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References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> 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title="Щачэ – Kabardian" lang="kbd" hreflang="kbd" data-title="Щачэ" data-language-autonym="Адыгэбзэ" data-language-local-name="Kabardian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгэбзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ady mw-list-item"><a href="https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8A%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%8D" title="Шъачэ – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Шъачэ" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotsji" title="Sotsji – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Sotsji" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%B6%E1%89%BA" title="ሶቺ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ሶቺ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sot%C5%A1i" title="Sotši – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Sotši" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D3%99%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0" title="Шәача – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Шәача" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A" title="سوتشي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سوتشي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3chi" title="Sóchi – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Sóchi" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C3%A7i" title="Soçi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Soçi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C" title="سوچی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سوچی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF" title="সোচি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সোচি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8B" title="Сочы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сочы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8B" title="Сочы – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сочы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotchi" title="Sotchi – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Sotchi" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotxi" title="Sotxi – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sotxi" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi_(lungsod)" title="Sochi (lungsod) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Sochi (lungsod)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotji" title="Sotji – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sotji" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotschi" title="Sotschi – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sotschi" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sot%C5%A1i" title="Sotši – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sotši" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9" title="Σότσι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σότσι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%88" title="Сочи ош – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Сочи ош" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%89i" title="Soĉi – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Soĉi" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotxi" title="Sotxi – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sotxi" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C" title="سوچی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سوچی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotsji" title="Sotsji – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Sotsji" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotchi" title="Sotchi – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sotchi" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotsji" title="Sotsji – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Sotsji" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soits%C3%AD" title="Soitsí – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Soitsí" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D2%BB%D1%81%D0%BD" title="Сочи балһсн – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Сочи балһсн" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8C%EC%B9%98" title="소치 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="소치" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%B9%D5%AB" title="Սոչի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սոչի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="सोची – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सोची" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotchi" title="Sotchi – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Sotchi" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotsj%C3%AD" title="Sotsjí – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sotsjí" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A6%27%D7%99" title="סוצ'י – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סוצ'י" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AD%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98)" title="სოჭი (ქალაქი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სოჭი (ქალაქი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci" title="Soci – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Soci" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotzium" title="Sotzium – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sotzium" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotschi" title="Sotschi – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Sotschi" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Dis" title="Sočis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Sočis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotsji" title="Sotsji – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Sotsji" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szocsi" title="Szocsi – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szocsi" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF" title="സോച്ചി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സോച്ചി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80" title="सोत्शी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सोत्शी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AD%E1%83%98" title="სოჭი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="სოჭი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%89" title="سوتشى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سوتشى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%86%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AE%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ဆိုချီမြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဆိုချီမြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotsji" title="Sotsji – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sotsji" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sootsjie" title="Sootsjie – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Sootsjie" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%81" title="ソチ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ソチ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotschi" title="Sotschi – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Sotschi" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotsji" title="Sotsji – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sotsji" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotsji" title="Sotsji – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sotsji" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B2chi" title="Sòchi – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sòchi" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%BF" title="ਸੋਚਿ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸੋਚਿ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pfl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pfl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotschi" title="Sotschi – Palatine German" lang="pfl" hreflang="pfl" data-title="Sotschi" data-language-autonym="Pälzisch" data-language-local-name="Palatine German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pälzisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C" title="سوچی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سوچی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-koi mw-list-item"><a href="https://koi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Komi-Permyak" lang="koi" hreflang="koi" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Перем коми" data-language-local-name="Komi-Permyak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Перем коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotchi" title="Sotchi – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Sotchi" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotchi" title="Sotchi – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Sotchi" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soczi" title="Soczi – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Soczi" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9" title="Σότσι – Pontic" lang="pnt" hreflang="pnt" data-title="Σότσι" data-language-autonym="Ποντιακά" data-language-local-name="Pontic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ποντιακά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3chi" title="Sóchi – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sóchi" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C3%A7i" title="Soçi – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Soçi" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotchi" title="Sotchi – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="Sotchi" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci" title="Soci – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Soci" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C3%A7i" title="Soçi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Soçi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci" title="Soci – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Soci" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di,_Rusija" title="Soči, Rusija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Soči, Rusija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soczi" title="Soczi – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Soczi" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%86%DA%86%DB%8C" title="سۆچی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="سۆچی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C4%8Di" title="Soči – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Soči" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sot%C5%A1i" title="Sotši – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sotši" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotji" title="Sotji – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Sotji" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Sochi" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF" title="சோச்சி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="சோச்சி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3chi" title="Sóchi – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Sóchi" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B5" title="โซชี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="โซชี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C3%A7i" title="Soçi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Soçi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%C3%A7i" title="Soçi – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Soçi" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8" title="Сочи – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Сочи" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%96" title="Сочі – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Сочі" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C" title="سوچی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Sochi</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native">Сочи</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Types of inhabited localities in Russia">City</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ref1481_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1481-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid white;width:270px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:2px 0 0 2px"><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochi_harbour.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Port of Sochi"><img alt="Port of Sochi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Sochi_harbour.jpg/270px-Sochi_harbour.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Sochi_harbour.jpg/405px-Sochi_harbour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Sochi_harbour.jpg/540px-Sochi_harbour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_20.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sochi Park"><img alt="Sochi Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_20.jpg/134px-Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_20.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_20.jpg/201px-Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_20.jpg 1.5x, 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width="134" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg/201px-Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg/268px-Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5464" data-file-height="3070" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%90-147_%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%B0_%E2%80%94_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8,_%D0%BA%D0%BC_202,_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Adler Railway Station"><img alt="Adler Railway Station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/%D0%90-147_%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%B0_%E2%80%94_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D0%BC_202%2C_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8.jpg/134px-%D0%90-147_%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%B0_%E2%80%94_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D0%BC_202%2C_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/%D0%90-147_%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%B0_%E2%80%94_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D0%BC_202%2C_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8.jpg/201px-%D0%90-147_%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%B0_%E2%80%94_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D0%BC_202%2C_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8.jpg 1.5x, 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class="mw-file-description" title="Bird's-eye view of Sochi"><img alt="Bird's-eye view of Sochi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0_02.jpg/270px-%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0_02.jpg/405px-%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0_02.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg/188px-Flag_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg/250px-Flag_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Sochi_(Krasnodar_krai).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Sochi"><img alt="Coat of arms of Sochi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Coat_of_Arms_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg/70px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Coat_of_Arms_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg/105px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Coat_of_Arms_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Sochi_%28Krasnodar_krai%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="650" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; height:5px;">Location of Sochi</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <div class="center" style="margin-top:1em"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="9" data-overlays="["_b2a03f9cd0149dfe1b8ec4cc94d25da94d1894a3"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Sochi&revid=1274105121&groups=_b2a03f9cd0149dfe1b8ec4cc94d25da94d1894a3" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Sochi&revid=1274105121&groups=_b2a03f9cd0149dfe1b8ec4cc94d25da94d1894a3 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Outline_Map_of_Krasnodarski_Krai_(with_Crimea_disputed).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sochi is located in Krasnodar Krai"><img alt="Sochi is located in Krasnodar Krai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Outline_Map_of_Krasnodarski_Krai_%28with_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/250px-Outline_Map_of_Krasnodarski_Krai_%28with_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Outline_Map_of_Krasnodarski_Krai_%28with_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/375px-Outline_Map_of_Krasnodarski_Krai_%28with_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Outline_Map_of_Krasnodarski_Krai_%28with_Crimea_disputed%29.svg/500px-Outline_Map_of_Krasnodarski_Krai_%28with_Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="903" data-file-height="846" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:85.368%;left:62.005%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sochi"><img alt="Sochi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Sochi</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Sochi</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Krasnodar Krai</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russia_administrative_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sochi is located in Russia"><img alt="Sochi is located in Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Russia_administrative_location_map.svg/250px-Russia_administrative_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Russia_administrative_location_map.svg/375px-Russia_administrative_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Russia_administrative_location_map.svg/500px-Russia_administrative_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1299" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:64.897%;left:3.63%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sochi"><img alt="Sochi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Sochi</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Sochi (Russia)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Russia</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sochi is located in Europe"><img alt="Sochi is located in Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg/250px-Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg/375px-Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg/500px-Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1401" data-file-height="1198" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:66.25%;left:84.481%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sochi"><img alt="Sochi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Sochi</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Sochi (Europe)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Europe</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sochi&params=43_35_07_N_39_43_13_E_type:city(343334)_region:RU"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">43°35′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">39°43′13″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">43.58528°N 39.72028°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">43.58528; 39.72028</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">Federal subject</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnodar Krai">Krasnodar Krai</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ref1481_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1481-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1838<sup id="cite_ref-GSE_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mus_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Assembly_of_Sochi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="City Assembly of Sochi (page does not exist)">City Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor<sup id="cite_ref-Head_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Head-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexey_Kopaigorodsky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexey