Frunze Park, Sochi, Public park in Khostinsky District, Sochi, Russia.
Frunze Park stretches from Kurortny Prospekt to the Black Sea between the Vereshchaginka River and Pushkin Prospekt. Its lower part holds old oaks two to three arm-spans around, and the upper part has a main alley with magnolias, palms and roses. The Summer Theater stands on the grounds, and a classical rotunda replaced the earlier Chinese pavilion.
The city bought the Vereshchagin dacha land between the sea and the Vereshchaginka River in 1899 to create a public park. After 1910 it was named Yermolovsky after minister Alexei Yermolov, and in the 1930s it was renamed for commander Mikhail Frunze. The Summer Theater opened in 1937, and a classical rotunda replaced the lost Chinese pavilion.
The Summer Theater here remains an active venue where locals and visitors gather for concerts and performances throughout the year. The space reflects how the community values live entertainment as part of daily leisure.
The park runs from Kurortny Prospekt down to the Black Sea shore, between the Vereshchaginka River and Pushkin Prospekt, at Kurortny Prospekt 75. The lower, shady section was lost to the Zhemchuzhina hotel in 1974, so the surviving grounds lie in the upper part. The Summer Theater and the composers' busts stand near the magnolias.
The Chinese or Moorish pavilion that once stood on the seafront, with its viewing platform, staircase to the sea and white stone vases, was destroyed by landslides in the 1920s and 1930s and washed into the sea. A classical rotunda now stands on its site.
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