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{{Short description|City in Krasnodar Krai, Russia}}
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{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
| en_name                 = Novorossiysk
| ru_name                 = Новороссийск
| pushpin_map             = Russia Krasnodar Krai#European Russia#Europe
| coordinates             = {{coord|44|43|N|37|47|E}}
| map_label_position      = top
| image_coa               = Coat of Arms of Novorossiysk.svg
| image_flag              = Flag of Novorossiysk.svg
| holiday                 = September 12
| federal_subject         = [[Krasnodar Krai]]
| federal_subject_ref     = <ref name="Ref1481" />
| adm_city_jur            = [[City of federal subject significance|City]] of Novorossiysk
| adm_city_jur_ref        = <ref name="Ref1481" />
| adm_ctr_of              = City of Novorossiysk
| adm_ctr_of_ref          = <ref name="Ref1481" />
| inhabloc_cat            = City
| inhabloc_cat_ref        = <ref name="Ref1481" />
| urban_okrug_jur         = Novorossiysk Urban Okrug
| urban_okrug_jur_ref     = <ref name="Ref752" />
| mun_admctr_of           = Novorossiysk Urban Okrug
| mun_admctr_of_ref       = <ref name="Ref752" />
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = {{ill|Andrey Kravchenko|ru|Кравченко, Андрей Васильевич}}
| leader_name_ref         =<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://expertsouth.ru/news/merom-novorossiyska-stal-andrey-kravchenko/|title=Мэром Новороссийска стал Андрей Кравченко|website=expertsouth.ru|date=December 24, 2021}}</ref> 
| area_km2                = 81.1
| area_km2_ref            = <ref name="Площадь">{{Cite web|url=https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9217/194835596.f/0_d07a1_6d5b05db_XXXL.jpg|title=Генеральный план городского округа муниципального образования город Новороссийск Краснодарского края. Схема административно-территориальных границ.}}</ref>
| pop_2010census          = 241952
| pop_2010census_rank     = 76th
| pop_2010census_ref      = <ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>
| established_date        = 1838
| postal_codes            = 353900–353903, 353905–353907, 353909–353913, 353915–353925, 353960, 353999
| dialing_codes           = 8617
| website                 = https://admnvrsk.ru/
| image_map               = Novrossiysk location map.png
}}

'''Novorossiysk''' ({{langx|ru|Новоросси́йск}}, {{IPA|ru|nəvərɐˈsʲijsk|IPA|audio=Ru-Новороссийск.ogg}}; {{langx|ady|ЦӀэмэз|C̣ămăz}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|city]] in [[Krasnodar Krai]], [[Russia]]. It is [[Port of Novorossiysk|one of the largest ports]] on the [[Black Sea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://new-sebastopol.com/news/port_sevastopol/Reyting_krupneyshih_portov_Chernogo_morya |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020035754/http://new-sebastopol.com/news/port_sevastopol/Reyting_krupneyshih_portov_Chernogo_morya |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |title=Рейтинг крупнейших портов Черного моря {{!}} газета Новый Севастополь}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://expert.ru/ratings/table_40850/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727021251/http://expert.ru/ratings/table_40850 |archive-date=July 27, 2012 |title=Expert.ru – Крупнейшие порты России}}</ref> It was one of the few cities designated by the Soviet Union as a [[Hero City (Soviet Union)|Hero City]]. The population was {{ru-census|p2021=262,293|p2010=241,952|p2002=232,079|p1989=185,938}}

==History==
In antiquity, the shores of the [[Tsemes Bay]] were the site of '''Bata''' ({{langx|grc|Βατά}}), an ancient Greek colony that specialized in the [[grain trade]]. It is mentioned in the works of [[Strabo]]<ref>11.2.14 http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.2.14</ref> and [[Ptolemy]], among others.

Following brief periods of [[Roman Empire|Roman]] and [[Khazars|Khazar]] control, from the 9th century onwards, the area was part of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] θέμα Χερσῶνος [[Cherson (theme)|''Thema Khersonos'']] (Province of Cherson).

