Lermontovsky Boulevard

Lermontovsky Boulevard is one of the most beautiful parts of the resort promenade of the city ​​of Gelendzhik . Under the shadow of the famous Pitsunda pines, Lermontovsky Boulevard stretches from Sadovaya St., where there is a monument to M.Yu. Lermontov ^[1] , to the White House hotel complex, where it smoothly passes into Primorsky Boulevard. The boulevard is very beautiful, decorated with beautiful flower beds, sculptures, fountains. On the boulevard a large number of cafes and restaurants. ^[2]

An important role in preserving the current look of Lermontov Boulevard was played in the 70s by the First Secretary of the Gelendzhik City Committee of the CPSU N. Pogodin . Lermontovsky Boulevard received a rebirth during the last reconstruction of the Gelendzhik embankment after the desolation of the 90s.

 

Lermontovsky Boulevard in Gelendzhik

The name of Lermontov Boulevard is associated with the name of M.Yu. Lermontov . According to some reports, he was in Gelendzhik. It is believed that in September 1837 Lermontov came to Gelendzhik, where then the headquarters of General Velyaminov was located, by sea from Taman . And in the works of M.Yu. Lermontov, Gelendzhik is indicated as the goal of a sea voyage. ^[3] Pitsunda pines appeared on the Gelendzhik embankment in the 50s, when Komsomol members and youth of the city planted them on community work days. These landings were called Komsomolsky Alleys, but this name did not take root.

Russia , Krasnodar Territory , the city of Gelendzhik .

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Coordinates: N44 33.906 E38 4.59.

Where the snow-white “Arch of Love” stands down to the embankment, Sadovaya St. and passing under it you will find yourself on Lermontovsky Boulevard. In 2012, a fountain was installed on the square near the arch. Lermontovsky Boulevard stretches toward the Thin Cape for several kilometers and goes into Primorsky Boulevard.

Quotation from the chapter “Taman” M.Yu. Lermontov: “The moon was quietly looking at the restless, but submissive to it element, and I could distinguish in the light of it, far from the coast, two ships, whose black gears, like cobwebs, were motionlessly drawn on the pale the boundaries of the sky. “There are ships in the marina,” I thought: “I’ll leave for Gelendzhik tomorrow.”

• Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich. The hero of our time (neopr.) . Novel. . Domestic Notes (1839).
• Mozhenok S. Photos of Lermontovsky Boulevard (Neopr.) (September 25, 2012). Date of treatment March 3, 2015.
• Gelendzhik and Lermontovsky Boulevard in the video (neopr.) . Video report . youtube.com (October 1, 2013). Date of treatment March 9, 2015.