it.

Gelendzhik resort beaches

The beautiful name of the resort city is beautiful and is translated - "White Bride". Although its origins are rather sad. Once upon a time, slave trade flourished here at the Gelendzhik Bay at the foot of the Markhot Range. Foreign rulers specially sailed here for white-faced women, who were bought into slaves or taken as wives. From here it went - "White Bride", by the way Central embankment there is a monument to her, visible even from the height of the surrounding peaks. So, it is known for certain that the coastline stretches for almost a hundred kilometers. Twenty and a half of them occupy the beaches. Dare?! A little more than a fifth of the coast, other places are difficult to access: the Great Caucasian mountains, and the rocks come right up to the water or went right into the sea.
The best of the best of course - Central Beach. It occupies an area of ​​five and a half hectares. It is more than a kilometer long, from three to eighty meters wide. And the total number of beach areas (large and small) in the resort is 114. The central beach is artificial bulk, river sand is used. It starts from the beach of the hotel "Primorye", is interrupted at the sea station, then continues to the water park "Dolphin". Gelendzhik Bay looks like a huge horseshoe. Along it - 24 beaches: "Azure Coast", "Krucha", "Gardens of the Seas", wild "Sosnovka", "Sandy Bottom" and others. By the way, Gelendzhik has the longest embankment in the world - eight kilometers. It is especially beautiful from the height of the Markhot Range, from its observation deck. Yes, and from the heights of two chair airways leading to its top, moreover, above the famous Safari Park, in which wild animals are kept in free conditions, ranging from a light graceful fallow deer to a tiger or the king of animals - a formidable lion.

Gelendzhik has a lot resort areas- Arkhipo-Osipovka, Divnomorskoye, Kabardinka, near the Psharskoye rural district - Beregovoye, Mikhailovskoye, Wide Pshadskaya slit, Betta. As in neighboring Anapa, the beaches are well landscaped with awnings, mushrooms, lifeguard houses, first-aid posts, water attractions near the shore, pleasure boats cruise along the waves, in a word, you can not only sunbathe and swim from the heart, but also have fun. For those who like to sunbathe and dive in warm waves, but in order to have fewer people nearby, there are wild beaches- in the Tolstoy Cape area. It's nice for nudists too.

The beaches of Greater Sochi

Our southern capital in the zone of humid subtropics is called so for good reason. The city stretches along the coastline for almost 145 kilometers. Of these, beach areas - 118. And in total there are already over 130 beach areas! With small pebbles, an admixture of sand, stony. Municipal free, wild and not equipped, closed at sanatoriums or at the same health resorts, but available to tourists. The Central Beach is popular. It is over a hundred meters long and -25-30 wide. Finely pebbly. The people call the beach area "SANTA BARBARA". Practically works around the clock - with cafes, restaurants, discos and so on. Perfectly equipped - with sun loungers, deckchairs, mushrooms, awnings, it is possible to go fishing on the high seas, go on boats to race with dolphins. Frequently visited by guests and local residents beaches - "Mayak", "Primorsky", "Solnechny", health resorts "Iskra", "Sputnik", "Green Grove" and others. Nudists usually gather on their favorite beach in the Maly Akhun area.

