Sochi
Sochi, a Russian city on the Black Sea, is known as a summer beach resort, and was host of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Its parks include the palm-filled Arboretum. It's also notable for 20th-century neoclassical buildings such as the columned Winter Theatre. Forested Sochi National Park is a 1,937-sq. -km protected area in the nearby Caucasus Mountains. Some 70 km inland, Krasnaya Polyana is a prominent ski resort.
People born in Sochi (First 15 people) - Page 1
Grigory Leps
Russian singer-songwriter
Iocif Buyanovsky
Actor
Yuri Denisyuk
Russian physicist
Vladimir Nemshilov
Soviet swimmer
sergeĭ makhotin
Russian children's writer
Kharis Yunichev
Soviet swimmer
Valery Agranovsky
Russian journalist
Natalya Makagonova
Russian freestyle skier
Anna Bogdanova
Russian olympic athlete
Manuk Kakosyan
Armenian footballer
Irina Annenkova
David Khmelidze
Georgian football player
Neşerek Kadın
Abdulaziz's wife
Tamara Turava
