Description of the attraction
The monument to the torpedoists of the Great Patriotic War in Novorossiysk was created in memory of the heroes of the Black Sea sailors, as a symbol of boundless heroism and courage. The monument has become an adornment of the Tsemesskaya Bay embankment. Although initially it was planned to install it on Lenin Avenue.
The monument is erected on a podium imitating a sea wave. It was on such torpedo boats that the attack took place in the port on September 10, 1943, under the strongest enemy artillery and mortar fire, followed by the landing of airborne units and within 5 days the city was liberated from the Nazi invaders.
This torpedo boat "TK-718", at the request of the executive committee of the Novorossiysk City Council, was handed over by the Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Naval Forces Gorshkov S. G. to the order-bearing city for installation on a pedestal. Before being decommissioned in terms of service life, this boat during the Great Patriotic War actively participated in naval battles with the fascist invaders.
The opening of the monument took place on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi group of forces, in 1968. The solemn meeting together with the residents of the city was attended by guests of honor - war veterans who arrived from different cities of Russia, and naval sailors of the sponsored Novorossiysk order-bearing cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov.
The soldiers of the landing squad of Ts. Kunikov, the crews of the destroyers "Kharkov", "Tashkent", "Soobrazitelny", patrol and torpedo boats, motorbots and seiners covered their names with eternal glory. In the battles for Novorossiysk, the titles of Heroes of the Soviet Union were awarded to the boat commanders A. Afrikanov, N. Sipyagin, V. Botylev, the Kunikov detachment commander, M. Kornitsky, Sergeant M., F.