Kopaigorodsky (page does not exist)">Alexey Kopaigorodsky</a><sup id="cite_ref-Head_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Head-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Area_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Area-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">176.77 km<sup>2</sup> (68.25 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-d5ce44a90dd6386d2731ed276af7295e607ca617-v18_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-d5ce44a90dd6386d2731ed276af7295e607ca617-v18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">65 m (213 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2010)">2010 Census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">343,334</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2024)<sup id="cite_ref-est.2024_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-est.2024-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">444,989</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Russia_by_population" title="List of cities and towns in Russia by population">52nd</a> in 2010</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,900/km<sup>2</sup> (5,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">Administrative status</a></div><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;">Subordinated to</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/City_of_federal_subject_significance" title="City of federal subject significance">City</a> of Sochi<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1481_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1481-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">Capital</a> of</span></th><td class="infobox-data">City of Sochi<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1481_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1481-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">Municipal status</a></div><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;">Urban okrug</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Sochi Urban Okrug<sup id="cite_ref-Ref753_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref753-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">Capital</a> of</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Sochi Urban Okrug<sup id="cite_ref-Ref753_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref753-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moscow_Time" title="Moscow Time">MSK</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3680?uselang=en#P421" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" 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354031, 354033, 354036, 354037, 354039, 354053–354055, 354057, 354059, 354061, 354065–354068, 354071, 354073, 354084, 354099, 354200, 354202–354214, 354216–354218, 354220, 354226, 354231, 354233, 354299, 354340, 354346, 354348, 354349, 354354, 354355, 354364, 354380, 354382, 354383, 354399, 993501</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Russia" title="Telephone numbers in Russia">Dialing code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+7 862</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OKTMO" title="OKTMO">OKTMO</a> ID</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">03726000001</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sochiadm.ru/">sochiadm<wbr />.ru</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sochi</b> (Russian: <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Сочи</span></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">[ˈsotɕɪ]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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href="/wiki/File:Ru-%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8.ogg" title="File:Ru-Сочи.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>, from <a href="/wiki/Ubykh_language" title="Ubykh language">Ubykh</a>: <span lang="uby">Шъуача</span> – <i>seaside</i>) is the largest <a href="/wiki/Resort_town" title="Resort town">resort city</a> in Russia. The city is situated on the <a href="/wiki/Sochi_(river)" title="Sochi (river)">Sochi River</a>, along the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> in the <a href="/wiki/North_Caucasus" title="North Caucasus">North Caucasus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Russia" title="Southern Russia">Southern Russia</a>, with a population of 466,078 residents,<sup id="cite_ref-2021Census_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021Census-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and up to 600,000 residents in the urban area. The city covers an area of 176.77 square kilometers (68.25 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-Area_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Area-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the Greater Sochi Area covers over 3,502 square kilometers (1,352 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Area_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Area-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sochi stretches across 145 kilometers (90 mi), and is the longest city in Europe,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the fifth-largest city in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Federal_District" title="Southern Federal District">Southern Federal District</a>, the second-largest city in <a href="/wiki/Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnodar Krai">Krasnodar Krai</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea#Urban_areas" title="Black Sea">sixth-largest city</a> on the Black Sea. </p><p>Sochi hosted the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">XXII Olympic Winter Games</a> and <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Paralympics" title="2014 Winter Paralympics">XI Paralympic Winter Games</a> in 2014. It hosted the alpine and Nordic Olympic events at the nearby ski resort of <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Khutor_Alpine_Resort" title="Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort">Rosa Khutor</a> in <a href="/wiki/Krasnaya_Polyana,_Sochi,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai">Krasnaya Polyana</a>. It also hosted the Formula 1 <a href="/wiki/Russian_Grand_Prix" title="Russian Grand Prix">Russian Grand Prix</a> from 2014 until 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also one of the host cities for the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The general consensus (also recognized by the city's own website<sup id="cite_ref-mus_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mus-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is that the name "Sochi" (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Сочи</span>) is the Russified form of the <a href="/wiki/Circassian_languages" title="Circassian languages">Circassian</a> "Ş̂açə" (<a href="/wiki/Adyghe_language" title="Adyghe language">Adyghe</a>: <span lang="ady">Шъачэ</span>) which in turn is of <a href="/wiki/Ubykh_language" title="Ubykh language">Ubykh-Circassian</a> origin, coming from the Ubykh name "Ş̂uaça" (<a href="/wiki/Ubykh_language" title="Ubykh language">Ubykh</a>: <span lang="uby">Шъуача</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mus_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mus-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)" title="Compound (linguistics)">compound</a> made up from the two Ubykh words "шъуа" (sea) and "ча" (side) and roughly translates to "Seaside/coast".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are other claims and theories, according to Georgian sources, the word comes from the Georgian word for the <a href="/wiki/Fir" title="Fir">fir</a> tree, "soch'i" (<a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">სოჭი</span></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Sochi" title="History of Sochi">History of Sochi</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid 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href="/wiki/File:Standard_of_Cyrus_the_Great.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Standard_of_Cyrus_the_Great.svg/22px-Standard_of_Cyrus_the_Great.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Standard_of_Cyrus_the_Great.svg/33px-Standard_of_Cyrus_the_Great.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Standard_of_Cyrus_the_Great.svg/44px-Standard_of_Cyrus_the_Great.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a> 511 BC–330 BC<br /> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pontus" title="Kingdom of Pontus">Kingdom of Pontus</a> 111 BC–62 BC <br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vexilloid_of_the_Roman_Empire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Vexilloid_of_the_Roman_Empire.svg/22px-Vexilloid_of_the_Roman_Empire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Vexilloid_of_the_Roman_Empire.svg/33px-Vexilloid_of_the_Roman_Empire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Vexilloid_of_the_Roman_Empire.svg/44px-Vexilloid_of_the_Roman_Empire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="343" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> 62 BC–337 AD<br /> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Lazica" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Lazica">Kingdom of Lazica</a> 337–697<br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Byzantine_imperial_flag,_14th_century.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg/22px-Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg/33px-Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg/44px-Byzantine_imperial_flag%2C_14th_century.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="648" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> 697–786<br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Egris-Abkhazia_v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1785" data-file-height="1230" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Abkhazia" title="Kingdom of Abkhazia">Kingdom of Abkhazia</a> 778–1008<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Kingdom of Georgia</a> 1008–1490<br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Mongol_Empire_3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Mongol_Empire_3.png/22px-Flag_of_the_Mongol_Empire_3.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Mongol_Empire_3.png/33px-Flag_of_the_Mongol_Empire_3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Mongol_Empire_3.png/44px-Flag_of_the_Mongol_Empire_3.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol Empire</a> 1242–1259<br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Principality_of_Abkhazia_coat_of_arms.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Principality_of_Abkhazia_coat_of_arms.svg/22px-Principality_of_Abkhazia_coat_of_arms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Principality_of_Abkhazia_coat_of_arms.svg/33px-Principality_of_Abkhazia_coat_of_arms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Principality_of_Abkhazia_coat_of_arms.svg/44px-Principality_of_Abkhazia_coat_of_arms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="791" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Abkhazia" title="Principality of Abkhazia">Principality of Abkhazia</a> 1491–1829<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire"><img alt="Ottoman Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> 1578–1829<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Circassia" title="Circassia"><img alt="Circassia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Circassian_flag.svg/23px-Circassian_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Circassian_flag.svg/35px-Circassian_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Circassian_flag.svg/46px-Circassian_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Circassia" title="Circassia">Circassia</a> 1829–1864<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> 1864–1917<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russian_Republic" title="Russian Republic">Russian Republic</a> 1917–1918<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"><img alt="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_1-2%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_1-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_1-2%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Georgia_%281918%E2%80%931921%2C_1-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian Democratic Republic">Georgian Democratic Republic</a> 1918–1919<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a> 1920–1991<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union"><img alt="Soviet Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a> 1922–1991<br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</a> 1991–present </p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the whole area was conquered by <a href="/wiki/Cimmerian" class="mw-redirect" title="Cimmerian">Cimmerian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scythian" class="mw-redirect" title="Scythian">Scythian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sarmatian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarmatian">Sarmatian</a> invaders, the <a href="/wiki/Zygii" title="Zygii">Zygii</a> (Proto-<a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Adyghe</a>) people lived in <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Abkhazia" title="Lesser Abkhazia">Lesser Abkhazia</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pontus" title="Kingdom of Pontus">Kingdom of Pontus</a>, then the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>'s influence in <a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">antiquity</a>. From the 6th to the 11th centuries, the area successively belonged to the Georgian kingdoms of <a href="/wiki/Lazica" title="Lazica">Lazica</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Abkhazia" title="Kingdom of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>, who built a dozen churches within the city boundaries, the later was <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia#Unification_of_the_Georgian_State" title="Kingdom of Georgia">unified</a> under the single <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Georgian monarchy</a> in 11th-century, forming one of the <a href="/wiki/Saeristavo" title="Saeristavo">Saeristavo</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Tskhumi" title="Duchy of Tskhumi">Tskhumi</a> extending its possessions up to <a href="/wiki/Nicopsis" title="Nicopsis">Nicopsis</a>. The Christian settlements along the coast were destroyed by the invading <a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khazars" title="Khazars">Khazars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongols</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Nomadic_empire" title="Nomadic empire">nomadic empires</a> whose control of the region was slight. The northern wall of an 11th-century <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_architecture" title="Byzantine architecture">Byzantine</a> <a href="/wiki/Basilica" title="Basilica">basilica</a> still stands in the <a href="/wiki/Loo_Microdistrict" title="Loo Microdistrict">Loo Microdistrict</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between the <a href="/wiki/13th_century" title="13th century">13th</a> and <a href="/wiki/15th_century" title="15th century">15th centuries</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Republic of Genoa</a> had the monopoly of the trade on the shores of the Black Sea, and established colonies and trading posts in the region of the present-day Sochi, the large ones were <a href="/wiki/Adler_Microdistrict" title="Adler Microdistrict">Layso</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khosta_Microdistrict" title="Khosta Microdistrict">Costa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the 14th to the 19th centuries, the region was dominated by the <a href="/wiki/Abkhaz_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Abkhaz people">Abkhaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ubykh_people" title="Ubykh people">Ubykh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abazins" title="Abazins">Abazin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adyghe_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Adyghe people">Adyghe</a> tribes, the current location of the city of Sochi (Ş̂açə) known as <a href="/wiki/Ubykhia" title="Ubykhia">Ubykhia</a> was part of historical <a href="/wiki/Circassia" title="Circassia">Circassia</a>, and was controlled by the native people of the local mountaineer clans of the north-west Caucasus, nominally under the sovereignty of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, which was their principal trading partner in the Islamic world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_Empire">Russian Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Russian Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coastline was occupied by Russia in 1829 as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Circassian_War" title="Russo-Circassian War">Russo-Circassian War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1828%E2%80%931829)" title="Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)">Russo-Turkish War</a>, 1828–1829; however, the <a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassians</a> did not accept the Russian control over <a href="/wiki/Circassia" title="Circassia">Circassia</a> and kept resisting the newly established Russian outposts along the <a href="/wiki/Circassian_coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Circassian coast">Circassian coast</a> (<a href="/wiki/Adyghe_language" title="Adyghe language">Adyghe</a>: <span lang="ady">Адыгэ хы Iушъо</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-Mus_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mus2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Provision of weapons and ammunition from abroad to the Circassians caused a diplomatic conflict between the <a href="/wiki/Russian_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian empire">Russian Empire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Britain%27s_Imperial_Century" class="mw-redirect" title="Britain's Imperial Century">British Empire</a> that occurred in 1836 over the <a href="/wiki/Mission_of_the_Vixen" title="Mission of the Vixen">mission of the <i>Vixen</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Russians had no detailed knowledge of the area until Baron <a href="/w/index.php?title=Feodor_Tornau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Feodor Tornau (page does not exist)">Feodor Tornau</a> investigated the coastal route from <a href="/wiki/Gelendzhik" title="Gelendzhik">Gelendzhik</a> to <a href="/wiki/Gagra" title="Gagra">Gagra</a>, and across the mountains to <a href="/wiki/Kabarda" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabarda">Kabarda</a>, in the 1830s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1838, the fort of Alexandria, renamed Navaginsky a year later, was founded at the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Sochi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Sochi River">Sochi River</a> as part of the Black Sea coastal line, a chain of seventeen fortifications set up to protect the area from recurring Circassian resistance. At the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>, the garrison was evacuated from Navaginsky to prevent its capture by the Turks, who effected a landing on <a href="/wiki/Adler,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Adler, Russia">Cape Adler</a> soon after. </p><p>The last battle of the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Circassian_War" title="Russo-Circassian War">Russo-Circassian War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Qbaada" title="Battle of Qbaada">Battle of Qbaada</a>, took place in 1864, and the Dakhovsky fort was established on the site of the Navaginsky fort. The end of the Caucasian War was proclaimed at Qbaada tract (modern <a href="/wiki/Krasnaya_Polyana,_Sochi,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai">Krasnaya Polyana</a>) on June 2 (21 May <a href="/wiki/Old_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Style">O.S.