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- Sochi is one of the most multinational cities in Russia with people of more than 100 ethnic groups living there. Most of them are ethnic Russians (68%), the important minorities are Armenians, Ukrainians, Georgians, Greeks, Circassians, Belorussians, Tatars, and Jews.
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Sochi (Russian: Сочи, IPA: ⓘ, from Ubykh: Шъуача – seaside) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, and up to 600,000 residents in the urban area.
- 176.77 km² (68.25 sq mi)
- 1838
- 65 m (213 ft)
- Russia
Feb 7, 2014 · Four years after the Decembrist revolt, Russia signed the Treaty of Adrianople with the Ottoman Empire, acquiring the northern Black Sea coast and including Sochi, which was then the capital of...
They were the ancestors of the Abkhaz, Ubykh and Adyghe people who lived here until 1864; many toponyms in Sochi, including the city itself, originate from their languages. The first Russian outpost was set up in central Sochi in 1838 as a part of the Russian expansion along the Black Sea coast.
When the Empire ceded the land to Russia in 1829, the Circassians refused to accept their new rulers. This memorial stone marks a settlement destroyed by Russia in the ensuing conflict.
- Harrison Jacobs
Apr 26, 2024 · Sochi, city and resort area of Krasnodar kray (territory), southwestern Russia, with mineral springs, beaches, a subtropical climate, and attractive scenery. The city stretches along the Black Sea coast at the foot of the western part of the main Caucasus mountain range.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 6, 2014 · As the Winter Olympics get under way, all eyes are on the athletes, their coaches, and the destination: subtropical Sochi, the Black Sea resort town nestled below the westernmost slopes of...
Feb 12, 2014 · The Circassian people are natives of Sochi and the surrounding area that has been transformed for the Winter Games. Their world has evolved through a series of tragic events, including...
