Sochi is the capital of the XXII Olympic Games and one of the most popular resort cities in the Krasnodar Territory. It was founded in 1838 and currently covers an area of 176.77 square kilometers. As of the beginning of 2014, the population of Sochi reached 399, 673 people, thus the population density of the city was 2260, 98 people per square kilometer.
Geographical position of Sochi
This famous Kuban city stretches literally on the very coast of the Black Sea with a coastline of 145 kilometers. Near Sochi, there is also a very picturesque Caucasian State Biosphere Reserve, the expanses of which are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. In addition to it, the Sochi Republican State Nature Reserve and the Sochi National Park are among the specially protected Sochi territories.
The type of climate in the city of Sochi is humid and subtropical, and the time zone in which it is located is UTC + 4. Thus, Sochi, like the entire Krasnodar Territory, lives in the same time as the Russian capital according to the Moscow Time Zone standard.
Winter in Sochi is quite warm, but the strongest tropical rains are not rare, and in summer a large number of sunny days provide residents and guests of the city with the opportunity to sunbathe, relax and swim in the sea.
How to get to Sochi
The easiest way to come to this city in the Krasnodar Territory is by plane to the airport located in the Sochi region of Adler. Moreover, there are regular flights to and from Moscow, from the northern capital of Russia, as well as from many other Russian and foreign cities. Moreover, at present, the Sochi airport is a real subject of city-wide pride, as it has been significantly refurbished and rebuilt according to the latest standards.
Russian Railways also operates regular flights to the Kuban resort town. So from Moscow to Sochi, a double-decker train No. 104B regularly departs, following the route to Adler from the Kazansky railway station of the capital. Its travel time is 23:37 hours. There are two more rather fast rail routes from Moscow to the city of Sochi - No. 102M and No. 305C. The first one also follows to Adler with a travel time of 24:20 hours, and the second has a final arrival point in Sukhum and a journey time of 37:38 hours. You can get from St. Petersburg to the Kuban city by train # 115A (travel time - 46 hours).
The distance to be covered by car on the way to Sochi is 1,600 kilometers, which will run through Tula, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar, as well as very close to the Ukrainian border. First, it will be necessary to leave Moscow on the Kashirskoye highway, then on the M4 highway, then on the M27, which will lead you directly to the Olympic city.