</a>), 1864, by the manifesto of <a href="/wiki/Emperor" title="Emperor">Emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia" title="Alexander II of Russia">Alexander II</a>, read aloud by <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_Michael_Nikolaevich_of_Russia" title="Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia">Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mus_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city was the administrative capital of the <a href="/wiki/Sochinsky_Okrug" class="mw-redirect" title="Sochinsky Okrug">Sochinsky Okrug</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Circassian_genocide">Circassian genocide</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Circassian genocide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Circassian_genocide" title="Circassian genocide">Circassian genocide</a></div> <p>By the end of <a href="/wiki/Russo-Circassian_War" title="Russo-Circassian War">Russo-Circassian War</a>, the Russian Empire aimed to systematically destroy the native Circassian people in the region<sup id="cite_ref-Ahmed16132_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahmed16132-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Burykina2_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burykina2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Richmond2008792_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Richmond2008792-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and several atrocities were committed by the Russian forces.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shenfield_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shenfield-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, almost all <a href="/wiki/Ubykh_people" title="Ubykh people">Ubykhs</a> and a major part of the <a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassians</a> who lived on the territory of modern Sochi, were either killed or expelled to the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Circassian_genocide" title="Circassian genocide">Circassian genocide</a>. According to Russian sources, Sochi's population fell from roughly 100,000, to 98.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4._Население_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4._Население-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GSE_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 1866 the coast was actively colonized by Russians, Armenians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Greeks, Germans, Georgians and other people from inner Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-Mus_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mus2_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally in the late 1860s, the Adyghe, mostly of the <a href="/wiki/Shapsugs" title="Shapsugs">Shapsug</a> and Khakuchi tribes, who were hiding in the mountains started resettling on the coast.<sup id="cite_ref-Mus_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1874–1891, the first <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Michael%27s_Church,_Sochi" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Michael's Church, Sochi">St. Michael's Church</a>, was constructed, and the Dakhovsky settlement was renamed <i>Dakhovsky</i> <a href="/wiki/Posad" title="Posad">Posad</a> on April 13, 1874 (<a href="/wiki/Old_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Style">O.S.</a>). In February 1890, the Sochi Lighthouse was constructed. In 1896, the Dakhovsky <a href="/wiki/Posad" title="Posad">Posad</a> was renamed <i>Sochi</i> <a href="/wiki/Posad" title="Posad">Posad</a> (after the name of local river) and incorporated into the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Governorate" title="Black Sea Governorate">Black Sea Governorate</a>. In 1900–1910, Sochi burgeoned into a sea resort. The first resort, "Kavkazskaya Riviera", opened on June 14, 1909 (<a href="/wiki/Old_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Style">O.S.</a>). Sochi was granted town status in 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-Mus_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 265px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochi-1838.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Plan of Fort Alexandria at the mouth of Sochi, which initiated the city of Sochi"><img alt="Plan of Fort Alexandria at the mouth of Sochi, which initiated the city of Sochi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Sochi-1838.jpg/230px-Sochi-1838.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Sochi-1838.jpg/345px-Sochi-1838.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Sochi-1838.jpg/460px-Sochi-1838.jpg 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="371" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Plan of Fort Alexandria at the mouth of Sochi, which initiated the city of Sochi</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 265px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Subashi_desant.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The landing of Nikolay Raevsky's squadron at Subashi, 1839 by Ivan Aivazovsky"><img alt="The landing of Nikolay Raevsky's squadron at Subashi, 1839 by Ivan Aivazovsky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Subashi_desant.jpg/230px-Subashi_desant.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Subashi_desant.jpg/345px-Subashi_desant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Subashi_desant.jpg/460px-Subashi_desant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1916" data-file-height="1300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The landing of <a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Raevsky" title="Nikolay Raevsky">Nikolay Raevsky</a>'s squadron at Subashi, 1839 by <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Aivazovsky" title="Ivan Aivazovsky">Ivan Aivazovsky</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 265px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CircassianCoastBattle.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Adyghe strike on a Russian Military Fort in 1840 during the Russian-Circassians War"><img alt="Adyghe strike on a Russian Military Fort in 1840 during the Russian-Circassians War" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/CircassianCoastBattle.JPG/214px-CircassianCoastBattle.JPG" decoding="async" width="214" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/CircassianCoastBattle.JPG/321px-CircassianCoastBattle.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/CircassianCoastBattle.JPG/428px-CircassianCoastBattle.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1134" data-file-height="849" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Adyghe_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Adyghe people">Adyghe</a> strike on a Russian Military Fort in 1840 during the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Circassian_War" title="Russo-Circassian War">Russian-Circassians War</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 265px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochi-kurort.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The "Kavkazskaya Riviera" resort in Sochi, ca. 1909"><img alt="The "Kavkazskaya Riviera" resort in Sochi, ca. 1909" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Sochi-kurort.jpg/230px-Sochi-kurort.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Sochi-kurort.jpg/345px-Sochi-kurort.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Sochi-kurort.jpg/460px-Sochi-kurort.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1025" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The "Kavkazskaya Riviera" resort in Sochi, ca. 1909</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 265px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochi_(Moscvich)_1913.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of Sochi in 1913 (Russian edition)"><img alt="Map of Sochi in 1913 (Russian edition)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sochi_%28Moscvich%29_1913.jpg/176px-Sochi_%28Moscvich%29_1913.jpg" decoding="async" width="176" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sochi_%28Moscvich%29_1913.jpg/263px-Sochi_%28Moscvich%29_1913.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sochi_%28Moscvich%29_1913.jpg/351px-Sochi_%28Moscvich%29_1913.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3546" data-file-height="3232" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Map of Sochi in 1913 (Russian edition)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_time">Soviet time</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Soviet time"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>, the littoral area saw <a href="/wiki/Sochi_conflict" title="Sochi conflict">sporadic armed clashes</a> involving the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_movement" title="White movement">White movement</a> forces, and the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a>. As a result of the war Sochi has become Russian territory. In 1923, Sochi acquired one of its most distinctive features, a <a href="/wiki/North_Caucasus_Railway" title="North Caucasus Railway">railway which runs</a> from <a href="/wiki/Tuapse" title="Tuapse">Tuapse</a> to Georgia within a kilometer or two of the coastline. Although this branch of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Caucasus_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Caucasus Railway">Northern Caucasus Railway</a> may appear somewhat incongruous in the setting of beaches and sanatoriums, it is still operational and vital to the region's transportation infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-Mus_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sochi was established as a fashionable resort area under <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a>, who had his favorite <a href="/wiki/Dacha" title="Dacha">dacha</a> built in the city. Stalin's study, complete with a wax statue of the leader, is now open to the public.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Stalin's reign the coast became dotted with imposing <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">Neoclassical</a> buildings, exemplified by the opulent Rodina and Ordzhonikidze sanatoriums. The centerpiece of this early period is <a href="/wiki/Alexey_Shchusev" title="Alexey Shchusev">Shchusev</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Constructivist_architecture" title="Constructivist architecture">Constructivist</a> Institute of Rheumatology (1927–1931). The area was continuously developed until the demise of the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-Mus_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_Russia">Modern Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Modern Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following Russia's loss of the traditionally popular resorts of the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Peninsula">Crimean Peninsula</a> (<a href="/wiki/1954_transfer_of_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 transfer of Crimea">transferred</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Russian_SFSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian SFSR">Russian SFSR</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian SSR">Ukrainian SSR</a> in 1954 by <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a>), Sochi emerged as the unofficial <a href="/wiki/Summer_capital" title="Summer capital">summer capital</a> of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1961, Soviet officials decided to expand the city limits by forming a <i>Greater Sochi</i> which extended for 140 kilometers from the southern parts of <a href="/wiki/Tuapse" title="Tuapse">Tuapse</a> to <a href="/wiki/Adler_Microdistrict" title="Adler Microdistrict">Adler</a>. In July 2005, Russia submitted a successful bid for hosting the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a> in the city, spending around $51 billion in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-FA_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FA-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, an area in the <a href="/wiki/Imereti_Lowlands" title="Imereti Lowlands">Imereti Lowlands</a> was separated from Adlersky city district to form a new <a href="/wiki/Urban-type_settlement" title="Urban-type settlement">urban-type settlement</a> named <a href="/wiki/Sirius_(urban-type_settlement)" title="Sirius (urban-type settlement)">Sirius</a>. It was later designated as a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_territory_(Russia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federal territory (Russia) (page does not exist)">federal territory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 265px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%C2%AB%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%C2%BB_(%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8,_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80.)102.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ordzhonikidze resort, built in 1937–1955"><img alt="Ordzhonikidze resort, built in 1937–1955" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%C2%AB%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%C2%BB_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80.%29102.jpg/230px-%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%C2%AB%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%C2%BB_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80.%29102.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%C2%AB%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%C2%BB_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80.%29102.jpg/345px-%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%C2%AB%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%C2%BB_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80.%29102.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%C2%AB%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%C2%BB_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80.%29102.jpg/460px-%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%C2%AB%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%C2%BB_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%2C_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80.%29102.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1925" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ordzhonikidze resort, built in 1937–1955</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 265px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_579736_Promenade_and_beach_in_Sochi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Promenade in Sochi, 1973"><img alt="Promenade in Sochi, 1973" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/RIAN_archive_579736_Promenade_and_beach_in_Sochi.jpg/160px-RIAN_archive_579736_Promenade_and_beach_in_Sochi.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/RIAN_archive_579736_Promenade_and_beach_in_Sochi.jpg/240px-RIAN_archive_579736_Promenade_and_beach_in_Sochi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/RIAN_archive_579736_Promenade_and_beach_in_Sochi.jpg/320px-RIAN_archive_579736_Promenade_and_beach_in_Sochi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Promenade in Sochi, 1973</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 265px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Vladimir Church, built in 2005–2011"><img alt="St. Vladimir Church, built in 2005–2011" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5.jpg/188px-%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5.jpg/282px-%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5.jpg/375px-%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="637" data-file-height="543" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">St. Vladimir Church, built in 2005–2011</div> </li> </ul> <p>On January 11, 2025 there were 2 <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquakes</a> in Sochi.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Greater Sochi is elongated along the Black Sea coast for 145 kilometers (90 mi). Sochi is approximately 1,603 kilometers (996 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-travelersguide360.com_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-travelersguide360.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city of Sochi borders with <a href="/wiki/Tuapsinsky_District" title="Tuapsinsky District">Tuapsinsky District</a> in the northwest, with <a href="/wiki/Apsheronsky_District" title="Apsheronsky District">Apsheronsky District</a> and with <a href="/wiki/Maykopsky_District" title="Maykopsky District">Maykopsky District</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Adygea" title="Adygea">Republic of Adygea</a> in the north, with <a href="/wiki/Mostovsky_District" title="Mostovsky District">Mostovsky District</a> in the northeast, and with <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>/<a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> in the southeast. 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The biggest of these microdistricts, from the northwest to the southeast, are <a href="/wiki/Lazarevskoye_Microdistrict" title="Lazarevskoye Microdistrict">Lazarevskoye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loo_Microdistrict" title="Loo Microdistrict">Loo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dagomys" title="Dagomys">Dagomys</a>, central Sochi (<a href="/wiki/Tsentralny_city_district,_Sochi" title="Tsentralny city district, Sochi">Tsentralny city district</a>), <a href="/wiki/Khosta_Microdistrict" title="Khosta Microdistrict">Khosta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matsesta_Microdistrict" title="Matsesta Microdistrict">Matsesta</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adler_Microdistrict" title="Adler Microdistrict">Adler</a>. The whole city is located on the slopes of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Caucasus" title="Western Caucasus">Western Caucasus</a> which descend to the Black Sea and are cut by the rivers. The biggest rivers in Sochi are the <a href="/wiki/Mzymta_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Mzymta River">Mzymta</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Shakhe_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakhe River">Shakhe</a>. Other rivers include the Ashe, the Psezuapse, the <a href="/wiki/Sochi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Sochi River">Sochi</a>, the Khosta, and the <a href="/wiki/Matsesta_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsesta River">Matsesta</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Psou_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Psou River">Psou River</a> makes the border with Abkhazia. </p><p>The northeastern part of the city belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Caucasian Biosphere Reserve">Caucasian Biosphere Reserve</a> which is a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> spanning areas in Krasnodar Krai and Adygea. Almost the whole area of the Greater Sochi, with the exception of the coast and of the area which belong to the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve, are included into <a href="/wiki/Sochi_National_Park" title="Sochi National Park">Sochi National Park</a>. </p><p>Sochi has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a><sup id="cite_ref-koeppen_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koeppen-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-s1_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with mild winters (average 11 °C (52 °F) during the day and 4 °C (39 °F) at night) in the period from December to March and warm summers (average 24 °C (75 °F) during the day and 16 °C (61 °F) at night) in the period from May to October. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Layout_and_landmarks">Layout and landmarks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Layout and landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sochi is unique among larger Russian cities as having some aspects of a <a href="/wiki/Subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical">subtropical</a> resort. About two million people visited Greater Sochi each summer as of 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when the city is home to the annual film festival "<a href="/wiki/Kinotavr" title="Kinotavr">Kinotavr</a>" and a getaway for Russia's elite. