Tuapseball is a Russian town located in the Krasnodar Krai. It's a port town and a resort but nobody cares because Sochiball is cleaner, and its population is around 60,000.
| Tuapseball Туапсемяч | |
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| Personality | Happy, loves the sea, jealous of Sochiball and Gelendzhykball |
| Language(s) | Russian Adyghe |
| Religion(s) | Orthodox Chirstianity |
| Relations and opinions | |
| Friends | Russiaball Krasnodar Kraiball Adygheball Sochiball Gelendzhykball Novorossiyskball |
| Enemies | You bombed me! You're bombing me too! |
| Likes | Sea, beaches, ships, Leonid Gaidai's films (especially "The Diamond Arm" 'cause they were in it) |
| Historical information | |
| Predecessor | Velyaminovskoyeball |
History
Foundation
The land where Tuapseball is used to be populated by Shapsugs. In 1838, Russian Empireball built a fort on the clay it took from Circassiaball in 1829. During the Crimean War, Ottoman Empireball seized it and held the fort from 1857 to 1859. In 1864, a village Velyaminovskoyeball was created there. It was eventually renamed Tuapseball and granted the town status in 1896.
20th Century
Under the Soviet rule, Tuapseball became an oil terminal. An oil pipeline from Grozny and Maykop was in operation by 1928, and an oil refinery dates from the same period. Around 1941, Tuapseball became a town of the krai subordination.
In 1941, Nazi Germanyball invaded Soviet Unionball's clay, uncluding the Krasnodar Krai. Though the Germans bombed Tuapseball to ashes, they never seized it and were eventually driven out of the region by Soviet counterattacks.
21st Century
In 2008, Tuapseball was given the City of Military Glory title for its resistance to German invasion in World War II.
After Russia and Ukraine went to war, Tuapseball's port and oil terminals were attacked several times by Ukrainian drones, in 2023 and 2024.
Trivia
- Its name means "two waters" in Adyghe language.