Sochi
About Sochi
Sochi 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, and up to 600,000 residents in the urban area. The city covers an area of 176.77 square kilometers (68.25 sq mi), while the Greater Sochi Area covers over 3,502 square kilometers (1,352 sq mi). Sochi stretches across 145 kilometers (90 mi), and is the longest city in Europe (territorially), the fifth-largest city in the Southern Federal District, the second-largest city in Krasnodar Krai, and the sixth-largest city on the Black Sea.
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In Sochi, when Sochi had the Winter Olympics, it was quite warm there. They stockpiled 60 million cubic feet of snow just so that they could layer it properly and put a ski on it.
from 204: No Such Thing As A Mean Butterfly, 2018-02-16 at 00:03:08 · read transcript
Other times Sochi came up
They're now so good that other countries are refusing to play against them. There's no point. In Sochi in 2014 the Norwegians dropped out of the 10,000m speed skating race ostensibly because they said we want to focus on the team event that was organized by the Dutch. Norway love skating as well so that's a big thing. The women's 1500m team they came first, second, third and fourth in that event and out of 36 medals the Dutch got 23.
No Such Thing As Wasted Material 2017, 2017-12-29 · listen
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