Lazarevskoye Microdistrict

Lazarevskoye (Russian: Ла́заревское; Adyghe: Псышӏуап Adyghe pronunciation: [psəʃʷʼaːp]) is a microdistrict of Lazarevsky City District of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

The microdistrict is located on the shore of the Black Sea at the mouth of the Psezuapse River.

It was founded in 1869 as the village of Lazarevka in place of the former Lazarevskoye Fortress, which existed in 1839–1854.

[1] On February 11, 1961, it was merged into the city of Sochi and ceased to exist as an independent entity.

[1] Lazarevskaya railway station on the Tuapse-Adler line is located on the territory of the microdistrict.

View of Lazarevskoye from a mountain
View from space