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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: History of Kuban, Krasnodar Krai, Sochi, Kabarday, Circassia, Adyghe people, Kuban Cossacks, Ethnic Cleansing of Circassians, Ukrainians in Kuban, Kuban People's Republic, Kuban River, Shapsugs, Administrative divisions of Krasnodar Krai, Ghisolfi, Kuban bandurists, Ice March, Kuban Cossack Choir, Kuban State University of Technology, Shapsugsky National District, Cherkesogai, Taman Peninsula, Vardane, Krasnodar Krai, Orlyonok, Natukhai people, Sail Rock, Kerch Strait Bridge, Khumar, Alexei Avtonomov, Kuban Soviet Republic, Kuban-Black Sea Soviet Republic, Temryuk, Tsemes Bay, Hatuqwai, Malaya Zemlya, Mykola Bohuslavsky, Lake Abrau, Kuban Shield, Abadzekh, Flag of Kuban, Flag of Krasnodar Krai, Belaya River, Sadzen, Chushka Spit, M27 highway, Flag of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Temryuk Bay, Bolshaya Laba River, Port Kavkaz, Taman Bay, Gelendzhik Bay, Markotkh Range, Akhtsu Tunnel, Dolgaya Spit, Bzhedug, Yeya River, Pshish River, Alexander Filimonov, Psefir River, Kirpili River, Beysug River. Excerpt: Sochi (Russian: , IPA: ) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for 145 km (90 mi) along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains. According to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the city had a permanent population of 343,300; up from 328,809 recorded in the 2002 Census, making it Russia's largest resort city. Sochi has a humid subtropical climate-Mediterranean-type, with mild winters (average during the day and at night in the period from December to March) and comfortable summers (average during the day and at night period from May to October). Sochi has been selected to be the host of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014, as well as the Ru...