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:0_38ba3_c3a1c3bc_orig.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sochi's quay"><img alt="Sochi's quay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/0_38ba3_c3a1c3bc_orig.jpeg/210px-0_38ba3_c3a1c3bc_orig.jpeg" decoding="async" width="210" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/0_38ba3_c3a1c3bc_orig.jpeg/315px-0_38ba3_c3a1c3bc_orig.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/0_38ba3_c3a1c3bc_orig.jpeg/420px-0_38ba3_c3a1c3bc_orig.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sochi's quay</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dendrarium_Sochi_Amours_fontain.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Cupid fountain in Arboretum"><img alt="Cupid fountain in Arboretum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Dendrarium_Sochi_Amours_fontain.JPG/210px-Dendrarium_Sochi_Amours_fontain.JPG" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Dendrarium_Sochi_Amours_fontain.JPG/315px-Dendrarium_Sochi_Amours_fontain.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Dendrarium_Sochi_Amours_fontain.JPG/420px-Dendrarium_Sochi_Amours_fontain.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Cupid" title="Cupid">Cupid</a> fountain in <a href="/wiki/Sochi_Arboretum" title="Sochi Arboretum">Arboretum</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Morskoy_lane_in_Sochi,_hotels.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hotels"><img alt="Hotels" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Morskoy_lane_in_Sochi%2C_hotels.jpg/210px-Morskoy_lane_in_Sochi%2C_hotels.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Morskoy_lane_in_Sochi%2C_hotels.jpg/315px-Morskoy_lane_in_Sochi%2C_hotels.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Morskoy_lane_in_Sochi%2C_hotels.jpg/420px-Morskoy_lane_in_Sochi%2C_hotels.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hotels</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tower_on_the_Akhun_mountain.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mount Akhun"><img alt="Mount Akhun" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Tower_on_the_Akhun_mountain.JPG/210px-Tower_on_the_Akhun_mountain.JPG" decoding="async" width="210" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Tower_on_the_Akhun_mountain.JPG/315px-Tower_on_the_Akhun_mountain.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Tower_on_the_Akhun_mountain.JPG/420px-Tower_on_the_Akhun_mountain.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Akhun" title="Mount Akhun">Mount Akhun</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial view of Sochi"><img alt="Aerial view of Sochi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_02.jpg/210px-%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_02.jpg/315px-%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_02.jpg/420px-%D0%90%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4384" data-file-height="3288" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Aerial view of Sochi</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 245px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83_I_(%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Monument to Peter I in the seaport berth"><img alt="Monument to Peter I in the seaport berth" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83_I_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29.jpg/210px-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83_I_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83_I_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29.jpg/315px-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83_I_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83_I_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29.jpg/420px-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83_I_%28%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Monument to <a href="/wiki/Peter_the_Great" title="Peter the Great">Peter I</a> in the seaport berth</div> </li> </ul> <p>A <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>, the 2,957 square kilometers (731,000 acres) <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Nature_Reserve" title="Caucasus Nature Reserve">Caucasus Nature Reserve</a>, lies just north from the city.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sochi also has the region's most northerly <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">tea</a> <a href="/wiki/Plantation" title="Plantation">plantations</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Sochi" title="Climate of Sochi">Climate of Sochi</a></div> <p>Sochi has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cfa</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-koeppen_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koeppen-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the lower elevations. Its average annual temperature is 18.9 °C (66.0 °F) during the day and 11.5 °C (52.7 °F) at night. In the coldest months—January and February—the average temperature is about 10 °C (50 °F) during the day, above 3 °C (37 °F) at night and the average sea temperature is about 9 °C (48 °F). In the warmest months—July and August—the temperature typically ranges from 25 to 29 °C (77 to 84 °F) during the day, about 20 °C (68 °F) at night and the average sea temperature is about 23–27 °C (73–81 °F). </p><p>Yearly sunshine hours are around 2,200. Generally, the summer season lasts three months, from June to September. Two months—April and November—are transitional; sometimes temperatures reach 20 °C (68 °F), with an average temperature of around 16 °C (61 °F) during the day and 9 °C (48 °F) at night. December, January, February and March are the coldest months, with an average temperature (for these four months) of 11 °C (52 °F) during the day and 4 °C (39 °F) at night. Average annual <a href="/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Precipitation (meteorology)">precipitation</a> is about 1,700 millimeters (67 in).<sup id="cite_ref-GSE_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-s1_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sochi is situated on the same latitude as <a href="/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a> but strong cold winds from the south make winters less warm. In fact, temperatures drop below freezing every winter. The highest temperature recorded was 39.4 °C (102.9 °F), on July 30, 2000, and the lowest temperature recorded was −13.4 °C (7.9 °F) on January 25, 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-pogoda2_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pogoda2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sochi lies at 8b/9a <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">hardiness zone</a>, so the city supports different types of palm trees.<sup id="cite_ref-travelersguide360.com_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-travelersguide360.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Sochi (1991–2020, extremes 1870–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(92.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.7<br />(94.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0E00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.4<br />(102.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.5<br />(101.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF0E00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.4<br />(102.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(47.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(38.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(42.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.4<br />(7.9) </td> <td style="background: #A2A2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.6<br />(9.3) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.0<br />(23.0) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.2<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.4<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.3<br />(17.1) </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−13.4<br />(7.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00F600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">177<br />(7.0) </td> <td style="background: #23FF23; color:#000000;" class="notheme">134<br />(5.3) </td> <td style="background: #38FF38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #57FF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">109<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">107<br />(4.2) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #4CFF4C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120<br />(4.7) </td> <td style="background: #61FF61; color:#000000;" class="notheme">106<br />(4.2) </td> <td style="background: #27FF27; color:#000000;" class="notheme">140<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #00F600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">177<br />(7.0) </td> <td style="background: #00F000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #00F400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">178<br />(7.0) </td> <td style="background: #2EFF2E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,651<br />(65.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1<br />(0.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19 </td> <td style="background: #0B0BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #2020FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #4C4CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #2626FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #0808FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">189 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #ABABA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96 </td> <td style="background: #B4B46D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">105 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">145 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">161 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">221 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">258 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">279 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">281 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">226 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195 </td> <td style="background: #B8B852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">121 </td> <td style="background: #9D9D9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,174 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net<sup id="cite_ref-pogoda_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pogoda-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: NOAA (sun, 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center;line-height:1.2em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Beach climate data for Sochi </th></tr> <tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Jan </th> <th>Feb </th> <th>Mar </th> <th>Apr </th> <th>May </th> <th>Jun </th> <th>Jul </th> <th>Aug </th> <th>Sep </th> <th>Oct </th> <th>Nov </th> <th>Dec </th> <th style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th>Average sea temperature °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000; font-size:85%;">10.6<br />(51.08) </td> <td style="background: #5858FF; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:85%;">9.4<br />(48.92) </td> <td style="background: #5858FF; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:85%;">9.4<br />(48.92) </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000; font-size:85%;">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000; font-size:85%;">17.3<br />(63.14) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000; font-size:85%;">22.9<br />(73.22) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:85%;">25.6<br />(78.08) </td> <td style="background: #E20000; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:85%;">26.9<br />(80.42) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000; font-size:85%;">24.7<br />(76.46) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000; font-size:85%;">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000; font-size:85%;">16.4<br />(61.52) </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000; font-size:85%;">12.8<br />(55.04) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000; font-size:85%;">17.3<br />(63.2) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="14" style="background:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-size:100%;">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_and_municipal_status_and_city_divisions">Administrative and municipal status and city divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Administrative and municipal status and city divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Krasnodarsky_krai_Sochi.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Krasnodarsky_krai_Sochi.PNG/220px-Krasnodarsky_krai_Sochi.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Krasnodarsky_krai_Sochi.PNG/330px-Krasnodarsky_krai_Sochi.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Krasnodarsky_krai_Sochi.PNG/440px-Krasnodarsky_krai_Sochi.PNG 2x" data-file-width="3610" data-file-height="3385" /></a><figcaption>Sochi Urban Okrug on the map of Krasnodar Krai</figcaption></figure> <p>Within the <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">framework of administrative divisions</a>, it is, together with one <a href="/wiki/Urban-type_settlement" title="Urban-type settlement">urban-type settlement</a> (<a href="/wiki/Krasnaya_Polyana,_Sochi,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai">Krasnaya Polyana</a>) and seventy-nine <a href="/wiki/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Types of inhabited localities in Russia">rural localities</a>, incorporated as the <b><a href="/wiki/City_of_federal_subject_significance" title="City of federal subject significance">City</a> of Sochi</b>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Administrative divisions of Krasnodar Krai">districts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1481_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1481-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Russia">municipal division</a>, the City of Sochi is incorporated as <b>Sochi Urban Okrug</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ref753_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref753-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sochi is administratively subdivided into four city districts: <a href="/wiki/Tsentralny_city_district,_Sochi" title="Tsentralny city district, Sochi">Tsentralny city district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lazarevsky_city_district" title="Lazarevsky city district">Lazarevsky city district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khostinsky_city_district" title="Khostinsky city district">Khostinsky city district</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adlersky_city_district" title="Adlersky city district">Adlersky city district</a>. Tsentralny city district, comprising the central portion of, is by far the smallest out of four in terms of the area, and the other three have comparable areas, with Lazarevsky city district being the biggest. In terms of the population, Tsentralny city district is approximately twice as big as each of the other three city districts. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>city district</th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th>Population<br />census 2010</th> <th># </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tsentralny_city_district,_Sochi" title="Tsentralny city district, Sochi">Tsentralny</a></td> <td align="right">32</td> <td align="right">137,677</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khostinsky_city_district" title="Khostinsky city district">Khostinsky</a></td> <td align="right">374</td> <td align="right">65,229</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lazarevsky_city_district" title="Lazarevsky city district">Lazarevsky</a></td> <td align="right">1,744</td> <td align="right">63,894</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adlersky_city_district" title="Adlersky city district">Adlersky</a></td> <td align="right">1,352</td> <td align="right">76,534</td> <td>4 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 1em;vertical-align: middle;"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochi_administrative_division.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Sochi_administrative_division.png/280px-Sochi_administrative_division.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Sochi_administrative_division.png/420px-Sochi_administrative_division.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Sochi_administrative_division.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="216" /></a><figcaption>city districts numbered</figcaption></figure> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tsentralny_city_district">Tsentralny city district</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tsentralny city district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Tsentralny_city_district,_Sochi" title="Tsentralny city district, Sochi">Tsentralny city district, Sochi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Tsentralny_city_district,_Sochi" title="Category:Tsentralny city district, Sochi">Category: Tsentralny city district, Sochi</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochi_Symphony_Orchestra_Soldatov_Beisteiner_December_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Sochi_Symphony_Orchestra_Soldatov_Beisteiner_December_2013.jpg/220px-Sochi_Symphony_Orchestra_Soldatov_Beisteiner_December_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Sochi_Symphony_Orchestra_Soldatov_Beisteiner_December_2013.jpg/330px-Sochi_Symphony_Orchestra_Soldatov_Beisteiner_December_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Sochi_Symphony_Orchestra_Soldatov_Beisteiner_December_2013.jpg/440px-Sochi_Symphony_Orchestra_Soldatov_Beisteiner_December_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Sochi_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Sochi Symphony Orchestra">Sochi Symphony Orchestra</a> conducted by <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Soldatov" title="Oleg Soldatov">Oleg Soldatov</a> during a concert with the Austrian guitarist <a href="/wiki/Johanna_Beisteiner" title="Johanna Beisteiner">Johanna Beisteiner</a> at Organ and Chamber Music Hall in Sochi (December 13, 2013)</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tsentralny_city_district,_Sochi" title="Tsentralny city district, Sochi">Tsentralny city district</a>, or central Sochi, covers an area of 32 square kilometers (12 sq mi) and, as of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2010)">2010 Census</a>, has a population of 137,677.<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highlights include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archangel_Cathedral,_Sochi" class="mw-redirect" title="Archangel Cathedral, Sochi">Michael Archangel Cathedral</a>, a diminutive church built in 1873–1891 to <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Kaminsky" title="Alexander Kaminsky">Kaminsky</a>'s designs in order to commemorate the victorious conclusion of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasian_War" title="Caucasian War">Caucasian War</a>.</li> <li>The red-granite Archangel Column, erected in 2006 in memory of the Russian soldiers fallen in Sochi during the Caucasian War. It is capped by a 7-metre bronze statue of Sochi's patron saint, <a href="/wiki/Michael_the_Archangel" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael the Archangel">Michael the Archangel</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sochi_Arboretum" title="Sochi Arboretum">Sochi Arboretum</a>, a large <a href="/wiki/Botanical_garden" title="Botanical garden">botanical garden</a> with tropical trees from many countries, and the Mayors Alleé—a landscape avenue of palm trees planted by mayors from cities around the world.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Friendship_Tree" title="Friendship Tree">Tree of Friendship</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Citrus_hybrids" class="mw-redirect" title="Citrus hybrids">hybrid citrus</a> tree planted in 1934 in the Subtropical Botanic Garden. Since 1940 numerous citrus cultivars from foreign countries have been <a href="/wiki/Grafting" title="Grafting">grafted</a> onto this tree as a token of friendship and peace. The associated Friendship Tree Garden Museum has a collection of 20,000 commemorative presents from around the world.