During the 11th century, the area was overrun and controlled by nomads from the Eurasian steppe, led by the [[Cumans]]. Later that century, the Byzantine emperor Ἀλέξιος Κομνηνός [[Alexios I Komnenos]] ([[reign|r.]] 1081–1118) was approached by [[Anglo-Saxon]] refugees, who had left England following the [[Norman Conquest]]. Alexios offered land to these refugees in ''Thema Khersonos'' if they could recapture it from the nomads and there is contemporaneous evidence that a [[New England (medieval)|Byzantine-English colony]] was subsequently founded. For example, [[portolan|medieval nautical chart]]s mention place names on the Kuban coast with possible English origins, including a port (located within or near the future site of Novorossiysk) known as '''Susaco''' (or ''Susacho'') – a name that may have been derived from [[Sussex]].<ref name="CG-NE">{{cite web|url=https://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/|title=The medieval 'New England': a forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the north-eastern Black Sea coast|first=Caitlin|last=Green|date=May 19, 2015|access-date=February 25, 2018}}</ref> (The same maps also show, north-west of ''Susaco'', a river ''Londina'', which may derive its name from [[London]].)<ref name="CG-NE"/>

In the 13th century, [[Genoa|Genoese]] merchants from the [[Ghisolfi]] family maintained a trade outpost in the area. A 2007 archaeological investigation of related sites discovered some interesting items.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nvis.ru/adm/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=10|title=Официальный сайт администрации города-героя Новороссийска – Content|date=May 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525003445/http://www.nvis.ru/adm/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=10|archive-date=May 25, 2007}}</ref>

The port later{{when|date=November 2025}} formed a vital link in the chain of forts known as the [[Black Sea Coastal Line]], which stretched south to [[Sochi]].{{cn|date=November 2025}}

During the rest of the 19th century, Novorossiysk developed rapidly. It was granted city status in 1866 and became the capital of the [[Novorossiysk Okrug]] and [[Black Sea Governorate]], the smallest in the [[Russian Empire]], in 1896. In December 1905, the city was the seat of the short-lived [[Novorossiysk Republic]]. From August 26, 1918, until March 27, 1920, the city was used as the principal center of [[Anton Denikin|Denikin]]'s [[White movement|White Army]] during the [[Russian Civil War]]. Denikin's [[South Russian Government]] was moved to [[Crimea]] and many Whites escaped from Novorossiysk to [[Constantinople]] during the [[Evacuation of Novorossiysk (1920)]], with the help of [[Allies (World War I)|Allied]] warships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Story: The evacuation of Novorossiysk {{!}} Lives of the First World War |url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/story/108530 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], most of the city was occupied by the German and Romanian Armies on September 10, 1942.<ref>Robert Forczyk, ''The Caucasus 1942–43: Kleist’s race for oil''</ref> A small unit of Soviet sailors defended one part of the city, known as [[Malaya Zemlya]], for 225 days beginning on February 4, 1943, and the town was liberated by the [[Red Army]] on September 16, 1943. The heroic defense of the port by the sailors allowed the Soviets to retain possession of the city's bay, which prevented the Axis from using the port for supply shipments. Novorossiysk was awarded the title [[Hero City (Soviet Union)|Hero City]] in 1973.{{cn|date=November 2025}}

In 1960, the town was commemorated in [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s work [[Novorossiysk Chimes|''Novorossiysk Chimes, the Flame of Eternal Glory'']] (Opus 111b).

In 2003, [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] signed a [[Decree of the President of Russia|decree]] setting up a naval base for the Black Sea Fleet in Novorossiysk. Russia allocated 12.3 billion [[ruble]]s (about $480 million) for the construction of the new base between 2007 and 2012. The construction of other facilities and infrastructure at the base, including units for coastal troops, aviation and logistics, continued after 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=16492 |title = Novorossiysk Naval Base Construction: First Phase to Finish Late in 2013}}</ref> Russia planned to move the Black Sea Fleet with 80 warships and its headquarters from [[Sevastopol]] to the Novorossiysk base in 2020.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Şafak|last1=Oğuz|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/355595|title=Russian Hybrid Warfare and Its Implications in The Black Sea|journal=Bölgesel Araştırmalar Dergisi|date=May 1, 2017|volume=1|issue=1|page=11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200711010100/https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/355595|archive-date=July 11, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref>

The Russian lease on port facilities in [[Sevastopol]], which, though the main base of Russia's [[Black Sea Fleet]], was part of [[Ukraine]], was set to expire in 2017.<ref name=Iht2009-01-09>
{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/09/opinion/edstrauss.php|title=And when the lease on Sevastopol expires?|publisher=[[International Herald Tribune]]|author=Michael J. Strauss|date=January 9, 2009|access-date=2009-01-09}}</ref> Ukraine was reported to be planning not to renew the lease; however, in April 2010 the Russian and Ukrainian presidents signed [[2010 Ukrainian–Russian Naval Base for Natural Gas treaty|an agreement]] to extend the lease by twenty-five years, with an option of further extension of five years after the new term expires.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rHrn0B5-or0C&pg=PA82 The Great Power (mis)Management] by [[Alexander Astrov]], [[Ashgate Publishing]], 2011, {{ISBN|1409424677}} (page 82)</ref> However, in 2014, Crimea was militarily occupied by the [[Russian Armed Forces]] during the [[2014 Crimean crisis]] in February. Crimea was [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed by the Russian Federation]] in March 2014, and as such the question of the lease became moot.

