Lazarevskoye is a microdistrict

Microdistrict

Microdistrict, or microraion , is a residential complex—a primary structural element of the residential area construction in the Soviet Union and in some post-Soviet and former Communist states...

 of Lazarevsky City District of the city of Sochi

Sochi

Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...

, Krasnodar Krai

Krasnodar Krai

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, Russia

Russia

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. It was a resort settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

 before 1961, when it was merged into Sochi.

Geography

The microdistrict is located on the shore of the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...

 at the mouth of the Psezuapse River.

History

It was founded in 1869 as the village of Lazarevka in place of the former Lazarevskoye Fortress, which existed in 1839–1854. The fortress was named after Admiral Mikhail Lazarev. Later the name of the village was changed to Lazarevskoye.

On July 12, 1949, it was granted resort settlement status. On February 11, 1961, it was merged into the city of Sochi and ceased to exist as an independent entity.

Other

Lazarevskoye railway station on the Tuapse

Tuapse

Tuapse is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the northeast shore of the Black Sea, south of Gelendzhik and north of Sochi. It serves as the administrative center of Tuapsinsky District, although administratively it is separate from it...

-Adler

Adler

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 line is located on the territory of the microdistrict.

Lazarevskoye is a popular place for beach tourism. There are two waterparks and a dolphinarium

Dolphinarium

A dolphinarium is an aquarium for dolphins. The dolphins are usually kept in a large pool, though occasionally they may be kept in pens in the open sea, either for research or for public performances...

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