Tuapse
| Tuapse (English) Туапсе (Russian) Тӏуапсэ (Adyghe) |
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.jpg) Black Sea coast near Tuapse in November |
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.svg) Location of Krasnodar Krai in Russia |
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| Town Day | First Sunday of July |
| Administrative status (as of May 2013) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnodar Krai |
| Administratively subordinated to | Town of Tuapse |
| Administrative center of | Town of Tuapse,Tuapsinsky District |
| Municipal status (as of June 2009) | |
| Municipal district | Tuapsinsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Tuapsinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Tuapsinsky Municipal District, Tuapsinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Head | Alexander Chekhov |
| Representative body | Council |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 63,292 inhabitants |
| - Rank in 2010 | 250th |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Town status since | ca. 1896 |
| Postal code(s) | 352800–352803, 352808, 352859 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 86167 |
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Tuapse (Russian: Туапсе́; Adyghe: Тӏуапсэ [tʷʼapsə]) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the northeast shore of the Black Sea, south of Gelendzhik and north of Sochi. Population: 63,292 (2010 Census);64,238 (2002 Census);63,081 (1989 Census).
Tuapse is a sea port and the northern center of a resort zone which extends south to Sochi.
Tuapse was originally known by the name of Nicopsis since its founding as a colony by the Greeks. It was integrated into the kingdom of Abkhazia and then into the kingdom of Georgia, from the eleventh century. With the chaos of the sixteenth century, Georgia lost Nicopsia to the Circassians. Tuapse is a large center (native land) for the Shapsugs tribe with other areas in Circassia, with about 10,000 speakers of the language living in Tuapse. The name of the town is itself Adyghe (literally meaning "two waters") since Tuapse was part of historical Circassia and it became a part of Russia during the rule of Tsar Alexander I in 1801-1825. In early Greek sources the town was also attested as Topsida.
The modern settlement dates back to 1838, when the Russian fort of Velyaminovsky was established in the area after this region became a part of Russia in 1829 by Treaty of Adrianople. During the Crimean War, the Ottomans seized the fort and held it for two years (1857–1859). The village of Velyaminovskoye (Вельяминовское) was established here in 1864; it is the village that later became Tuapse. Town status was granted to Tuapse in 1896.
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