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Sochi Arboretum is a unique collection of subtropical flora and fauna, a monument of landscape gardening art in the Khostinsky district of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.In 1889, the publisher of Peterburgskaya Gazeta, collector, playwright S. N. Khudekov, acquired 50 desyatinas of land in Sochi on the slope of Bald Mountain. There in 1899 his villa Nadezhda was built, named in honor of his wife Nadezhda Alekseevna. A park was laid out on 15 ha, and nearby there was a plum and peach orchard. Plants for the park were purchased from botanical gardens in Crimea, Germany, and the Caucasus (some of them, for example, were brought from the nursery of Prince Oldenburgsky in Gagra). A great connoisseur of exotic plants, S. N. Khudekov planted about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the park, and by 1892 he had also carried out the park's layout together with his friend, the gardener K. A. Langau. The park was built in the style of late 19th-century Franco-Italian terraced parks and was constantly replenished with new plants. By 1917, more than 550 species were already growing there.

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Frunze Park is a resort park in the Svetlana microdistrict of the Khostinsky district of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.The park's area is 2.7 ha.

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architectural monument (federal)Winter Theater is a theater in the Central district of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.From September 1934 to November 11, 1937, construction of the Sochi theater, which received the name Winter, was carried out according to the design of architect K. N. Chernopyatov. Winter Theater is an architectural monument of federal significance.Eighty-eight columns with a horizontal entablature encircling the building create one of the most beautiful architectural compositions - Corinthian.The portico is crowned with a pediment on which three female figures are installed, personifying painting, architecture, and sculpture, created by the famous sculptor V. I. Mukhina.The auditorium is designed for 946 seats. Three colors predominate in the hall - golden, white, and blue. The ceiling is decorated with a huge chandelier with crystal pendants, containing more than 300 lamps. The stage is clearly visible from any seat in the auditorium.

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Sochi Art Museum is a cultural and educational institution in the Central district of the city of Sochi.The building was constructed in 1936 according to the design of the academician of architecture I. V. Zholtovsky and was intended for an administrative institution. The Art Museum is an architectural monument of federal significance.Since 1972, the Sochi Exhibition Hall has been located here, and since 1976 - the Sochi Art Museum. The museum has collected more than 3000 exhibits of Russian, Soviet, and foreign art in the sections of painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative and applied arts, and art crafts.The permanent exhibition covers the period from the 18th century to contemporary art and presents such masters as V. E. Makovsky, M. K. Klodt, L. F. Lagorio, P. P. Konchalovsky, S. V. Gerasimov, P. V. Williams, I. I. Mashkov, S. Nekritin, N. I. Andronov, D. D. Zhilinsky.

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Cathedral of the Holy Archangel Michael is the main Orthodox church of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The center of the Sochi deanery of the Yekaterinodar diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.This is the first Orthodox church in the territory of the Black Sea district. It was built in memory of the end of the Caucasian War (1864). The beginning of the cathedral's construction is associated with a direct instruction from Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich, Viceroy of the Caucasus. A notable role in organizing the construction was played by the head of the Black Sea district, General D. V. Pilenko. The church was built on the territory of the former Navaginsky fortification in Dakhovsky Posad. The builder of the cathedral was State Councilor and agronomist A. V. Vereshchagin, who undertook to build it with private funds. Initially, the work was financed by the large Black Sea landowner N. N. Mamontov. The plan and drawings of the church were made by Moscow architect A. S. Kaminsky. The church was laid on May 26, 1874.

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Sea Terminal is the terminal complex of the Port of Sochi in the Central district of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.The building was constructed in 1955. The authors of the project were architects K. S. Alabyan and L. B. Karlik.The building has two main floors. It adjoins an L-shaped two-story gallery. The Sochi Sea Terminal is an architectural monument of federal significance. In the center the building is crowned with a tower with a spire made of polished stainless steel. Its height is 71 m. Above the three tiers of the tower are sculptural figures, created by the famous sculptor Ingal. They personify the four seasons and the four cardinal directions. In front of the sea terminal building is a fountain with a sculpture of the goddess of navigation. architectural monument (federal)

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This collection was opened on the basis of the Sochi History Museum in 2010. Now it is already called the Olympic Museum, because most of the exhibits are in one way or another connected with the Olympics (both the past ones and the 2014 Olympics).

Here are kept the gymnastic ball of two-time Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics Evgeniya Kanaeva with her autograph, a basketball with the autographs of famous basketball players of the Russian national team, the Olympic and Paralympic flags that the mayor of Sochi received after the Olympics in Vancouver. Here you can see the 'Contract for the Hosting of the XXII Olympic and XI Paralympic Games in Sochi 2014' and even the very pen with which it was signed. In total - more than 300 exhibits. By the way, one of the Olympic torches that was carried throughout Russia will be transferred here.

As recently as four years ago, visitors to the Sports Glory Museum could see how the resort city of Sochi would change on the eve of the Winter Games. This could be judged from the models of the Olympic facilities of the coastal and mountain clusters. It was these that once impressed the members of the IOC and were put on public display in Vancouver. These are not just cardboard little houses glued to a stand - this is a small city, complete with lighting and sound effects.

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Museum of the History of the Resort City of Sochi is a cultural and educational institution, the main local history museum of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.The building was constructed in 1936; it housed a school, then the N. A. Ostrovsky Children's Library. The museum was founded on July 9, 1920 as the Sochi Local History Museum. It was based on the collection of exhibits of the Sochi branch of the Caucasian Mountain Club. Since January 1932, the museum was housed in the Public Assembly Building. The museum's collections contain more than 80 thousand historical items. Its exhibition area is 654.4 sq. m. The museum hosts exhibitions: Archaeological Monuments of the Sochi Region, Nature of the Western Caucasus, Cosmonauts in Sochi. The museum includes: a department - the house-museum of V. V. Barsova, the department Museum 'Estate of the Black Sea Shapsug,' and a branch - the observation tower on Battery Mountain.Art Gallery 'A.A.S.

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Riviera Park (Italian Riviera - coast) is a resort park and amusement park in the Central district of the city of Sochi.The most popular resort park in Sochi is Riviera, which was founded by the famous entrepreneur, honorary citizen of the city of Yegoryevsk, Vasily Alekseevich Khludov (1841-1913) in 1898. Before the revolution, this part of the city (the right bank of the Sochi River) was called Khludovskaya.

If you are planning to see the sights of this resort with your own eyes, make sure to arrange accommodation in advance. The most common options are hotels and Sochi hotels.