The resort town of Sochi, located on the Black Sea coast, did not have its own port and station building until the mid-50s of the last century. The ships were either at the mouth of the Sochi River or in the roadstead at sea. Passengers and their luggage were brought to the ships by boats, and then they climbed aboard the ships along ladders and rope ladders. In bad weather, any work on loading cargo and boarding passengers was stopped
Only in the second half of the 19th century were the pier on stilts and port facilities built. The active construction of the port of Sochi began in the thirties of the last century. Then they built a breakwater 600 meters long. He extinguished the force of the waves and thereby protected the coastal structures from destruction. Further construction was discontinued due to the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War
After the end of the Second World War, the Black Sea coast began to be actively used for recreation of workers. A large construction of boarding houses and health resorts began. Naturally, in this situation, the problem arose of receiving guests arriving by sea. It was decided to resume the construction of the seaport and the station. The building, born of the joint work of the architect K.S. Alabyan and engineer A. Kuzmin, was officially put into operation on December 15, 1959. It surprises with its lightness and transparency ...
Located on the very shore of the sea, the sea terminal organically fits into the coastal landscape both from the sea side and from the city side and has become a wonderful decoration of the Sochi embankment. The adjacent territory from the city side is densely planted with exotic trees and bushes. The building is 114 meters long and built on piles. They say that during the construction of x it took more than 1000 pieces. The main building is adjoined by a two-storey gallery with a suite of white marble columns, richly decorated with ornaments
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