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History of Sochi. View of Sochi River and Sochi from the west, photo ca. 1905–1915. The area of the Russian city of Sochi was populated more than 100,000 years by ancient people of Asia Minor migrating through Colchis (olden Georgia ). Ancient Greeks sailed to the region via the Black Sea in the 5th–6th centuries BC and encountered the ...
Website. sochiadm .ru. Sochi (Russian: Сочи, IPA: [ˈsotɕɪ] ⓘ, from Ubykh: Шъуача – seaside) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, [ 11] and up to 600,000 residents in the urban area.
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games ( Russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, romanized : XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 ( Russian: Сочи 2014 ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
Fisht Olympic Stadium (Russian: Олимпийский стадион «Фишт», Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht) is an outdoor stadium in Sochi, Russia.Located in Sochi Olympic Park and named after Mount Fisht, the 40,000-capacity stadium was constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, where it served as the venue for their opening and closing ceremonies.
Sochi Park: A theme park themed around the history and culture of Russia, Sochi Park is the country's first theme park. The park is 20.5 hectares, and features its own adventure park, and a hotel complex which is themed to a medieval-era castle. The park first opened only to spectators and athletes of the Olympic Games (during which it received ...
The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on 7 February 2014. It began at 20:14 MSK ( UTC+4) and finished at 23:02 MSK ( UTC+4 ). It was filmed and produced by OBS and Russian host broadcasters Channel One and VGTRK. [1] This was the first Winter Olympics and first Olympic Games ...
Sochi conflict. The Sochi conflict was a three-party armed conflict which involved the counterrevolutionary White Russian forces, Bolshevik Red Army and the Democratic Republic of Georgia, each of which sought control over the strategic Black Sea town of Sochi.
Abkhazia in antiquity. The written history of Abkhazia largely begins with the coming of the Milesian Greeks to the coastal Colchis in the 6th-5th centuries BC. They founded their maritime colonies along the eastern shore of the Black Sea, with Dioscurias being one of the most important centers of trade.