Sochi, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sochi is a resort city, situated in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, just north of the northern Republic of Georgia border and the southern Russian border fronting the Black Sea. It sprawls along the shores of the Black Sea and against the background of the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. At 145 km (90 mi), Greater Sochi claims to be the longest city in Europe. As of the 2002 Census, it had a population of 328, 809, down from 336, 514 recorded in the 1989 Census. In 2006, the population was estimated to be 395, 012.The city has been selected to be the host of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014.