Revival (Gelendzhik)

The village is located on the M4 highway ( Novorossiysk - Sukhum ), between Gelendzhik and the Mikhailovsky Pass , 190 km south-west of Krasnodar and 8 km east of Gelendzhik . The village stretches 5.5 kilometers along the highway.

The settlement is located in the valley of the river Mezyb and its tributary Jeanne (Jean) , in the area from the Dark Gap to the mouth of the river Achibs , 8 km from the Black Sea coast . In the eastern part of the village Mezyb flows into its right tributary - the river Jean ( Jean ).

The average height in the village is 122 meters above sea level. The terrain is mostly hilly-mountainous.

The village of Vozrozhdenie is located in the wide valley of the Mezyb River, stretching from east to west, along the southern slope of the Kotsehursky ridge (spur GKH), to the west of the Mikhailovsky Pass . The left, steeper side of the Mesyb Valley is facing north. Plantations of the eastern beech formation (Fageta orientalis) dominate here. The right side of the valley (slopes of the Kotsehursky ridge) is turned to the south, here and on the forested parts of the floodplain of the river rocky oak formations (Quercera petraeae) prevail. The slopes of the Kotsehursky ridge intersect deep incisions of the fissures (Dark, Zhane, Yatlikova, and Mild), along the bottom of which rivers flow into the Mezyb. In the mouths of rivers, along the cracks grow alder, willow, shrubs.

In the lower part of the side of the valley of the river Mezyb are composed of a layer of lower Cretaceous terrigenous flysch, representing alternation of clays, with sandstone, aleurite and conglomerate interlayers. Ammonites occur in outcrops.

On the northern outskirts of the village, in the conditional boundaries between the rivers of the Achibs and Zhane river valleys, the Achibo-Zheneiskoye mineral medicinal iodine-bromine water deposit is located in the Reisterny Gap ^[2] . The waters of the deposit are predominantly sodium chloride type of medium and high mineralization, up to brines (salinity from 10 to 45 g / l). In the vicinity of the village there are self-flowing mineral springs of iodine-bromine water - “Mikhailovsky” located near the eastern border of the village, and “Ruslan”, located on the right side of the valley of the Achibes river.

The area of ​​the modern village has been inhabited by man since ancient times. For example, dolmens located in the valley of the river Jean are dated to the first half of the 3rd - second half of the 2nd millennium BC. er

According to the Adrianople treatise of 1829, the Ottoman Empire forever gave Russia its rights to the east coast of the Black Sea, with the Circassian tribes who inhabited it, but they did not recognize the power of both powers. In 1864, the Caucasian War ended, as a result of which Circassian societies who did not want to recognize the authority of the Russian state over themselves were evicted to Turkey.

Since May 1864, the government began to settle the empty coast. At the end of the 19th century, the Novorossiysk-Sukhumskoe Highway passed through the valley of the Mezyb River, the construction of which was led by General M.N. Annenkov . The highways began to be built in 1887, and by 1892 it was put into operation. On the map of the vicinity of Gelendzhik in 1902, on the site of the modern Renaissance village, only one point was indicated - the hunting estate of Prince Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg located at the mouth of the Zhane river.

With the establishment of Soviet power, in the vicinity of Gelendzhik, agriculture began to develop rapidly. So the collective farms were formed: “them. Telman "- the farm Wide Slope ; "them. TS.O. Pravdy - the farm Soft Cleft; "Red gardener" - 13 km; "Our work" - farms Jeanne and Bald Hills.

The history of the village itself Revival begins in 1925, when the name "Revival" first appears in the list of populated areas of the Gelendzhik district, as part of the Aderbievsky village council ^[3] . This year is considered the official date of foundation of the village.

In 1955, the village of Vozrozhdenie was transferred to the Mikhailovsky-Perevalsky Village Council of the Gelendzhik District of the Krasnodar Territory.