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it is, together with twenty-four [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural localities]], incorporated as the '''[[City of federal subject significance|City]] of Novorossiysk'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Krasnodar Krai|districts]].<ref name="Ref1481">Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the City of Novorossiysk is incorporated as '''Novorossiysk Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref752">Law #686-KZ</ref>

=== Coat of arms of Novorossiysk ===
The coat of arms of Novorossiysk was officially approved by Emperor Nicholas II on October 15, 1914. The description of the coat of arms was as follows: in a golden field above a black wavy tip, a black double-headed eagle under a crown, in the paws of an eagle a scepter and a power, on the chest a scarlet shield in which a golden Orthodox cross above a silver inverted crescent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Герб Новороссийска |url=https://www.heraldicum.ru/russia/subjects/towns/novoross.htm |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=heraldicum.ru}}</ref> In 1994, the Soviet coat of arms was changed to a new one. In 2006, the coat of arms of 1914 was re-adopted with minor changes (a crown was added). The description of the modern coat of arms sounds like this in official sources: In a gold shield with a black wavy tip is a black double-headed eagle crowned with an Imperial crown, with a scepter and a power in its paws, on the wings of which is a shield, in the scarlet field of which is a golden Orthodox eight-pointed cross mounted on a silver inverted crescent. The shield is crowned with a golden five-pronged tower crown.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Администрация и Дума города Новороссийска |url=https://www.admnvrsk.ru/index.php/2009-11-08-08-49-48 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=admnvrsk.ru}}</ref>
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==Geography==
[[File:Karte des Kaukasischen Isthmus - Entworfen und gezeichnet von J-Grassl - 1856.jpg|thumb|left|"A Map of The Caucasian Isthmus". Designed and drawn by J. Grassl, 1856.]]
The city is located on the [[Black Sea]]. It is not a resort town, but [[Anapa]] to the north and [[Gelendzhik]] to the south are. There are several urban settlements under the jurisdiction of Novorossiysk. The most famous is [[Abrau-Dyurso]], which consists of a townlet on the shore of [[Lake Abrau]] and a village on the coast of the Black Sea, connected by a winding mountain road.

The area of Novorossiysk is one of Russia's main wine-growing regions. The [[wineries]] of [[Abrau-Dyurso]], established by [[Tsar Alexander III]] in 1870, produce table and sparkling wines for domestic consumption.

===Climate===
Novorossiysk has a borderline [[humid subtropical]] (''Cfa'') and [[Mediterranean climate]] (''Csa'') in the [[Köppen climate classification]]. Since the driest month has {{Convert|36|mm|in|abbr=in}} and may or may not happen consistently in the summer, the city cannot be classified as solely humid subtropical or Mediterranean.
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|Jan record high C = 22.8
|Feb record high C = 21.0
|Mar record high C = 25.0
|Apr record high C = 28.0
|May record high C = 31.8
|Jun record high C = 38.0
|Jul record high C = 39.0
|Aug record high C = 36.1
|Sep record high C = 34.0
|Oct record high C = 30.0
|Nov record high C = 28.0
|Dec record high C = 25.0
|year record high C = 39.0
|Jan high C = 6.1
|Feb high C = 6.5
|Mar high C = 9.7
|Apr high C = 15.0
|May high C = 19.6
|Jun high C = 24.1
|Jul high C = 27.6
|Aug high C = 27.7
|Sep high C = 23.1
|Oct high C = 17.2
|Nov high C = 12.7
|Dec high C = 8.8
|year high C = 16.5
|Jan mean C = 2.9
|Feb mean C = 3.6
|Mar mean C = 6.3
|Apr mean C = 11.5
|May mean C = 16.2
|Jun mean C = 20.5
|Jul mean C = 23.8
|Aug mean C = 23.5
|Sep mean C = 18.9
|Oct mean C = 13.4
|Nov mean C = 9.4
|Dec mean C = 5.9
|year mean C = 13.0
|Jan low C = -0.2
|Feb low C = 0.5
|Mar low C = 3.1
|Apr low C = 8.2
|May low C = 12.9
|Jun low C = 16.9
|Jul low C = 20.0
|Aug low C = 19.7
|Sep low C = 15.1
|Oct low C = 9.8
|Nov low C = 6.2
|Dec low C = 2.8
|year low C = 9.5
|Jan record low C = -18.0
|Feb record low C = -17.0
|Mar record low C = -12.2
|Apr record low C = -5.0
|May record low C = -1.1
|Jun record low C = 2.0
|Jul record low C = 8.0
|Aug record low C = 10.0
|Sep record low C = 4.7
|Oct record low C = -2.0
|Nov record low C = -6.1
|Dec record low C = -13.0
|year record low C = -18.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 125.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 76.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 104.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 58.6
|May precipitation mm = 41.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 49.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 38.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 50.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 35.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 61.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 61.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 156.2
|year precipitation mm = 860.2
|Jan precipitation days = 8.6
|Feb precipitation days = 6.9
|Mar precipitation days = 6.8
|Apr precipitation days = 6.3
|May precipitation days = 5.3
|Jun precipitation days = 5.0
|Jul precipitation days = 3.6
|Aug precipitation days = 3.2
|Sep precipitation days = 3.6
|Oct precipitation days = 5.0
|Nov precipitation days = 6.1
|Dec precipitation days = 9.4
|year precipitation days = 69.8
|source 1 = climatebase.ru<ref name="climatebase">{{cite web
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| title = Novorossijsk Climate Data
| publisher = Climatebase
| access-date = November 6, 2017
}}</ref>
|date = June 2012

