Zubova Shchel (village)

The village is located in the central part of the Lazarevsky district of the resort city of Sochi , on both banks of the Chemitokvadzhe river. It is located 18 km southeast of the village of Lazarevskoye , 52 km northwest of Central Sochi and 242 km south of the city of Krasnodar (on the road).

It borders the lands of the settlements: Chemitokvadzhe in the northwest and Glubokaya Slit in the southeast.

Zubova Shchel is located off the Black Sea coast in the foothill zone. The terrain is mostly hilly with pronounced fluctuations in relative heights. Almost all residential buildings and various buildings are located in the narrow valley of the Chemitokvadzhe river. The average altitude in the village is about 175 meters above sea level. In the headwaters of the Chimit River (the right tributary of the Chemitokvadzhe) is Mount Mehveis (954 m), which is a watershed of the Chimit and Kichmai river basins.

In the village there are developed gray-forest soils with fertile mountain chernozem, due to which various subtropical crops grow well in the village. The proximity of the sea gives a large amount of moisture. In the upper reaches of the Chimit River there is a large tract - Zubova Shchel.

The hydrographic network is represented by the Chemitokvadzhe river basin. The river is formed at the confluence of the Chimit (right) and Alien (left) rivers, just above the upper edge of the village. In the lower reaches of the Chemitokvadzhe River, the highest bridge of Russia, the Zubova Shchel viaduct, is located.

The climate in the village is humid subtropical . The average annual air temperature is about + 13.3 ° С, with average July temperatures about + 22.8 ° С, and average January temperatures about + 5.8 ° С. The average annual rainfall is about 1370 mm. Most precipitation falls in the winter.

Until the end of the Caucasian War in 1864, a large Shapsug aul Tsurmytykuaje was located in the valley of the Chemitokvadzhe River. However, after the war ended, almost the entire local population was evicted to the Ottoman Empire , for their unwillingness to recognize the power of the Russian Tsar and the Russian military government in the Caucasus.

In 1866, agronomists A. V. Vereshchagin and I. N. Klingen, who examined the valley of the Chemitokvadzhe river, wrote that - the slopes of the gorge of the Chemitokvadzhe river were covered with “rich” fields and gardens; here, after the departure of the Shapsugs , “whole silk plantations”, “a mass of fruiting vineyards” were discovered. A mountain trail passed through this gorge, which led through the емemsey ridge to the upper reaches of the Hakuchips River and further to the northern slope of the Main Caucasian Range, to the Tuba Pass ^[2] .

In 1871, the lower reaches of the Chemitokvadzhe river were granted to one of the commanders of the Caucasian battalion of the Russian army, a certain Zubov. This year is considered the founding date of the modern village.

According to A.V. Vereshchagin, in 1873, the development of the site was begun here by forces of wage-workers Imeretians . The main area of ​​business was winemaking. At the same time, it was supposed to use "ready-made grapes, abundant in the area since the eviction of the Circassians ."

In 1893, the estate was abandoned by the commander Zubov. In 1899, the estate was bought by Count A. D. Sheremetev.

According to the audit of January 26, 1923, the village of Zubova was listed as part of the Lazarevsky volost of the Tuapse district of the Kuban-Black Sea region . By that time, mainly Armenians involved in tobacco growing lived in the village.

In 1934, the village was transferred to the Kichmay village council of the Shapsug region . In 1945, the Shapsug district was reorganized and renamed the Lazarevsky district . February 10, 1961 Lazarevsky district is included in the resort city of Sochi, as one of its inner-city districts.

From December 26, 1962 to January 12, 1965, the village was part of the Tuapse district . Then it was returned to the Lazarevsky intracity district of the resort city of Sochi .

National composition

According to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census ^[4] :

The village has a House of Culture. Other social infrastructure facilities (school, kindergarten, hospital) are located in the village of Golovinka and the village of Katkova Shchel .

The main role in the rural economy is played by gardening and tourism. In the vicinity of the village there are many garden and vineyards. Also, in the upper reaches of the Chemitokvadzhe river basin, abandoned Circassian gardens have survived, now called the Old Circassian Gardens. In Soviet times, the collective farm “6 years without Ilyich” operated in the village. An important role in the rural economy is played by gradually developing tourism. There are several recreation centers and pensions in the village. Also, various tourist routes leading through the village to the upper reaches of the Chimit and Alien rivers and further through the passes go through the village.

There is only one street in the village - Amurskaya. Magistralnaya Street, which is part of the Dzhubga-Adler federal highway, passes through the lower outskirts of the village.

• The history of the settlements of Tuapse and Sochi
• Codes OKATO and OKTMO - Zubova Slit (inaccessible link)