In 1961, the hamlets - Janet I and Jan II were included in the village of Vozrozhdenie.

On September 30, 1963, the village of Vozrozhdenie was transferred to the Fake-Gelendzhik Village Council of the Gelendzhik City Council of the Krasnodar Territory. On January 1, 1968, the village of Vozrozhdenie was already part of the Big Gelendzhik.

From September 1, 1964 to January 1, 1988, the village was part of the Divnomorsky Village Council of the Gelendzhik City Council of the Krasnodar Territory.

By the decision of the executive committee of the Gelendzhik City Council of People's Deputies No. 300 of July 13, 1983 and the subsequent decision of the regional executive committee of October 26, 1983, the village of Mishkaya Shchel was abolished and included in the village of Renaissance.

Since March 10, 2004, the village of Vozrozhdenie has been part of the Divnomorsky rural district of the municipality of the resort town of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Region.

On October 11, 2015, festive events dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the village were held in the village ^[4] .

• Waterfalls on the river Jean - up to 24 meters.
• Dolmens - monuments of the Stone Age architecture. In the area of ​​the village there are more than 20 dolmens, mostly destroyed. One intact dolmen is located at the entrance to the village from the side of Gelendzhik (at the cemetery), as well as the only round integral dolmen in the valley of the river Zhane.
• The medieval burial mounds of the Circassians of the 7th-15th centuries.

In the village are functioning ^[5] :

• educational institutions: basic comprehensive school MBOU NOSH No. 16; kindergarten MBDOU number 18 "Spring".
• cultural institutions: MBUK "TsKS DSO" club of the village of Renaissance and library MBUK TsBS;
• health care facilities: obstetric point.

The construction of the temple in the name of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God is conducted in the central part of the village (14 km). On the site allocated for construction, the erection of a small (temporary) temple is currently completed.

At the church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, a chapel was erected in the name of the Epiphany of the Lord. The chapel is located on the bank of the river Jeanne (near the Chalice Waterfall), in which, according to the tradition, the Great Chin is consecrated to baptism, and then those who want to bathe in the sanctified waters, in a bowl knocked out in a rock by a waterfall ^[6] .

Construction history

On April 12, 2015, on Easter Day, residents of the Renaissance village appealed to the Bishop of Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik Theognost , requesting the formation of an Orthodox parish, and on June 22, 2015, there was a state registration of the Orthodox parish of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God Church in the Renaissance village. The rector, Hegumen Joseph, was sent to the parish. In the central part of the village, with the blessing of Bishop Theognosto, ^{[7] the} construction of a small (temporary) church in the name of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God was begun. The first water prayer service at the site of the future church was held on August 10, 2014 ^[8] , and on October 3, 2015, the cross-dome Cross ^{[9] [10]} was consecrated and installed on a temporary temple.

The first service in a small (temporary) church was held on Lazarus Saturday. Liturgy on Lazarus Saturday (23 April 2016) made bishop of Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik Feognost concelebrated by the Rector of Abbot Joseph (Shakhvorostova), Acting Dean of the Gelendzhik district - hieromonk Mitrofan (Ravens), the abbot of monastery of St. Michael-Athos Trans-Kuban desert with. Shore - hieromonk Phlegon (Tokarev), ^[11] .

On January 18, on the Epiphany Eve, a chapel was consecrated in the name of the Epiphany of the Lord at the church of the icon of the Mother of God “Smolensk”. On January 10, 2017, the rite of consecration of a domed cross on the chapel was performed. Chin committed Acting the dean of Gelendzhik district was hieromonk Mitrofan (Crow), he was served: abbot of the church - Hegumen Joseph (Shahvorostov). After sprinkling the cross with holy water, it was installed on the dome of the chapel. ^[12]

• http://www.kuban-tourism.ru/town/vozrojdenie.htm
• http://serviceproekt.ru/docs/mesta50.wpt GPS coordinates of dolmens, including the village of Vozrozhdenie.