}}{{Historical populations|1897|16897|1926|67941|1939|95240|1959|93461|1970|132744|1979|159135|1989|185938|2002|232079|2010|241952|2021|262293|footnote=Source: Census data}}

== Economy ==
The city sprawls along the shore of the [[warm-water port|non-freezing]] [[Tsemess Bay]], which has been recognized since antiquity as one of the superior bays of the [[Black Sea]]. The [[Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port]]–with the market capitalization of $1.11 billion and shares listed at [[Moscow Exchange]] and [[London Stock Exchange]]–serves Russian sea trade with regions of Asia, Middle East, Africa, Mediterranean, and South America. It is the busiest oil port in the Black Sea and the terminus of the pipeline from the [[Tengiz Field]] in [[Kazakhstan]], developed by the [[Caspian Pipeline Consortium]].<ref name="davy20">{{cite journal |doi=10.1051/e3sconf/202016407007|title=Transport and logistics infrastructure of the Krasnodar Krai: Problems and solutions |year=2020 |last1=Davydovich |first1=Anna |last2=Karamova |first2=Aida |last3=Fesenko |first3=Olesya |last4=Anisimova |first4=Nina |journal=E3S Web of Conferences |volume=164 |page=07007 |bibcode=2020E3SWC.16407007D |s2cid=218950016 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Novorossiysk is also an industrial city, dependent on [[steel]], [[food processing]], and the production of metal goods and other manufactures. Extensive [[limestone]] [[quarry|quarries]] supply important [[cement]] factories in and around the city. The town is home to the Maritime State Academy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aumsu.ru/|title=Главная|website=aumsu.ru|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223155042/https://www.aumsu.ru/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Novorossiysk Polytechnic Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbkstu.org.ru/ |title=Home |website=nbkstu.org.ru |access-date=May 17, 2006 |archive-date=March 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309205810/http://www.nbkstu.org.ru/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Transportation ==

Novorossiysk is the biggest Russian seaport. In 2019 cargo turnover amounted to 142.5m tons<ref>[https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4232595/ Грузооборот Новороссийского торгового порта в 2019 году вырос на 7,8%]</ref> In 2021 cargo turnover amounted to 105,2m tons<ref>[https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5154846?/ Грузооборот Новороссийского морского торгового порта за год вырос на 3,8%]</ref>
{{Wide image|Novorossiysk port.JPG|800px|A panoramic view of the port}}

Novorossiysk is connected by rail and highways to the main industrial and population centres of Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia. It is served by the [[Novorossiysk railway station]].

The closest airports ([[Gelendzhik Airport]], [[Anapa Airport]] and [[Krasnodar Airport]], situated {{cvt|33|km}}, {{cvt|53|km}} and {{cvt|172|km}} away from the city, respectively, offer flights to many cities in Russia.

==Sports==
The city association football team, [[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk]], plays in the Russian second Division.

