The A290, before 2018 also known as M25, is a federal road in Russia that runs east–west along the northeast shore of the Black Sea from Novorossiysk to Port Kavkaz, and, via the Crimean Bridge, to Kerch in Crimea.

The road passes through the plains of the Black Sea north of the Caucasus Mountains.

Novorossiysk, Verkhnebakansky, Natuhaevskaya, Anapa, Yurovka, Starotitarovskaya, Sennoy, Kerch.

Novorossiysk is a city with a population of 242 thousand inhabitants, located on the shore of the bay Tsemess.

The cove was owned by Greeks, the Genoese and the Turks, who built a fortress Sudzhuk-Calais there.