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View of the Sochi River and Sochi from the west. Photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky circa 1905–1915. The Sochi (Russian: Сочи) is a river in the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is 45 kilometres (28 mi) long, and the area of its basin 296 square kilometres (114 sq mi). [1]
Sochi (Russian: Сочи, IPA: ⓘ, from Ubykh: Шъуача – seaside) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River , along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Southern Russia , with a population of 466,078 residents, [ 12 ] and up to 600,000 residents in the urban area.
The "Caucaisian Riviera" resort in Sochi, ca. 1909. The Caucasian Riviera has been populated since ancient times. The region was known as Colchis in Classical antiquity. Russia took over much of the Caucasus region after the Russo-Turkish War, and Russians began displacing or killing much of the local Circassian population. Russian developers ...
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Sochi National Park covers 1,937.37 square kilometres (478,730 acres) within the Western Caucasus World Heritage Site.The park occupies the Greater Sochi area, from the border with the Tuapsinsky District, between the mouths of Shepsi River and Magri River in the north-west, to the border with Abkhazia along the Psou River in the south-east, and between the Black Sea to the water divide crest ...
Mzymta emptying into the Black Sea Mzymta from the Akhshtyrskaya cave. The Mzymta (Russian: Мзы́мта, Adyghe: Мэзмытӏэ, Mezmytha) is a river in Northwestern Caucasus, flowing through Mostovsky District and the city of Sochi (Adlersky City District) of Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Maritime Passenger Terminal in Port of Sochi. The Maritime Passenger Terminal (1955), notable for its distinctive 71-meter (233 ft)-high steepled tower and four statues symbolizing the cardinal points; The railway station (1952) The Riviera Park, established by Vasily Khludov in 1883 in the part of the city which later became known as Khludovskaya.
English: Map of the coastal cluster of Sochi Olympic park, for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Français : Plan de l’ensemble côtier du parc olympique de Sotchi, pour les jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2014 .