Like any big resort town on the Black Sea coast, Greater Sochi many recreation areas in municipalities. Actually, among Russians and guests from abroad, resort villages are well known - Matsesta, Magri, Makopse, Ashe, Lazorevskoye, Golovinka, Loo, Dagomys, Mamaika, Khosta, Kudepsta and others. Of course, they all have well-equipped beaches. The central beach of Dagomys stretches for one and a half kilometers. It is 70-90 meters wide. With small pebbles and sand inclusions. By the way, from Dagomys from Sochi - a stone's throw. If you want to go by train, if you wish - by regular bus or minibus, you can take a taxi. Of course, there are fewer people than in the city itself. And there are no less amenities - there is where to eat, what to swim near the shore or in the sea. Medics are on duty, the beach of the resort adjacent to Dagomys Loo village, which can be reached by the same modes of transport, is somewhat smaller - 600 meters and 65 wide. But it is also convenient, and most importantly protected from the wind: rocks painted by local young artists approach it. In both villages there are many private sector, mini-hotels, guest houses, so finding a roof over your head is a couple of trifles! Nearby there are sanatoriums and boarding houses where you can get medical treatment for kursovka. It is also well known that life is not possible in the Black Sea at a depth of two hundred meters - below hydrogen sulfide, which kills all life. At the same time, it is very useful - a mixture of it with water perfectly heals. And this is convincingly proven in Matsesta. Here, with hydrogen sulfide baths, they treat cardiovascular, nervous, skin, ENT diseases, gynecology, and put your musculoskeletal system in order. And the beaches of Matsesta are different - narrow, wide, but all of small pebbles. There are even nudist ones.

Tuapse beaches

First of all, it must be borne in mind that the city has a large one on the Black Sea coast. seaport. So it's a bit noisy here. And the sea almost immediately from the shore goes into the depths. However, the resort has its own beaches. Their length is over 60 kilometers. The width is different - from two, three meters to a spacious seventy. Most holidaymakers, which is quite natural, rush to the Central Beach. It is quite roomy - it stretches for more than a kilometer, from the Tuapse River to the boarding house "Spring". Covered with fine gravel and pebbles. Landscaped. There are boat rentals. Water and other attractions. You won’t have to starve and languish with thirst - near the beaches there are cafes, canteens, kiosks with soft drinks, pastries, you can also taste chicken, fish, beef or pork skewers. Rescuers strictly observe the behavior of tourists on the water, in a state of intoxication they will not let them in, they will insure those who cannot swim.
Expanse on the beach in the village of Primorskoe! local beach it's called "wild". There are pebbles, there are boulders. The latter, by the way, love sunbathing. They perched on them, and lie quietly in the sun. Is that sometimes, changing the position of the body. There are fewer people here, but not always. On weekends, residents are not averse to coming here to rest. Together with their children or grandchildren.
There is in the vicinity of Tuapse, well, just a charming place by the sea - Kiseleva Rock. The view is amazing! From below, it seems to be a bare wall, and on top of a dense forest of pines. Surrounded by stone heaps. But the descent into the water is gentle. Comfortable for kids and non-swimmers.
There is in the vicinity of Tuapse, well, just a charming place by the sea - Kiselev Rock. The view is amazing! From below, it seems to be a bare wall 46 meters high and sixty meters wide, and on top of a dense forest of pines. Amazingly fantastic monument of nature! Surrounded by stone heaps. But the descent into the water is gentle. Comfortable for kids and non-swimmers. But, in the village of Lermontovo, there is already, as they say, a different calico - the Gold Coast beach, two kilometers long and fifty meters wide, originates from the Shapsuho River. Rest on it is a pleasure!
Do not be disappointed with the beaches of the resort villages of Agoy, Dzhubga, Olginka, Nebug, Gizel-Dere, Dederkoy and others, located in the Tuapse zone.

