The Museum of the History of the City-Resort of Sochi (until 1980 – Local History Museum) was created in 1920 and is one of the oldest cultural institutions in Sochi. The basis for the creation of the museum was the collection of the Sochi branch of the Caucasian Mountain Club, which existed in the Sochi settlement from 1902 to 1917. The members of
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Feat in the Name of Life is an architectural ensemble dedicated to the medical staff of the city hospital of Sochi, who treated more than half a million wounded during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Located in the Central District of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, at the beginning of Kurortny Prospekt, next to the main entrance to the Riv
Riviera Park is one of the oldest and most famous resort parks in the Central District of Sochi. It was founded in 1898 by Vasily Alekseevich Khludov, a descendant of a merchant dynasty, and has since become one of the city's main attractions. The park is located on an area of 14.27 hectares and includes a unique dendrological collection with mor
The USSR Mega Museum, also known as the "USSR MEGA Museum", is a unique museum that offers visitors an immersive experience of the Soviet era. Opened in 2017 on the territory of the Olympic Park in Sochi, it moved to a more spacious building on Nagatinskaya Street, 7/3 in the Central Microdistrict in 2021. The museum occupies about 600 square meter
Поющие фонтаны в Сочи, или Чаша Олимпийского огня, действительно представляют собой зрелищное и масштабное сооружение. Вот ключевая информация, которая может быть полезна при планировании визита. Вечером фонтан превращается в красочное представление с танцующими струями воды и музыкальным сопровождением. Лучшие места для наблюдения — у самого фонта
Every movie lover knows where the cult film “The Diamond Arm” was filmed. Leonid Gaidai’s comedy about a meek economist and cunning smugglers became one of the most popular Soviet films. The filming locations in Sochi are marked with sculptural compositions and memorial plaques. The filming took place in Sochi, and the sculptural composition is ins
The Central Embankment of Sochi is a long pedestrian street along the Black Sea coast, located along Primorskaya Street. It is considered the main street of the city and is known as the Promenade, after a similar embankment in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera. The total length of the embankment is 2 km, from the Marine Station to Pushkin Avenue.
The Sochi Art Museum named after Dmitry Zhilinsky is a cultural and educational institution located in the Central District of Sochi. The museum building was constructed according to the design of academician of architecture I. V. Zholtovsky in 1936. Initially, it was intended for the Commissioner of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of t
The N. A. Ostrovsky Literary Memorial Museum is a cultural and educational institution in the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It was opened on May 1, 1937, in memory of the famous Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky. The museum occupies an area of 1,018 m², of which 550 m² are exhibition halls. The museum's collection contains more than 37,000
Cheese Stone, named for its porous structure, reminiscent of cheese. The origin of these ancient monoliths is attributed to an earthquake that occurred 80 thousand years ago. This place is considered a place of power, where powerful energy is felt. The ancient Ubykh peoples who inhabited the territory of Sochi considered this place sacred and worsh
Stalin's Dacha in Sochi (also known as the Zelenaya Roshcha dacha, the Novaya Matsesta dacha) is a museum complex, a house-museum on the territory of the Zelenaya Roshcha sanatorium in the Novaya Matsesta microdistrict of the Khostinsky district of the city of Sochi. This museum complex is located in the building of the former dacha of Joseph Stali
Vladimir Vysotsky visited Sochi many times, first arriving here in 1957 with his student friend Igor Kokhanovsky. He fell in love with the city, and he regularly came here himself, with colleagues from the Taganka Theater, with friends and his wife Marina Vlady. Vysotsky's Glade Vysotsky's Glade is easy to find, it is located on the way to th
Agurskiye Waterfalls are one of the natural attractions of Sochi, popular among tourists. They are located in the Khostinsky district of the city, 13 kilometers from the center of Sochi, on the way to the top of Mount Akhun. It is easy to find the waterfalls thanks to the signs at the beginning of the mountain serpentine leading to the top. Pa
Orlinye or White Rocks are a recreational site located on the territory of the Matsesta Forestry of the Sochi National Park in the Khostinsky District of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Orlinye Rocks are located along the right bank of the Agura River, 2 kilometers from its mouth, near the Agursky waterfalls. Absolutely vertical cliffs 125 meters a
Akhunskaya Cave is the largest karst cavity of the Akhunsky speleomassif, located in the Krasnodar Territory. Despite its relatively small size, it is a most interesting labyrinth cave in the region. The cave consists of eight almost parallel galleries laid along tectonic cracks and having a complex structure. The upper part of the galleries is a
The Nugush reservoir is the largest artificial reservoir, formed in 1967 on the channel of the Belaya River - the Nugush River. Its formation is associated with the construction of the Nugush hydroelectric power station, the total capacity of which is about 11 MW. The reservoir has a length of about 21 km and a maximum width of 5 km. The average de
The Shiryaevo adits, located on the slope of Mount Popova in the Samarskaya Luka National Park near the village of Shiryaevo, are evidence of the long history of limestone mining in this region. The limestones that make up the Zhiguli are distinguished by their antiquity - they are more than 300 million years old. Back in the early 19th century, P
The Ai cliffs are a breathtaking and unique geological feature that represents unique natural beauty. This group of limestone rocks, located on the banks of the Ai River in the Republic of Bashkortostan, attracts attention with its majestic shapes and variety of color shades of the rocks. Large and Small prites, as two main ridges, form majestic v
Asylykul, or Asylykul in Bashkir, is the largest lake in the Republic of Bashkortostan. It is located 27 km northwest of the city of Davlekanovo and is located in a basin between the spurs of the Belebey Upland, surrounded by mountains such as Tabulak, Ulu-Karagach, Ulutau, Belekei-Karagach, Bolshoi Nor, Malyi Nor and Zaytulyaktau. This karst-sink
The Dimitrovskoye Reservoir, also known as Chernovskoye, is located in the Ileksky District of the Orenburg Region. The reservoir was built in 1986 on the Chernaya River for the purpose of fish farming and irrigation. It is located 8 km south of the village of Krasnokholm and 80 km from Orenburg. The area of the reservoir is about 13 square kilom
The Yamashlinskoye Reservoir is located in the Republic of Bashkortostan, near the village of Kugarchi. This reservoir is about 1,250 meters long and about 300 meters wide. It is skirted by the Orenburg-Ufa highway, which makes stopping near it not very convenient due to the close location of the road. Camping On the right bank of the reservo
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