"GRUZOVOZOFF" branch office in Sochi


Address:
30a Gastello Str., 354395, Sochi, Russia


Telephone/Fax:
+ 7 (8622) 45-45-03, 69-57-33, 69-57-34


E-mail:
sochi@gruzovozoff.ru


Open hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Sunday closed


Head of the branch office:
Vitaliy Kovalev

On the territory of the present-day Sochi people settled since long time. The data of archeologic researches allow to assume, that it had happened 350-400 thousand years ago. The ethymology of the word "sochi" is not clear. However many researchers consider, that it derives from the word “shacha”, the names of one of the Ubykh tribes, which lived in the mountains of the Western Caucasus, in the interfluve area of the rivers Hosta and Shakhe. The ethnicon of the word "sochi" has no translation, but, as the researchers believe, its synonym "sadsha" is very close to the Ubykh word "sshedshe" with the meaning of “sea, at the sea”, which served in the remote past as a basis for the name of a tribe, living at the sea, - sadsha. Probably, the names "socha”, “Sochi" derive from the Ubykh words “sshedshe” and “sadsha”, changed by centuries. There is also another variant of the translation: the Adygei word "shacha" on the basis of the Ubykh language means “sell heads” ("she" - head, "che" - sell), i.e. the place where to sell people. Such a variant does not contradict the history – slave-trade at the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus prospered before the beginning of 19th century. In the beginning of 19th century the Black Sea coast became a "hot point" of the world policy. In 1829, after a victory of Russia in the Russian-Turkish War, the Andriapolskiy peace was signed, by which Turkey gave to Russia all Caucasian coast of the Black sea from the entry of the Kuban river up to the northern border of Adzharia. In 1838 the fort of Alexandria was laid down. In 1839 the fort of Alexandria was renamed into Navaginskiy in honour of the famous regiment. During the Crimean War (1853-1856) the fortification was left by the Russian armies. It was reconstructed in 1864 as the Dakhovskiy post (from 1874 Dakhovskiy Posad). In 1866 the Chernomorskiy district was formed as a new province with the center in Dakhovskiy Posad. An intensive development of the Chernomorskiy coast of Caucasus began. Sochi began to grow and to develop very qiuckly. From the beginning of the 20th century Sochi develops as a resort city. In 1902 the development (in medical purposes) of Matsestinskie sources began. In 1909 the resort "Caucasian Riviera" was opened. In 1917 in connection with the expansion of the territory Sochi gained the status of a city. The post-war years were marked by an intensive housing, sanatorium and municipal building. The buildings were created in the style of Neoclassicism, continuing the traditions of the 30s. The most outstanding monuments of civil architecture are the sea port and the railway station. Being original in their architectural solution, they symbolize sea and overland gates of the city. Historical dates: In 1838 the Fort of Aleksandria was founded on the place of the Central district of the modern city. In 1839 the Fort of Alexandria was renamed into the Navaginskiy Fort . In 1961 a part of the Adlerovskiy and Lasarevskij districts was included in the city of Sochi.