Sochi, Russia

Sochi-Abkhazia train services resume

Erik — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:11:09 +0000

On June 26th Russia and Abkhazia resumed passenger train services between Adler, Sochi and Gagra, Abkhazia. The train travels twice a day – at 7:05 AM from Adler’s train station, and back at 17:57 (5:57 PM) back the same day. The over two hours trip includes two ten minutes stops for passport control on both [...]

Sochi Virus

Erik — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:04:44 +0000

Web surfing takes me places… Yesterday I found out there’s a computer virus Virus.DOS.Sochi.703, which apparently was dedicated to Sochi’s 2002 Olympics bid — the virus contains the text *Ks&I* Sochi Olympic Games 2002. While trying to get more information on this I stumpled on a real biologic virus called Dobrava-Sochi virus (DOBV-Ap) – separate lineage of [...]

Sochi 1979

Erik — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:39:12 +0000

All Sochi hotels to recevive stars

Erik — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:57:27 +0000

In this week’s government’s decision all tourism infrastructure in Russia – that includes hotels, ski resorts, beaches, and other tourist and recreational venues – will go through mandatory classification. And it will all start with hotels in Sochi. Hotels in Russia are not in a hurry to get classified, as the procedure can be expensive, but [...]

Turkish Airlines will fly to Sochi 3 times a week

Erik — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:16:42 +0000

Turkish Airlines announced launch of flights from Istanbul to Sochi this summer season. Flights to Sochi will be three times a week.

Sochi may host F1 race in 2012

Erik — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:25:44 +0000

Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone said he aims to bring the motor-racing series to Russia by 2012 and New York by 2013, in a move to have up to 20 events in the Grand Prix calendar. Formula One will most likely be held in the Russian capital of Moscow or in Sochi, site of the 2014 [...]

English, everyone must learn

Erik — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:00:12 +0000

I’m sorry, this picture is probably a little aggressive. But that’s what jumped into my head when I read new Sochi mayor’s initiative: all waiters and cab drivers will have to learn English or loose their jobs. I recognize that it’s extremely important for services to be available in English by the time Olympics hits the [...]

Bronze for Voevoda in Vancouver!

Erik — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:54:09 +0000

Sochi native Alexey Voevoda (Алексей Воевода), and his teammate Alexandr Zubkov won Olympic bronze medal yesterday in two-man bobsleigh event in Vancouver! This is Alexey’s second Olympic medal – he won silver in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin. Congratulation Alexey! Alexey Voevoda

$16 bln US invested so far

Erik — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:33:41 +0000

Vladimir Putin, working as a prime minister of Russia these days, said today during live video call with Vancouver, where the Olympic Games will take off in a couple of days, that preparations for the next Olympic Games (to be hosted in Sochi, Russia) have already attracted 500 billion rubles ($16.5 billion US). He also [...]

Ski resorts in Krasnaya Polyana: Laura (Gazprom)

Erik — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:00:21 +0000

“Laura” (Gazprom) ski resort Горно-туристический комплекс “Лаура” (Газпром) About: “Laura” (name came from the name of the local river) ski resort was built by Gazprom company, and is second most popular ski park in Krasnaya Polyana. Today they have 16 trails, and more (higher up the mountain) are under construction. Pros: new resort – modern lifts and infrastructure. Cons: during [...]