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lazarevsky_city_district">Lazarevsky city district</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Lazarevsky city district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Lazarevsky_city_district" title="Lazarevsky city district">Lazarevsky city district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Lazarevsky_city_district" title="Category:Lazarevsky city district">Category:Lazarevsky city district</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Letniy_theatre_Sochi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Letniy_theatre_Sochi.jpg/210px-Letniy_theatre_Sochi.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Letniy_theatre_Sochi.jpg/315px-Letniy_theatre_Sochi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Letniy_theatre_Sochi.jpg/420px-Letniy_theatre_Sochi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>The Summer Theater</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Lazarevsky_city_district" title="Lazarevsky city district">Lazarevsky city district</a> lies to the northwest from the city center; the 2010 Census showed the population of 63,894 people.<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the largest city district by area, covering some 1,744 square kilometers (673 sq mi) and comprising several <a href="/wiki/Microdistrict" title="Microdistrict">microdistricts</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lazarevskoye_Microdistrict" title="Lazarevskoye Microdistrict">Lazarevskoye</a>, 59 km (37 mi) from the city center, contains a <a href="/wiki/Delphinarium" class="mw-redirect" title="Delphinarium">delphinarium</a>, an old church (1903), and a new church (1999). The settlement was founded as a Russian military outpost in 1839 and was named after Admiral <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Lazarev" title="Mikhail Lazarev">Mikhail Lazarev</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loo_Microdistrict" title="Loo Microdistrict">Loo</a>, 18 km (11 mi) from the city center, was once owned by Princes Loov, a noble Abkhazian family. The district contains the ruins of a medieval church, founded in the 8th century, rebuilt in the 11th century, and converted into a fortress in the Late Middle Ages.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagomys" title="Dagomys">Dagomys</a>, 18 km (11 mi) from the city center, has been noted for its <a href="/wiki/Botanical_garden" title="Botanical garden">botanical garden</a>, established by order of <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_II" title="Nicholas II">Nicholas II</a>, as well as tea plantations and factories. A sprawling hotel complex was opened there in 1982. Dagomys adjoins <a href="/wiki/Bocharov_Ruchey" title="Bocharov Ruchey">Bocharov Ruchey</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Dacha" title="Dacha">dacha</a> built for <a href="/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov" title="Kliment Voroshilov">Kliment Voroshilov</a> in the 1950s, but later upgraded into a country residence of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a>, where he normally spends his vacations and often confers with leaders of other states.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Golovinka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Golovinka (page does not exist)">Golovinka</a> is a historic location at the mouth of the Shakhe River. Formerly marking the border between the <a href="/wiki/Ubykhs" class="mw-redirect" title="Ubykhs">Ubykhs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Shapsugs" title="Shapsugs">Shapsugs</a>, the settlement was noted by Italian travelers of the 17th century as Abbasa. On May 3, 1838, it was the site of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Subashi_landing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Subashi landing (page does not exist)">Subashi landing</a> of the Russians, who proceeded to construct Fort Golovinsky where many convicted <a href="/wiki/Decembrists" class="mw-redirect" title="Decembrists">Decembrists</a> used to serve. The fort was intentionally destroyed by Russian forces at the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>, so as to avoid its capture by the enemy.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Godlik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fort Godlik (page does not exist)">Fort Godlik</a>, of which little remains, had a turbulent history. It was built at the mouth of the Godlik River in the Byzantine period (5th to 8th centuries), was destroyed by the <a href="/wiki/Khazars" title="Khazars">Khazars</a> and revived by the <a href="/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoese</a> in the High Middle Ages.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Khostinsky_city_district">Khostinsky city district</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Khostinsky city district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Khostinsky_city_district" title="Khostinsky city district">Khostinsky city district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Khostinsky_city_district" title="Category:Khostinsky city district">Category:Khostinsky city district</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dendrarium_Sochi_Mauritanian_arbour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Dendrarium_Sochi_Mauritanian_arbour.jpg/210px-Dendrarium_Sochi_Mauritanian_arbour.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Dendrarium_Sochi_Mauritanian_arbour.jpg/315px-Dendrarium_Sochi_Mauritanian_arbour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Dendrarium_Sochi_Mauritanian_arbour.jpg/420px-Dendrarium_Sochi_Mauritanian_arbour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sochi_Arboretum" title="Sochi Arboretum">Sochi Arboretum</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Khostinsky_city_district" title="Khostinsky city district">Khostinsky city district</a>, sprawling to the southeast from the city center, occupies approximately 374 square kilometers (144 sq mi), with a population of 65,229 as of the 2010 Census.<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district is traversed by many rivulets which give their names to the microdistricts of Matsesta ("flame-colored river"), Kudepsta, and Khosta ("the river of boars"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adlersky_city_district">Adlersky city district</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Adlersky city district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Adlersky_city_district" title="Adlersky city district">Adlersky city district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Adlersky_city_district" title="Category:Adlersky city district">Category:Adlersky city district</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Adlersky_city_district" title="Adlersky city district">Adlersky city district</a>, with an area of 1,352 square kilometers (522 sq mi) and a population of 76,534 people as of the 2010 Census,<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the southernmost district of the city, located just north of the border with Abkhazia. Until the establishment of Greater Sochi in 1961, it was administered as a separate town, which had its origin in an ancient <a href="/wiki/Sadz" title="Sadz">Sadz</a> village and a medieval <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Genoese</a> trading post. </p><p>Among the natural wonders of the district is the Akhshtyr Gorge with a 160-meter-long cave that contains traces of human habitation. The upland part of the district includes a network of remote mountain villages (<a href="/wiki/Aul" title="Aul">auls</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonian</a> colony at <a href="/wiki/Estosadok" title="Estosadok">Estosadok</a>, and the ski resort of <a href="/wiki/Krasnaya_Polyana,_Sochi,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai">Krasnaya Polyana</a> which hosted the events (Alpine and Nordic) of the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a>. Also located here is a <a href="/wiki/Trout" title="Trout">trout</a> fishery and a breeding nursery for <a href="/wiki/Great_ape" class="mw-redirect" title="Great ape">great apes</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1897</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,352</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">10,433</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+671.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">49,813</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+377.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1959</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">81,912</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+64.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">224,031</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+173.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">287,353</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+28.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1989</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">336,514</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+17.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">328,809</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−2.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">343,334</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">466,078</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+35.8%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: Census data</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Sochi has an ethnic <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russian</a> majority (~70%). The city is home to a sizable <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Russia" title="Armenians in Russia">Armenian</a> minority (~20%), which is especially notable in the <a href="/wiki/Adlersky_City_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Adlersky City District">Adlersky City District</a> where they compose more than half of the total population.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of Sochi's Armenian community are descendants of <a href="/wiki/Hemshin_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Hemshin peoples">Hamshen Armenians</a> from Turkey's northeastern <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> coast, who began arriving in the late 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest are <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Georgia" title="Armenians in Georgia">Armenians from Georgia</a> (particularly from <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Abkhazia" title="Armenians in Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Samtskhe-Javakheti" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti">Samtskhe-Javakheti</a>) and Armenia (especially from <a href="/wiki/Shirak_Province" title="Shirak Province">Shirak Province</a> due to the <a href="/wiki/1988_Armenian_earthquake" title="1988 Armenian earthquake">1988 earthquake</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Total population </th> <th>Urban </th> <th>Russians </th> <th>Armenians </th> <th>Ukrainians </th> <th>Georgians </th></tr> <tr> <td>1887</td> <td>98</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1891</td> <td>460</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1897<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1,352</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>37.9%</td> <td>6.0%</td> <td>19.9%</td> <td>17.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1904</td> <td>8,163</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1916</td> <td>13,254</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1926</td> <td>13,000</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939</td> <td>72,597</td> <td>49,813</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959</td> <td>127,000</td> <td>81,912</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970</td> <td>245,300</td> <td>203,100</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td>292,300</td> <td>245,600</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989<sup id="cite_ref-1989Census_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989Census-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>385,851</td> <td>339,814</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td>369,900</td> <td>322,400</td> <td>68.7%</td> <td>14.2%</td> <td>5.9%</td> <td>1.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td>378,300</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td>388,200</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002<sup id="cite_ref-2002Census_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2002Census-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>397,103</td> <td>332,778</td> <td>67.5%</td> <td>20.2%</td> <td>3.7%</td> <td>2.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td>395,012</td> <td>329,481</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td>402,043</td> <td>331,059</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td>406,800</td> <td>334,282</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td>410,987</td> <td>337,947</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>420,589</td> <td>347,932</td> <td>69.92%</td> <td>20.09%</td> <td>2.29%</td> <td>2.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Source, unless otherwise marked:</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-GSE_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4._Население_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4._Население-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_in_Sochi_2014_08.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Church_in_Sochi_2014_08.jpeg/220px-Church_in_Sochi_2014_08.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Church_in_Sochi_2014_08.jpeg/330px-Church_in_Sochi_2014_08.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Church_in_Sochi_2014_08.jpeg/440px-Church_in_Sochi_2014_08.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="434" /></a><figcaption>Inside the Church of the <a href="/wiki/Image_of_Edessa" title="Image of Edessa">Holy Mandylion</a>, Sochi.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> brought Christianity to the Sochi region in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The region was relatively isolated before 1829.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In the North, a few hundred Sunni Muslim <a href="/wiki/Shapsugs" title="Shapsugs">Shapsugs</a>, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassian</a> nation, lived around Tkhagapsh, near <a href="/wiki/Lazarevskoye_Microdistrict" title="Lazarevskoye Microdistrict">Lazarevskoye</a>. The Circassians (also known as Adyghe) converted to <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> from Christianity in the 17th century.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the nineteenth century, Islam spread to the region.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Currently, Sochi is a large predominantly <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> city, though there are thought to be around 20,000 Muslims (5% of inhabitants) living there now (the majority are <a href="/wiki/Adyghe_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Adyghe people">Adyghe</a>) plus other Eastern <a href="/wiki/Peoples_of_the_Caucasus" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoples of the Caucasus">Caucasians</a>, Turks, <a href="/wiki/Tatars" title="Tatars">Tatars</a>, and other smaller Muslim groups.<sup id="cite_ref-mosque_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mosque-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> was built in 2008 by <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> in the central area of Bytkha, in addition to the old mosque being around 40 km (25 miles) north of the city center<sup id="cite_ref-mosque_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mosque-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the Adyghe <i><a href="/wiki/Aul" title="Aul">aul</a></i> of Tkhagapsh. </p><p>There are around thirty <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox</a> churches, the largest being St. Michael's, and two monasteries, plus two <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholic</a> churches, one in the center of Sochi and the other in Lazarevskoye. The <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenian</a> community gathers in about ten churches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1274038083">.mw-parser-output .bar-chart{margin:0.5em;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid #c0c0c0;border-spacing:0px}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart tbody{display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart caption{display:block;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th,.mw-parser-output .bar-chart td{padding:3px;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart tr:not(:first-child):hover{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#ffffff)}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="col"]:not(.bar-chart-label-type){width:15em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="row"]:not(.bar-chart-total){font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar{height:1.25em;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#cedff2;height:1.25em;margin:0 0 0 0;z-index:0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-comment{font-size:90%;padding-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-numbers{position:relative;top:-1.4em;height:1.25em;padding:0 0 0 2em;z-index:10;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-caption{border-top:1px solid #aaa}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-center{margin:0.5em auto}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{border:dashed 1pt grey}}</style> <table class="bar-chart bar-chart-right" style="width: 20em;"> <caption>Turnover of large and medium-sized enterprises of the city, in billion rubles.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2017Statistics_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2017Statistics-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="bar-chart-label-type">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 20em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Billion rubles</div> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2014 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 20em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:14.2em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 20em;"><span class="nowrap">136</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2015 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 20em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:15.7em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 20em;"><span class="nowrap">150</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2016 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 20em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:17.9em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 20em;"><span class="nowrap">170.8</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2017 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 20em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:20em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 20em;"><span class="nowrap">191.3</span></span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Sochi is an economic centre of <a href="/wiki/Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnodar Krai">Krasnodar Krai</a> and Russia. According to the economist-geographer <a href="/wiki/Natalia_Zubarevich" title="Natalia Zubarevich">Natalia Zubarevich</a>, Sochi, being a "recreational capital", along with the largest industrial centers, acts as a "motor" of development that determines the prospects and directions of the country's development.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The economy of Sochi is based on trade, construction, resort and tourism. Its structure for 2015: retail trade (59%), construction (15%), resorts and tourism (11%), industry (10.6%), transport (3.5%) and agriculture (0.9%).