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Many areas and geographical features of Sochi retained their original names through its entire history. The name "Sochi" (Russian: Сочи) is the Russianized form of the Circassian "Shache" (Adyghe: Шъачэ) which in turn is of Ubykh origin, most likely coming from the Ubykh name "Shuacha" (Ubykh: Шъуача). [23]
Sochi (Russian: Сочи, IPA: ⓘ, from Ubykh: Шъуача – seaside) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River , along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Southern Russia , with a population of 466,078 residents, [ 12 ] and up to 600,000 residents in the urban area.
Ottoman and British delegations both promised recognition of an independent Circassia, as well as recognition from Paris, if they unified into a coherent state, [133] [full citation needed] and in response the Circassian tribes formed a national parliament in Sochi, but Russian General Kolyobakin quickly overran Sochi and destroyed it, [134 ...
The Sochi conflict was a three-party armed conflict which involved the counterrevolutionary White Russian forces, Bolshevik Red Army and the Democratic Republic of Georgia, each of which sought control over the strategic Black Sea town of Sochi.
Ubykhia (/ uː ˈ b ɪ x i ə /; Adyghe: Убых Хэгъэгу, Russian: Убыхия) was a commonwealth of Ubykh tribe of Circassians and a province of Circassia in the 14th–19th centuries. It was situated in what is today Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
In the 1950s Sochi played an important role in the Soviet Unions, being a major transit point from Russia to Georgia and the most popular health resort for a large number of ordinary citizens and Communist Party leaders, including Joseph Stalin. Consequently, the station construction was curated by an unusually large number of ministries, and ...
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
History of Sochi; A. Akhchipsou; S. Sochi conflict; U. Ubykhia This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 21:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...