In the city center at the Nicholas Cape, on the southern shore of the Sevastopol Bay , nestled Count's Quay - the same age as the city. According to the DN Senyavin , it was made with little in the month of June 1783 of hewn stone.Initially did not even have names, but in 1787, the arrival in Sevastopol Catherine II, the pier landscaped , named Catherine , but that name did not stick.
In the years 1789-1790 Sevastopol squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Earl M. Voinovich , who had a habit to sit down with Catherine wharf to the boat .Therefore, mariners and residents of the city came to be called Count's . Later, Admiral MP Lazarev indignantly wrote to Petersburg : The Count Voinovich never deserved to this magnificent marina called his name, and gave her this name simply , without any intention.
When Admiral Lazarev put on the dock of the two lions made of sandstone, the Maltese , but under the influence of sea water , they were to crumble. In a report Menshikov Lazarev in January 1841 reported that . I figured I would place on the dilapidated lions write from Italy, others of marble.He also had the thought to arrange the colonnade , and thus complete its construction. According to documents stored in the RGA Navy (f. 326, op. 1. E. 13 950 ), the project initially was an engineer- colonel Adlerberg .Adopted as another project, submitted in 1837 engineer Colonel John ( Ivan ), Upton , except Colonnade Gallery. But the Admiral Lazarev to attempt to complete our plans , and repeatedly appealed to the king, and Alexander S. Menshikov with this request . The possibilities of the device contributed to some of the circumstances of the colonnade .
In September 1844 accident occurred at Sebastopol during the night a man with a horse harnessed to a carriage and another with a cart horse , by negligence on the dark and overturned down the stairs.In the same month Admiral again wrote to Prince Menshikov , convincing him of the necessity of construction of the colonnade , which could serve as an ornament a better place in which the port and on a pre- calculus will cost no more than 4190 rubles. 69 V, cop. silver. Such precision and accidents have convinced everyone.
In 1846, the colonnaded portico adorned the city . History has preserved the name of one of its builders - Averyan Pavlovich Lagutin . Him - founder of the dynasty of Sebastopol masons - Franz Roubaud depicted in a painting panoramas Defense of Sevastopol in 1854-1855 . .
The monumental structure consists of a wooden pier , wide granite staircase, flanked by statues of lions with a parapet of white marble by Italian sculptor F. Pellichio . Propylaea constructed of Inkerman stone , represent a Doric colonnade in two rows. In each of them - six kannelyurovannyh columns.The colonnade is flanked by massive pillars , niches which were installed four marble statues (two lost). Entablature finished attic with a date of construction - 1846.
on both sides of the pier project engineer, Captain Rhodes ( RCA Navy , op. 1, d. 13 543 ) were built one-story guard houses have survived to this day.
The Count's Quay became a favorite place of Sevastopol , especially naval officers - a kind of a summer club. It can be seen daily , PSNakhimov : So if a squadron or even individual ships from the harbor , whether in the harbor, returning from a sea or is removed from the anchor - you'll see Paul Stepanovich Grafskaya on the pier with his trumpet unchanged ( zritelnoy. - Ed.) I will say more : every boat rolling around on the raid to sail , it was zamechaema . - Recalled colleague Admiral AB Aslanbegov .Many of the events of the glorious history of Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet are associated with Count's harbor. November 22, 1853 triumphant Sevastopol , gathered on the pier and the area was met by Vice-Admiral Nakhimov and Russian sailors after Sinop victory. On this we are reminded today of pole mounted plaque.After the Crimean War, a marina, a victim of the explosion of gunpowder barges , has been restored.
November 11, 1903 at Count's wharf was arrested by gendarmes party of the revolutionary events in Sevastopol, a passionate advocate , agitator A. Grinevsky ( writer Alexander Grin ).
Two years later , on 27 November this dock served on the cruiser Ochakov rebellious lieutenant P. Schmidt, to take command of the insurgent ships of the fleet.
fate, it was here , at the Count's in the spring of 1917 at HMS Princess Mary brought the remains of the leaders of the armed uprising of November 1905 - P.Schmidt, N. Antonenko , AI Gladkova, SP. Private traders who were shot on the island Berezan.
Under the Soviet regime in December 1925 Count's ( Yekaterininsky ) or great royal pier , as it is sometimes called, the decision of the Presidium of the Sevastopol district executive committee was renamed the International pier III .And summed up the base: As adapted to receive the ocean liners .
Remembers Count's Quay and the terrible years of WWII. November 12, 1941 Nazi Junkers attacked the cruiser Chervona Ukraina , who stood at the pier. The ship received several direct hits.The personnel of the cruiser selflessly fought for its survival , but the damage proved to be too high. On the death of the cruiser Ukraina Chervona resembles granite plaque installed at the pier .
In 1995, at the request of Sevastopol Renaissance Charitable Foundation in the Count's pier set yet another memorial slab of metal, the replaced next year by a red granite: In memory of our compatriots who were forced to leave their homeland in November 1920 .
As in the past, today the Count's Quay - one of the most important architectural landmarks downtown. Shaping the sea front , it emphasizes its individuality , the poetry of the sea life.
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