<sup id="cite_ref-Economy1_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economy1-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sochi is one of the most popular tourism centres, as well as a prominent financial centre in Russia. Investments in the city's economy over the past 10 years have amounted to more than 1.1 trillion rubles.<sup id="cite_ref-Economy1_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economy1-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The turnover of medium and large enterprises in Sochi in 2017 amounted to more than 191.3 billion rubles. The increase in turnover in comparison with the previous year is 12%.<sup id="cite_ref-2017Statistics_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2017Statistics-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Sochi headed the "Rating of Russian cities by quality of life" of the Urbanika Institute,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2014 and 2015 it ranked as 4th and 5th city respectively;<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> experts noted the high rate of development of the city, large-scale investments on the eve of the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a>, favorable environmental conditions and high safety of residents.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Sochi topped the rating of "30 best cities for business" in Russia, by <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Today, 705 classified accommodation facilities operate on its territory, including: 66 sanatoriums, 20 boarding houses and recreation centers and 618 hotels. 183 beach areas have been opened, more than 100 tourist facilities operate, about 70 excursion companies operate.<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over 5.2 million tourists visited Sochi in 2016, 5.9% more than in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average annual occupancy rate of hotels was at 77%, but varies by season. The importance of tourism for the development of Sochi is also determined by the financial revenues from the industry. According to statistics, in 2015, tourism revenues amounted to about 30 billion rubles. At the same time, throughout the country, revenues from the industry amounted to 161 billion rubles; thus, the tourist industry of the city occupies 18.6% of the total market of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Metallurg_Sochi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sanatorium Metallurg"><img alt="Sanatorium Metallurg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Metallurg_Sochi.jpg/405px-Metallurg_Sochi.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Metallurg_Sochi.jpg/608px-Metallurg_Sochi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Metallurg_Sochi.jpg/810px-Metallurg_Sochi.jpg 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%28%D0%B3.%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29_01.jpg/609px-%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%28%D0%B3.%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%28%D0%B3.%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29_01.jpg/812px-%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%28%D0%B3.%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="851" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sanatorium Ordzhonikidze</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%C2%BB.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Primorskaya Hotel"><img alt="Primorskaya Hotel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%C2%BB.JPG/360px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%C2%BB.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%C2%BB.JPG/540px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%C2%BB.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%C2%BB.JPG/720px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%C2%BB.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Primorskaya Hotel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 258.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bogatyr_hotel_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bogatyr hotel"><img alt="Bogatyr hotel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Bogatyr_hotel_02.jpg/388px-Bogatyr_hotel_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="259" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Bogatyr_hotel_02.jpg/582px-Bogatyr_hotel_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Bogatyr_hotel_02.jpg/776px-Bogatyr_hotel_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5750" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bogatyr hotel </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 278px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 276px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rodina_Grand_Hotel_View5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rodina Grand Hotel pool"><img alt="Rodina Grand Hotel pool" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Rodina_Grand_Hotel_View5.jpg/414px-Rodina_Grand_Hotel_View5.jpg" decoding="async" width="276" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Rodina_Grand_Hotel_View5.jpg/620px-Rodina_Grand_Hotel_View5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Rodina_Grand_Hotel_View5.jpg/827px-Rodina_Grand_Hotel_View5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1672" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rodina Grand Hotel pool</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochipark_in_the_evening.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sochipark in the evening"><img alt="Sochipark in the evening" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Sochipark_in_the_evening.jpg/360px-Sochipark_in_the_evening.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Sochipark_in_the_evening.jpg/540px-Sochipark_in_the_evening.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Sochipark_in_the_evening.jpg/720px-Sochipark_in_the_evening.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sochipark in the evening</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trade,_finance_and_services"><span id="Trade.2C_finance_and_services"></span>Trade, finance and services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Trade, finance and services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The retail trade turnover for medium and large enterprises (accounting for about 30% of the total turnover) in the city in 2016 amounted to 57.2 billion rubles. On the territory of the city there are 8,769 objects of the consumer sphere, of which: 5013 are stationary retail enterprises, 1450 are catering enterprises, 335 are wholesale enterprises, and 1083 are service enterprises.<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Sochi, 1807 grocery stores, 2,708 non-food stores, 294 stores of a mixed group of goods, 178 pharmacies, 16 car dealerships, 20 stores at gas stations, 945 pavilions and kiosks have been opened. The provision of the population with retail space is 1,106.7 m<sup>2</sup> (11,912 sq ft) per 1000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to 2017 data, the annual trade turnover per capita in Sochi was 1.75 times higher than the average in Russia (373,527 rubles per year per person). At the same time, it exceeds the annual trade turnover per capita in all cities with a population of over one million, including <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a> and Moscow. A high trade turnover is ensured by both a large flow of tourists and a high average wage in the city. The annual retail turnover generated by permanent residents is about 96.2 billion rubles (52%). Tourists generate about 87.83 billion rubles (48%).<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The turnover of public catering in the city in 2016 for medium and large enterprises amounted to 7 billion rubles (about 36% of the total turnover). 1450 public catering establishments were opened in Sochi, with a total of 90473 seats. The market of paid services to the population in 2016 amounted to 34.3 million rubles; the industry employs 3393 people, with a total of 1083 enterprises.<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry_and_agriculture">Industry and agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Industry and agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The volume of goods shipped in 2016 for medium and large industrial enterprises of the city amounted to 19.4 billion rubles. The distribution of energy, gas and water accounted for 11.9 billion rubles,<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the largest enterprises in the industry are: Adler TPP and Sochinskaya TPP. Processing industries accounted for 3.3 billion rubles.<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The volume of shipment of minerals amounted to 76 million rubles, the largest enterprise in the industry is Firma Sochinerud.<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the manufacturing industry, the overwhelming share of food production enterprises, which account for 92.3% of the production volume.<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Large enterprises: Sochi meat-packing plant, Trout-breeding farm, Primorskaya quail farm, Sochi bakery and Lazarevsky bakery. </p><p>The volume of shipped agricultural products in 2016 amounted to 49.8 million rubles. Vegetables, citrus fruits, fruits (including heat-loving crops such as feijoa, medlar, kiwi) and flowers are cultivated by large agricultural enterprises: Verlioka, Voskhod and Pobeda. The only producer of poultry meat is the Adler Poultry Factory. Five enterprises are engaged in the cultivation and processing of tea: Dagomyschay, Solokhaul tea, Matsesta tea, Khosta tea, Shapsug tea and a number of farmers.<sup id="cite_ref-2016Statistics_62-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016Statistics-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 226.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 224.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adler_TES-2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Adler TPP"><img alt="Adler TPP" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Adler_TES-2016.jpg/337px-Adler_TES-2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Adler_TES-2016.jpg/505px-Adler_TES-2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Adler_TES-2016.jpg/673px-Adler_TES-2016.jpg 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data-file-height="562" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tea plantations near Akhintam</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Forel_farm_Sochi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Trout farming near Adler"><img alt="Trout farming near Adler" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Forel_farm_Sochi.jpg/360px-Forel_farm_Sochi.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Forel_farm_Sochi.jpg/540px-Forel_farm_Sochi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Forel_farm_Sochi.jpg/720px-Forel_farm_Sochi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Trout farming near Adler</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Russian_International_Olympic_University_in_Sochi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Russian_International_Olympic_University_in_Sochi.jpg/220px-Russian_International_Olympic_University_in_Sochi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Russian_International_Olympic_University_in_Sochi.jpg/330px-Russian_International_Olympic_University_in_Sochi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Russian_International_Olympic_University_in_Sochi.jpg/440px-Russian_International_Olympic_University_in_Sochi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2494" /></a><figcaption>Russian International Olympic University</figcaption></figure> <p>There are more than 70 secondary schools in Sochi. </p><p>In addition to branches of metropolitan universities, Sochi has its own higher educational institutions, which are also of federal importance: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sochi_State_University" title="Sochi State University">Sochi State University</a></li> <li>Russian International Olympic University</li> <li>Sochi Institute of <a href="/wiki/Peoples%27_Friendship_University_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoples' Friendship University of Russia">Peoples' Friendship University of Russia</a></li> <li>International Innovation University</li> <li>Sochi Institute of Fashion, Business and Law</li> <li>Sochi Maritime Institute</li> <li>Sochi Branch of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_State_Social_University" title="Russian State Social University">Russian State Social University</a></li> <li>Sochi Branch of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_State_University_of_Justice" title="Russian State University of Justice">Russian State University of Justice</a></li> <li>Sochi Branch of the Moscow New Law Institute</li> <li>Sochi Branch of the Moscow Automobile and Highway State Technical University</li> <li>Sochi Branch of the <a href="/wiki/Adyghe_State_University" title="Adyghe State University">Adyghe State University</a></li></ul> <p>Secondary specialized educational institutions: </p> <ul><li>College of Economics and Technology at Sochi State University</li> <li>College of Art</li> <li>College of Multicultural Education</li> <li>Medical College</li> <li>Professional Technical School</li> <li>Kuban College of Law</li> <li>Sochi Financial and Law College</li> <li>Sochi College of Humanities and Economics</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science">Science</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Science"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sochi is indispensable for <a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Russia" title="Science and technology in Russia">Russian science</a> from a geographical and climatic point of view. The only subtropics in Russia are actively used as a base for scientific research in the field of botany, medicine and coastal construction. In addition to higher education institutions that develop science, Sochi has a number of research institutions of all-Russian importance: </p> <ul><li>Sochi Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences</li> <li>Research Institute of Medical Primatology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences</li> <li>Research Institute of Mountain Forestry and Forest Ecology of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation</li> <li>All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Floriculture and Subtropical Crops of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences</li> <li>Sochi Branch of the Russian Geographical Society</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_facilities">Sports facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Sports facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A local <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> school spawned the careers of such players as <a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)" title="Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam</a> champions <a href="/wiki/Maria_Sharapova" title="Maria Sharapova">Maria Sharapova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yevgeny_Kafelnikov" title="Yevgeny Kafelnikov">Yevgeny Kafelnikov</a> (Kafelnikov spent much of his childhood here, while Sharapova relocated to <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> at the age of seven). In late 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Football_Union" title="Russian Football Union">Russian Football Union</a> announced that it was planning to establish a year-round training center for the country's national teams in Sochi. The city's warm climate was cited as one of the main incentives. Sochi is also the home for the football team <a href="/wiki/PFC_Sochi" title="PFC Sochi">PFC Sochi</a> which plays in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Premier_League" title="Russian Premier League">Russian Premier League</a> and for the ice hockey team <a href="/wiki/HC_Sochi" title="HC Sochi">HC Sochi</a> which plays in the <a href="/wiki/Kontinental_Hockey_League" title="Kontinental Hockey League">Kontinental Hockey League</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_Winter_Olympics_and_Paralympics">2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a> and <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Paralympics" title="2014 Winter Paralympics">2014 Winter Paralympics</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RusskiGorki_Estosadok1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/RusskiGorki_Estosadok1.jpg/210px-RusskiGorki_Estosadok1.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/RusskiGorki_Estosadok1.jpg/315px-RusskiGorki_Estosadok1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/RusskiGorki_Estosadok1.jpg/420px-RusskiGorki_Estosadok1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/RusSki_Gorki_Jumping_Center" title="RusSki Gorki Jumping Center">Russki Gorki ski jump arena</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The nearby ski resort of <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Khutor_Alpine_Resort" title="Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort">Roza Khutor</a> at <a href="/wiki/Krasnaya_Polyana,_Sochi,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai">Krasnaya Polyana</a> was the location of the alpine and Nordic events for the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a>. </p><p>In June 2006, the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> announced that Sochi had been selected as a finalist city to host the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Paralympics" title="2014 Winter Paralympics">2014 Winter Paralympics</a>. On July 4, 2007, Sochi was announced as the host city of the 2014 Winter Games, edging out <a href="/wiki/Pyeongchang_County" title="Pyeongchang County">Pyeongchang</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Host_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Host-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was Russia's first time hosting the Winter Olympic Games, and its first time hosting the Paralympic Games. The site of a training centre for aspiring Olympic athletes, in 2008, the city had no world-class level athletic facilities fit for international competition.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Major_Tuneup_for_a_Sports_Machine_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Major_Tuneup_for_a_Sports_Machine-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Severe cost overruns made the 2014 Winter Olympics the most <a href="/wiki/Cost_of_the_Olympic_Games" title="Cost of the Olympic Games">expensive Olympics</a> in history; with Russian politician <a href="/wiki/Boris_Nemtsov" title="Boris Nemtsov">Boris Nemtsov</a> citing allegations of corruption among government officials,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Allison Stewart of the <a href="/wiki/Sa%C3%AFd_Business_School" title="Saïd Business School">Saïd Business School</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford</a> citing tight relationships between the government and construction firms.<sup id="cite_ref-sochi_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sochi-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While originally budgeted at US$12 billion, various factors caused the budget to expand to US$51 billion, surpassing the estimated $44 billion cost of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> in Beijing. According to a report by the <a href="/wiki/European_Bank_for_Reconstruction_and_Development" title="European Bank for Reconstruction and Development">European Bank for Reconstruction and Development</a>, this cost will not boost Russia's national economy, but may attract business to Sochi and the southern Krasnodar region of Russia in the future as a result of improved services.