==Buildings and structures==
*[[Novorossiysk TV Tower]]
*Shopping Mall "Krasnaya Ploshchad"
*"Lenin's" Amusement Park
*Malaya Zemlya Memorial<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/24594/Memorial-Malaya-Zemlya.htm|title=Memorial "Malaya Zemlya" – Novorossiysk – TracesOfWar.com|website=tracesofwar.com}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
*[[Georges Gurvitch]] (1894 – 1965), Russian-French sociologist and philosopher
*[[Seitumer Emin]] (1921 – 2004), Crimean Tatar writer and civil rights activist
*[[Artur Minosyan]] (born 1989), Russian former professional football player of Armenian descent
*[[Ida Nudel]] (1931 – 2021), [[refusenik]] and Israeli activist
*[[Eugene Kaspersky]] (born 1956), founder of [[Kaspersky Lab]]s
*[[Eduard Sarkisov]] (born 1971), football coach and a former player
*[[Alexander Semizyan]] (born 1985), former Russian-born Armenian football striker
*[[Emir-Usein Kuku]] (born 1976), Crimean Tatar human rights defender
*{{Ill|Viktor Petrovich Skarzhinsky|ru|Скаржинский, Виктор Петрович}} (1787 – 1861) – chamberlain, Novorossiysk landowner and forester, Kherson provincial leader of the nobility.

==Twin towns and sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia}}

Novorossiysk is [[twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.admnvrsk.ru/aboutcity/foreginlinks/index.php|script-title=ru:Международные Связи – Администрация муниципального образования город-герой Новороссийск|language=ru|access-date=December 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223053822/http://www.admnvrsk.ru/aboutcity/foreginlinks/index.php|archive-date=December 23, 2011|work=Plymouth City Council}}</ref>
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|- valign="top"
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*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Plymouth]], [[United Kingdom]] <small>''(since 1956)''</small><ref name="Plymouth twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/communityandliving/twintowns.htm|title=Plymouth – Town Twinning|access-date=2013-07-14|work=Plymouth City Council|archive-date=May 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502210154/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/communityandliving/twintowns.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><small>''Suspended 2022''</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://democracy.plymouth.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=276&MID=9725#AI101107 |title=Agenda and minutes City Council - Monday 21 March 2022 2.00 pm }} </ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Livorno]], [[Italy]] <small>''(since 1967)''</small>
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Valparaíso]], [[Chile]] <small>''(since 1968)''</small>
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Gijón]], [[Spain]] <small>''(since 1986)''</small>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]], [[Florida]], [[United States]] <small>''(since 1988)''</small>
*{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Varna, Bulgaria]] <small>''(since 1999)''</small>
||
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Pula]], [[Croatia]] <small>''(since 1999)''</small><ref name="Pula twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.pula.hr/index.php?id=123|title=Međunarodna suradnja Grada Pule|access-date=2013-07-28|work=Grad Pula|language=hr, it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505091330/http://www.pula.hr/index.php?id=123|archive-date=May 5, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Constanța]], [[Romania]] <small>''(since 2002)''</small>
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Samsun]], [[Turkey]] <small>''(since 2007)''</small>
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tomsk]], Russia <small>''(since 2008)''</small>
*{{flagicon|ARM}} [[Gavar]], [[Armenia]] <small>''(since 2009)''</small>
*{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Novo Mesto]], [[Slovenia]] <small>''(since 2010)''</small>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Heilbronn, Germany]] <small>''(since 2019)''</small>
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==Gallery==
{{Gallery | height = 270 | width = 270
|Admiralty Chart No 162 Novorossisk Bay, Published 1902, New Edition 1919 (cropped).jpg|Novorossiysk in 1919, from an Admiralty chart
|Nov Pan.jpg|A panoramic view of the Tsemess Bay
|Nov Port.jpg|The port of Novorossiysk
|Novo-2010-08-27-043.jpg|Overview of Novorossiysk, August 2010
}}

==References==

===Notes===
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===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kda|adm|list}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kda|mun|list|novorossiysk}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Novorossiysk}}
*[https://admnvrsk.ru/ Official website of Novorossiysk] {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060205201847/http://ncsp.nross.ru/english/index.htm Novorossiysk commercial sea port]
*[http://www.novoport.ru/ Informational portal of city] {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://www.nvrsk.ru/ Our Novorossiysk] {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://gorod-novorossiysk.ru/ Site of Novorossiysk City. Map of Novorossiysk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731071142/http://gorod-novorossiysk.ru/ |date=July 31, 2017 }} {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://novorossiysk1.narod.ru/ Photos of Novorossiysk] {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://mvd-nvr.ru/ Novorossiysk Police Department] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430203454/http://mvd-nvr.ru/ |date=April 30, 2016 }} {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050426102245/http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/x-ussr/100k/L-37-112.jpg Soviet topographic map 1:100,000]

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[[Category:Kuban oblast]]
[[Category:Black Sea Governorate]]
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