The beaches of Taman

Taman Peninsula in Krasnodar Territory is a legendary place. Since 2001, he received the status of the All-Russian health resort due to the presence of large deposits of therapeutic mud here. There are almost four dozen active or extinct mud volcanoes here. Taman (name in the distant past Tmutarakan) - the most unique place on land: in the Kerch Strait, two seas throw themselves into each other's arms - the Black and Azov. Remember Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila"? The famous "Lukomorye green oak"? All this on Taman. And the village of Taman itself stands on the shores of two seas. By the way, Black Sea resorts on Taman they occupy a small territory - along the coast they are located only twenty kilometers away. Chief among them is the village of Taman with a population of just over nine thousand. A staircase leads to the beach - in miniature Potemkinskaya, in the cheerful city of Odessa. Lovely sandy beach. There are not so many people on it, but this is wonderful: no one interferes with anyone. Eight kilometers from Taman is the village of Volna. It stands in a high place. The sea view is amazing! Went down to the beach, feet buried in the soft hot sand. The water is the purest - it is not in vain that dolphins visit here, who cannot stand the slightest pollution! Off the coast and in the sea - excellent fishing. All opportunities for diving and other marine extreme views sports. A dozen and a half from the Wave is another resort village of Veselovka. Lovely sandy beach. Long and wide. There is no need to talk about the Bugaz Spit - it stretches for fifteen kilometers to Blagoveshchenskaya. It is, as it were, one with the golden embankment of Anapa. They have one ancestor - the Kuban River, which flows into the Temryuk Bay Sea of ​​Azov. So, if someone happens to visit Taman Peninsula, get two pleasures - swim for a day in two seas! By the way, there is a salt lake in Veselovka. In summer, it sometimes dries up, but they use its mud. It also treats skin diseases and ailments of the musculoskeletal system. And the water of the lake itself is healing.

And a little more about luck. The coast from Temryuk to the Kerch Strait, a hundred kilometers long, is not in vain called the Azov Riviera. Every year more and more people want to come to these places - to the village of Golubitskaya with its healing salt lake and healing mud at the bottom, the resort village of Kuchugury, For the Motherland, the city of Yeysk, etc. Because they are within easy reach of the Black Sea. Can you resist the temptation to take a dip in both of them on your vacation?! Along the way, admiring the lotus valley and diving into the mud volcanoes Tizdar and Blue Balka?!

Crimean beaches

Having returned to the bosom of Russia, to its historical homeland, the Crimean peninsula has at its disposal half a thousand resort areas. The length of its beaches exceeds 343 kilometers with a width of twelve to twenty-five meters, in some places they are even wider than that, and in total there are under eight hundred of them. All the beaches of the Crimea, like the Kuban, are curative: in the off-season, the sea literally shovels them with its storms and saturates them with its useful salts. Beaches will cure your sciatica, rheumatism, musculoskeletal system, skin and other diseases. They have a beneficial effect on the nervous, cardiovascular system, bronchi, lungs. beautiful beaches is in the resort villages of Koktebel, Ordzhonikidze, Beregovoy, Primorsky, Feodosia, not to mention such seaside cities like Sudak, Yalta, Evpatoria or Feodosia.
Special mention should be made of Theodosius. Its "Golden Beach" stretches for as much as seventeen kilometers. Perfectly equipped and equipped, you will be delighted with it. As well as from the beach "Pearl", which received such a precious name because its sand has a mother-of-pearl hue. Children's beach smaller - 300 meters with a little, but the kids are safe here: it has a gentle descent into the sea. By the way, all the beaches of Feodosia have a flat and soft bottom, which is noted with pleasure by all holidaymakers and owners of guest houses, private hotels that determine you to stay.
There are several well-maintained beaches in Yalta with its world-famous Artek children's health camp, in which more than twenty thousand children from Russia itself, as well as from near and far abroad, rest and are treated annually. The priority is Massandrovsky beach. Its width reaches 35 meters, the length is kilometers. There are two zones here - for VIPs with increased comfort and for decent money, and three zones are free. Life on the beach is in full swing in the literal sense of the word around the clock. Cafes, restaurants, discos, rentals work day and night. People return home exhausted but deafeningly satisfied with photos on their mobile phones and stories on movie cameras. There is good beaches near the boarding houses "Actor", "Donbass", at the yacht club "Yalta", in the suburbs - "Nikitsky" and others. You can talk about all the beaches of Crimea for a long time and in detail, but still, you won’t cover all of them: we mentioned at the beginning that there are over five hundred resort areas on the peninsula. Fly here, come, settle down at some resort and hurry to the sea - fall in love with it and the coast on which you were lucky enough to relax!