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi saw <a href="/wiki/Concerns_and_controversies_at_the_2014_Winter_Olympics" title="Concerns and controversies at the 2014 Winter Olympics">concern and controversy</a> following a new federal law approved in Russia in June 2013 that bans "<a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Russia">homosexual propaganda to minors</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were also concerns over <a href="/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" title="Islamic terrorism">Islamist militants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Construction_work">Construction work</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Construction work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg/210px-Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg/315px-Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg/420px-Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5464" data-file-height="3070" /></a><figcaption>Olympic Park</figcaption></figure> <p>The state-controlled <a href="/wiki/RAO_UES" title="RAO UES">RAO UES</a> announced in July 2007 that it might spend 30 billion roubles (about US$1.2 billion) on upgrading the electrical power system in the Sochi area by 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The power generating companies <a href="/wiki/Inter_RAO_UES" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter RAO UES">Inter RAO UES</a> and <a href="/wiki/RusHydro" title="RusHydro">RusHydro</a> would have to build or modernize four thermal power plants and four hydroelectric plants—and the federal grid company <a href="/wiki/FGC_UES" title="FGC UES">FGC UES</a> has to replace the Central-Shepsi electricity transmission line, which reportedly often fails in bad weather. The new power line would run partly on power towers and partly across the bottom of the Black Sea. By 2011, the power supply of the resort area would increase by 1129 MW—of which 300 MW would be used for Olympic sports facilities. "The cost of the work is estimated at 83.6 billion rubles (about US $3.26 billion), of which 50 billion rubles (about US$2 billion) will go to investments in the electricity grid," the power companies announced. They did not say how much of the bill the state would foot. In February 2007, when UES had planned to spend 48.8 billion rubles (about US$1.9 billion) on the Sochi area, the share the state had been ready to pay 38 billion roubles (about US$1.48 billion) of that. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sports_events">Other sports events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Other sports events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F1_Grand_Prix_Russia_2014_start_lane.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/F1_Grand_Prix_Russia_2014_start_lane.jpg/220px-F1_Grand_Prix_Russia_2014_start_lane.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/F1_Grand_Prix_Russia_2014_start_lane.jpg/330px-F1_Grand_Prix_Russia_2014_start_lane.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/F1_Grand_Prix_Russia_2014_start_lane.jpg/440px-F1_Grand_Prix_Russia_2014_start_lane.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>F1 <a href="/wiki/Russian_Grand_Prix" title="Russian Grand Prix">Russian Grand Prix</a> 2014</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_23.jpg/220px-Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_23.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_23.jpg/330px-Sochi_adler_aerial_view_2018_23.jpg 1.5x, 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href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> had reached a deal with <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone" title="Bernie Ecclestone">Bernie Ecclestone</a> for the city to host the <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> <a href="/wiki/Russian_Grand_Prix" title="Russian Grand Prix">Russian Grand Prix</a> from 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, because of the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, Sochi is not allowed to host future races.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/World_Robot_Olympiad" title="World Robot Olympiad">World Robot Olympiad</a> took place in the <a href="/wiki/Adler_Arena_Skating_Center" title="Adler Arena Skating Center">Adler Arena Skating Center</a> on November 21–23, 2014. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 World Chess Championship">2014 World Chess Championship</a> between <a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen" title="Magnus Carlsen">Magnus Carlsen</a> was played in Sochi in November 2014, with Carlsen emerging as the winner. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Fisht_Olympic_Stadium" title="Fisht Olympic Stadium">Fisht Olympic Stadium</a> was also used to host <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> matches. </p><p>Since 2014, the city has hosted <a href="/wiki/HC_Sochi" title="HC Sochi">HC Sochi</a>, who play at the <a href="/wiki/Bolshoy_Ice_Dome" title="Bolshoy Ice Dome">Bolshoy Ice Dome</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kontinental_Hockey_League" title="Kontinental Hockey League">Kontinental Hockey League</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%8E%D1%89%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%8E%D1%89%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_02.jpg/420px-%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%8E%D1%89%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1925" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Sochi" title="Port of Sochi">Port of Sochi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Public transport is represented mainly by bus and taxi. Sochi is served by the <a href="/wiki/Adler-Sochi_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Adler-Sochi International Airport">Adler-Sochi International Airport</a>. Types of non-mass public transport include two <a href="/wiki/Funicular" title="Funicular">funiculars</a> (at the Central military sanatorium and Ordzhonikidze resort) and three cable cars (at arboretum sanatorium "Dawn" and pension "Neva") also has several <a href="/wiki/Cableway" class="mw-redirect" title="Cableway">cableways</a> in <a href="/wiki/Krasnaya_Polyana,_Sochi,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai">Krasnaya Polyana</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Sochi" title="Port of Sochi">Sochi Port</a> terminal building was built in 1955 by <a href="/wiki/Karo_Alabyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Karo Alabyan">Karo Alabyan</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leonid_Karlik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leonid Karlik (page does not exist)">Leonid Karlik</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stalinist_architecture" title="Stalinist architecture">Stalinist architecture</a>. It is topped with a 71-meter steepled tower. Sculptures embodying seasons and cardinal points are set above the tower's three tiers. </p><p>Five of the railway stations of Sochi were renovated for the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a>. These are <a href="/wiki/Dagomys_railway_station" title="Dagomys railway station">Dagomys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sochi_railway_station" title="Sochi railway station">Sochi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matsesta_railway_station" title="Matsesta railway station">Matsesta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khosta_railway_station" title="Khosta railway station">Khosta</a> railway stations. In <a href="/wiki/Adlersky_City_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Adlersky City District">Adler city district</a> of Sochi, the original railway station was preserved and <a href="/wiki/Adler_railway_station" title="Adler railway station">new railway station</a> was built near it. Another new railway station <a href="/wiki/Roza_Khutor_railway_station" title="Roza Khutor railway station">was built</a> in <a href="/wiki/Estosadok" title="Estosadok">Estosadok</a>, close to <a href="/wiki/Krasnaya_Polyana,_Sochi,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai">Krasnaya Polyana</a>. </p><p>At some point, plans to construct the light metro network to serve the Olympics were considered; however, the <a href="/wiki/Sochi_Light_Metro" title="Sochi Light Metro">Sochi Light Metro</a> plan was abandoned in favor of the reconstruction of the railway. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kafelnikov_Lagardere_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kafelnikov_Lagardere_2009.jpg/220px-Kafelnikov_Lagardere_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kafelnikov_Lagardere_2009.jpg/330px-Kafelnikov_Lagardere_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kafelnikov_Lagardere_2009.jpg/440px-Kafelnikov_Lagardere_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="547" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yevgeny_Kafelnikov" title="Yevgeny Kafelnikov">Yevgeny Kafelnikov</a> was born and raised in Sochi</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main category: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Sochi" title="Category:People from Sochi">People from Sochi</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Nikolaevich_Denisyuk" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk">Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk</a>, physicist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Galustyan" title="Mikhail Galustyan">Mikhail Galustyan</a>, comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Geim" title="Andre Geim">Andre Geim</a>, physicist, <a href="/wiki/Graphene" title="Graphene">graphene</a> researcher and 2010 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize</a> winner<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevgeny_Kafelnikov" title="Yevgeny Kafelnikov">Yevgeny Kafelnikov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennis_player" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennis player">tennis player</a>, former <a href="/wiki/List_of_ATP_number_1_ranked_singles_players" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players">World No. 1</a> tennis player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daria_Kondakova" title="Daria Kondakova">Daria Kondakova</a>, rhythmic gymnast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grigory_Leps" title="Grigory Leps">Grigory Leps</a>, singer, songwriter, musician of Georgian origin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slava_Metreveli" title="Slava Metreveli">Slava Metreveli</a>, Georgian/Soviet association football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Nemshilov" title="Vladimir Nemshilov">Vladimir Nemshilov</a>, Olympic swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Nemtsov" title="Boris Nemtsov">Boris Nemtsov</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordechai_Spiegler" title="Mordechai Spiegler">Mordechai Spiegler</a>, Russian-Israeli association football player and manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tkachenko" title="Vladimir Tkachenko">Vladimir Tkachenko</a>, basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elena_Vesnina" title="Elena Vesnina">Elena Vesnina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennis_player" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennis player">tennis player</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharis_Yunichev" title="Kharis Yunichev">Kharis Yunichev</a>, the first Soviet male swimmer to win an Olympic medal<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Zak" title="Anna Zak">Anna Zak</a>, Israeli celebrity</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Russia" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sochi is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach</a>, United States (1990)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Menton" title="Menton">Menton</a>, France (1966)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nagato,_Yamaguchi" title="Nagato, Yamaguchi">Nagato</a>, Japan (2018)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rimini" title="Rimini">Rimini</a>, Italy (1977)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Trabzon" title="Trabzon">Trabzon</a>, Turkey (1991)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Weihai" title="Weihai">Weihai</a>, China (1996)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_twin_towns">Former twin towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Former twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham" title="Cheltenham">Cheltenham</a>, United Kingdom (1959) – Suspended due to the ongoing <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Baden-Baden" title="Baden-Baden">Baden-Baden</a>, Germany (2011) – Suspended due to the ongoing <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Espoo" title="Espoo">Espoo</a>, Finland (1989–2022)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A4rnu" title="Pärnu">Pärnu</a>, Estonia (1994–2022)<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sochi&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federation_Island" title="Federation Island">Federation Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sochi_Police" title="Sochi Police">Sochi Police</a></li></ul> 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decoding="async" width="21" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/32px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/42px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Russia" title="Portal:Russia">Russia</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/19px-Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/29px-Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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Encyclopedia</a>. <span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mus-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mus_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mus_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mus_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mus_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mus_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mus_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mus_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mus_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Exposition of the Historical Museum of Sochi, partly reflected in Russian in<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101011234131/http://www.sochiadm.ru/content/section/35/detail/31/">"История Сочи"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 14,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sochiadm.ru%2Fcontent%2Fsection%2F35%2Fdetail%2F31%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span> (History of Sochi) at the official site of the city</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Head-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Head_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Head_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.sochiru.ru/">Official website of Sochi</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140111120701/http://english.sochiru.ru/">Archived</a> January 11, 2014, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Area-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Area_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Area_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Area_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Городское Собрание Сочи. Решение №89 от 14 июля 2009 г. «<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gs-sochi.ru/upload/iblock/e47/wxdqimw%20waziohbbow%20kuxyhwww%20ktjo%20jd%2014_07_2009%20N%2089%20%20mn%20kzkq.pdf">Об утверждении генерального плана городского округа города Сочи</a>». Вступил в силу со дня опубликования.</span></span> (City Assembly of Sochi. Decision #89 of July 14, 2009 <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://www.gs-sochi.ru/upload/iblock/e47/wxdqimw%20waziohbbow%20kuxyhwww%20ktjo%20jd%2014_07_2009%20N%2089%20%20mn%20kzkq.pdf">On the Adoption of the General Plan of the Urban Okrug of the City of Sochi</a></i>. 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Сочи на карте погоды"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0+%D0%B2+%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81.+%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0+%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B+%D0%B2+%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5.+%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B7.+%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Frussia.pogoda360.ru%2F836124%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">80,000 of 138,572 (58%) <ul><li>According to 2014 official estimates, the population of Adlersky City District is 138,572, see <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614194427/http://krsdstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/krsdstat/ru/news/rss/4e0d2c0043a4c2d0955995d06954faf7">"Оценка численности населения на 1 января 2014 года по муниципальным образованиям Краснодарского края [Estimated population on January 1, 2014 by the municipalities of Krasnodar Region]"</a> (in Russian). <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federal_State_Statistics_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federal State Statistics Service">Russian Federal State Statistics Service</a>. April 15, 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://krsdstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/krsdstat/ru/news/rss/4e0d2c0043a4c2d0955995d06954faf7">the original</a> on June 14, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%9E%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0+%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%BD%D0%B0+1+%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F+2014+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BC+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC+%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8F+%5BEstimated+population+on+January+1%2C+2014+by+the+municipalities+of+Krasnodar+Region%5D&rft.pub=Russian+Federal+State+Statistics+Service&rft.date=2014-04-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkrsdstat.gks.ru%2Fwps%2Fwcm%2Fconnect%2Frosstat_ts%2Fkrsdstat%2Fru%2Fnews%2Frss%2F4e0d2c0043a4c2d0955995d06954faf7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moscow_Times" title="The Moscow Times">The Moscow Times</a></i> estimated in 2006 that there were about 80,000 Armenians in Adler, see <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchreck2006" class="citation news cs1">Schreck, Carl (May 5, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140530201559/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/sochis-armenian-diaspora-weeps/205176.html">"Sochi's Armenian Diaspora Weeps"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Moscow_Times" title="The Moscow Times">The Moscow Times</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/sochis-armenian-diaspora-weeps/205176.html">the original</a> on May 30, 2014. <q>...Sochi's Adler district, home to about 80,000 ethnic Armenians...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Moscow+Times&rft.atitle=Sochi%27s+Armenian+Diaspora+Weeps&rft.date=2006-05-05&rft.aulast=Schreck&rft.aufirst=Carl&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoscowtimes.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fsochis-armenian-diaspora-weeps%2F205176.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchreck" class="citation news cs1">Schreck, Carl. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/sochis-armenian-diaspora-weeps/205176.html">"Sochi's Armenian Diaspora Weeps"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Moscow_Times" title="The Moscow Times">The Moscow Times</a></i>. <q>Hamshen Armenians comprise most of Sochi's Armenian population...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Moscow+Times&rft.atitle=Sochi%27s+Armenian+Diaspora+Weeps&rft.aulast=Schreck&rft.aufirst=Carl&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoscowtimes.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fsochis-armenian-diaspora-weeps%2F205176.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAyvazyan,_Hovhannes2003" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Ayvazyan, Hovhannes, ed. (2003). "Ռուսաստան [Russia]". <i>Հայ Սփյուռք հանրագիտարան [Encyclopedia of Armenian Diaspora]</i> (in Armenian). Vol. 1. Yerevan: <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Encyclopedia_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing">Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing</a>. p. 473. