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Apr 26, 2024 · Sochi, city and resort area of Krasnodar kray (territory), southwestern Russia. The city stretches along the Black Sea coast at the foot of the western part of the main Caucasus mountain range. Sochi was established in 1896 on the site of the former Navaginskoye fort and began developing as a resort area in 1902.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The table below lists some of the highest peaks of the Caucasus. With the exception of Shkhara, the heights are taken from Soviet 1:50,000 mapping. The list includes the ten ultras (mountains of more than 1,500 m prominence) and all mountains over 4,500 m height with 300 m prominence.
- 5,642 m (18,510 ft)
- Mount Elbrus
- 1,200 km (750 mi)
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, [12] and up to 600,000 residents in the urban area.
- 176.77 km² (68.25 sq mi)
- 1838
- 65 m (213 ft)
- Russia
Apr 8, 2021 · Sochi is Russia’s largest and busiest seaside resort city, situated along the edges of the Black Sea and at the foot of the western slopes of the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains. The city is positioned about 1,603 km from the Russian capital of Moscow. Map showing the location of Sochi (red dot) on the map above.
- Diptarka Ghosh
Sep 22, 2021 · Map of the Caucasus Mountains. The mountain consists of two ranges: the Greater Caucasus in the north and the Lesser Caucasus in the south. The Greater Caucasus runs west-northwest to east-southeast, from the Caucasian Natural Reserve near Sochi, Russia on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea to Baku, Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea.
Jan 17, 2020 · Updated on January 17, 2020. Sochi is a resort city located in the Russian Federal Subject of Krasnodar Krai. It is north of Russia's border with Georgia along the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains. Greater Sochi stretches 90 miles (145 km) along the sea and is considered one of the longest cities in Europe.
Feb 7, 2014 · The future Czar Alexander II was born in Moscow’s Kremlin on April 17, 1818, during Easter Week, a good omen to the Russian Orthodox. At the time of Alexander’s birth, Russia was at a ...