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-5-89700-020-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-5-89700-020-3"><bdi>978-5-89700-020-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=%D5%8C%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6+%5BRussia%5D&rft.btitle=%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5+%D5%8D%D6%83%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BC%D6%84+%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6+%5BEncyclopedia+of+Armenian+Diaspora%5D&rft.place=Yerevan&rft.pages=473&rft.pub=Armenian+Encyclopedia+Publishing&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-5-89700-020-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=564">1897 Census</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131231152913/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=564">Archived</a> December 31, 2013, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. demoscope.ru (in Russian)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1989Census-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1989Census_53-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php"><bdi lang="ru">Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров</bdi></a> [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. <bdi lang="ru">Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989]</bdi> (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via <i>Demoscope Weekly</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%92%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+1989+%D0%B3.+%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D0%B8+%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C+%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9+%D0%B8+%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C+%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%91%D0%B2%2C+%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C+%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%B8+%D1%81%D1%91%D0%BB-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2&rft.pub=%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82+%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B8+%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%3A+%D0%92%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8+%5BInstitute+of+Demography+at+the+National+Research+University%3A+Higher+School+of+Economics%5D&rft.date=1989&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdemoscope.ru%2Fweekly%2Fssp%2Frus89_reg.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2002Census-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2002Census_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFederal_State_Statistics_Service2004" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)" title="Federal State Statistics Service (Russia)">Federal State Statistics Service</a> (May 21, 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls"><bdi lang="ru">Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек</bdi></a> [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] <span class="cs1-format">(XLS)</span>. <bdi lang="ru">Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002]</bdi> (in Russian).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8%2C+%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8+%D0%B2+%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5+%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C+%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%2C+%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2+%E2%80%93+%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D1%81+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BC+3+%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B8+%D0%B8+%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B5+%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA&rft.date=2004-05-21&rft.au=Federal+State+Statistics+Service&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.perepis2002.ru%2Fct%2Fdoc%2F1_TOM_01_04.xls&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Федеральная Служба Государственной Статистики. 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Краснодар, 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Population of Russian Federation by cities, towns, and districts as of January 1, 2007: <a href="/wiki/Rosstat" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosstat">Rosstat</a>, Moscow, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/geo/Rekhaniya.html">Rekhaniya</a>". <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Virtual_Library" title="Jewish Virtual Library">Jewish Virtual Library</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mosque-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mosque_58-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mosque_58-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/sufian-zhemukhov/sochi-city-with-no-mosque">Sochi: a city with no mosque</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/OpenDemocracy" title="OpenDemocracy">OpenDemocracy</a></i>, October 22, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shapsugiya.ru/index.php?newsid=43">В ауле Тхагапш произошло знаменательное для верующих мусульман событие</a>. 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Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8157-2379-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8157-2379-0"><bdi>978-0-8157-2379-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Thistle+and+the+Drone&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.pub=Brookings+Institution+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-8157-2379-0&rft.aulast=Ahmed&rft.aufirst=Akbar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dn_YMKlVfFLkC%26q%3DCircassian%2Bgenocide%26pg%3DPA163&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichmond2008" class="citation book cs1">Richmond, Walter (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E6Z5AgAAQBAJ&q=circassian+genocide&pg=PA172"><i>The Northwest Caucasus: Past, Present, Future</i></a>. London: <a href="/wiki/Routledge" title="Routledge">Routledge</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-134-00249-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-134-00249-8"><bdi>978-1-134-00249-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Northwest+Caucasus%3A+Past%2C+Present%2C+Future&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-134-00249-8&rft.aulast=Richmond&rft.aufirst=Walter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DE6Z5AgAAQBAJ%26q%3Dcircassian%2Bgenocide%26pg%3DPA172&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASochi" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Управление по взаимодействию с органами местного самоуправления Администрации Краснодарского края. Справочная информация №34.01-707/13-03 от 23 мая 2013 г. «Реестр административно-территориальных единиц Краснодарского края».</span></span> (Department of Cooperation with the Organs of the Local Self-Government of the Administration of Krasnodar Krai. Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 of May 23, 2013 <i>Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Krasnodar Krai</i>. ).</li> <li><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Законодательное Собрание Краснодарского края. Закон №679-КЗ от 1 апреля 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципального образования город-курорт Сочи и наделении его статусом городского округа», в ред. Закона №1756-КЗ от 3 июня 2009 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Краснодарского края об установлении границ муниципальных образований». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кубанские новости", №64–65, 17 апреля 2004 г.</span></span> (Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai. Law #679-KZ of April 1, 2004 <i>On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formation of the Resort City of Sochi and on Granting It Urban Okrug Status</i>, as amended by the Law #1756-KZ of June 3, 2009 <i>On Amending Various Legislative Acts of Krasnodar Krai on Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations</i>. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).</li> <li>Historical Dictionary of Sochi, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781876586232" title="Special:BookSources/9781876586232">9781876586232</a> [Currently the only major work on the city in English.]</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28+creator%3A%28%22James+Stanislaus+Bell%22+OR+%22Bell%2C+James+Stanislaus%22%29+%29">Works by or about James Stanislaus Bell</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a> (<i>Journal of a Residence in Circassia During the Years 1837, 1838, and 1839</i>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="Gulkevichsky District">Gulkevichsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalininsky_District,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Kalininsky District, Krasnodar Krai">Kalininsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanevskoy_District" title="Kanevskoy District">Kanevskoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavkazsky_District" title="Kavkazsky District">Kavkazsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korenovsky_District" title="Korenovsky District">Korenovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnoarmeysky_District,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnoarmeysky District, Krasnodar Krai">Krasnoarmeysky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krylovsky_District" title="Krylovsky District">Krylovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krymsky_District" title="Krymsky District">Krymsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurganinsky_District" title="Kurganinsky District">Kurganinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushchyovsky_District" title="Kushchyovsky District">Kushchyovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labinsky_District" title="Labinsky District">Labinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leningradsky_District,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Leningradsky District, Krasnodar Krai">Leningradsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mostovsky_District" title="Mostovsky District">Mostovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novokubansky_District" title="Novokubansky District">Novokubansky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novopokrovsky_District" title="Novopokrovsky District">Novopokrovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otradnensky_District" title="Otradnensky District">Otradnensky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavlovsky_District,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Pavlovsky District, Krasnodar Krai">Pavlovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primorsko-Akhtarsky_District" title="Primorsko-Akhtarsky District">Primorsko-Akhtarsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seversky_District" title="Seversky District">Seversky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shcherbinovsky_District" title="Shcherbinovsky District">Shcherbinovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavyansky_District" title="Slavyansky District">Slavyansky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starominsky_District" title="Starominsky District">Starominsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tbilissky_District" title="Tbilissky District">Tbilissky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temryuksky_District" title="Temryuksky District">Temryuksky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikhoretsky_District" title="Tikhoretsky District">Tikhoretsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timashyovsky_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Timashyovsky District">Timashyovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuapsinsky_District" title="Tuapsinsky District">Tuapsinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uspensky_District" title="Uspensky District">Uspensky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ust-Labinsky_District" title="Ust-Labinsky District">Ust-Labinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyselkovsky_District" title="Vyselkovsky District">Vyselkovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeysky_District" title="Yeysky District">Yeysky</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Krasnodar Krai"><img alt="Flag of Krasnodar Krai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg/40px-Flag_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg/60px-Flag_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg/80px-Flag_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Krasnodar Krai"><img alt="Coat of arms of Krasnodar Krai" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Coat_of_Arms_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg/40px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Krasnodar_Krai.svg.png" 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href="/wiki/Gelendzhik" title="Gelendzhik">Gelendzhik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goryachy_Klyuch,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar Krai">Goryachy Klyuch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulkevichi" title="Gulkevichi">Gulkevichi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khadyzhensk" title="Khadyzhensk">Khadyzhensk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korenovsk" title="Korenovsk">Korenovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnodar" title="Krasnodar">Krasnodar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kropotkin,_Krasnodar_Krai" title="Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai">Kropotkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krymsk" title="Krymsk">Krymsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurganinsk" title="Kurganinsk">Kurganinsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labinsk" title="Labinsk">Labinsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novokubansk" title="Novokubansk">Novokubansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novorossiysk" title="Novorossiysk">Novorossiysk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primorsko-Akhtarsk" title="Primorsko-Akhtarsk">Primorsko-Akhtarsk</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1924_Winter_Olympics" title="1924 Winter Olympics">1924</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chamonix" title="Chamonix">Chamonix</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1928_Winter_Olympics" title="1928 Winter Olympics">1928</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/St._Moritz" title="St. Moritz">St. Moritz</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1932_Winter_Olympics" title="1932 Winter Olympics">1932</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lake_Placid,_New_York" title="Lake Placid, New York">Lake Placid</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1936_Winter_Olympics" title="1936 Winter Olympics">1936</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Garmisch-Partenkirchen" title="Garmisch-Partenkirchen">Garmisch-Partenkirchen</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1940_Winter_Olympics" title="1940 Winter Olympics">1940</a>:</b> <i>None</i><sup>[c1]</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1944_Winter_Olympics" title="1944 Winter Olympics">1944</a>:</b> <i>None</i><sup>[c1]</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1948_Winter_Olympics" title="1948 Winter Olympics">1948</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/St._Moritz" title="St. Moritz">St. Moritz</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1952_Winter_Olympics" title="1952 Winter Olympics">1952</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1956_Winter_Olympics" title="1956 Winter Olympics">1956</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cortina_d%27Ampezzo" title="Cortina d'Ampezzo">Cortina d'Ampezzo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics" title="1960 Winter Olympics">1960</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281959-1960%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281959-1960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281959-1960%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281959-1960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281959-1960%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281959-1960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Valley,_California" title="Olympic Valley, California">Squaw Valley</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1964_Winter_Olympics" title="1964 Winter Olympics">1964</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1968_Winter_Olympics" title="1968 Winter Olympics">1968</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Grenoble" title="Grenoble">Grenoble</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1972_Winter_Olympics" title="1972 Winter Olympics">1972</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1976_Winter_Olympics" title="1976 Winter Olympics">1976</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Winter_Olympics" title="1980 Winter Olympics">1980</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lake_Placid,_New_York" title="Lake Placid, New York">Lake Placid</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics" title="1984 Winter Olympics">1984</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia"><img alt="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics" title="1988 Winter Olympics">1988</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1992_Winter_Olympics" title="1992 Winter Olympics">1992</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albertville" title="Albertville">Albertville</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1994_Winter_Olympics" title="1994 Winter Olympics">1994</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lillehammer" title="Lillehammer">Lillehammer</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics" title="1998 Winter Olympics">1998</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nagano_(city)" title="Nagano (city)">Nagano</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">2006</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sochi</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics" title="2018 Winter Olympics">2018</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pyeongchang_County" title="Pyeongchang County">Pyeongchang</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2022_Winter_Olympics" title="2022 Winter Olympics">2022</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2026_Winter_Olympics" title="2026 Winter Olympics"><i>2026</i></a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cortina_d%27Ampezzo" title="Cortina d'Ampezzo">Cortina d'Ampezzo</a></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2030_Winter_Olympics" title="2030 Winter Olympics"><i>2030</i></a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_Alps" title="French Alps">French Alps</a></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2034_Winter_Olympics" title="2034 Winter Olympics"><i>2034</i></a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Örnsköldsvik">Örnsköldsvik</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Winter_Paralympics" title="1980 Winter Paralympics">1980</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Geilo" title="Geilo">Geilo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1984_Winter_Paralympics" title="1984 Winter Paralympics">1984</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" 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title="Lillehammer">Lillehammer</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Winter_Paralympics" title="1998 Winter Paralympics">1998</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nagano_(city)" title="Nagano (city)">Nagano</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Paralympics" title="2002 Winter Paralympics">2002</a>:</b> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align:left; padding-left:0.2em; white-space:nowrap;width:10em;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Paralympics" title="2006 Winter 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