Sochi Collection (#2)

RUSSIA: UCH-DERE, c1910. Uch-Dere, Russia, located near Sochi. Photograph, c1910 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

RUSSIA: CAUCASUS, c1910. The Caucasus region of Russia, between Sochi and Uch-Dere. Photograph, c1910 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

SOCHI RIVER, c1910. The Sochi River in Russia. Photograph, c1910 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

RUSSIA: SOCHI, c1910. The Sochi River valley, Sochi, Russia. Photograph, c1910 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

RUSSIA: SOCHI, c1910. Sochi, Russia. Photograph, c1910 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

RUSSIA: SOCHI, c1910. The Sochi River in Sochi, Russia. Photograph, c1910 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

Four-man bobsleigh start C015 / 6186
Bobsleigh. A Russian four-man bobsleigh team pushing their sled at the start of a run. The sleds have to be pushed from a standing start before the crew jump aboard for the run down the course

People in a shopping mall C016 / 3637
Shopping. People on an escalator in a shopping mall. Photographed in Sochi, Russia

Russian Biathlon Cup C013 / 9313
Russian Biathlon Cup. Competitors cross-country skiing during the 2012 Russian Biathlon Cup competition. This event was cancelled due to the dense fog (seen here)

Albino hedgehog. Close-up of an albino hedgehog (subfamily Erinaceinae) being held by a worker at the Sochi Arboretum exotarium park, Sochi, Russia

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Lighthouse Beach and Alexandria Lighthouse tower

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Primorskaya Hotel

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Winter Theater

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Art Museum

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Riviera Park, ferris wheel

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Riviera Beach

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Sochi Riverfront

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, shopping center by Sochi River

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Lighhouse Beach, Primorskaya Street and Alexandria Lighthouse tower

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, elevated city view from Vinogradnaya Street, late afternoon

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi-area, Dagomys, elevated town view

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Church of Prince Vladimir

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, train station

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, souvenir fridge magnets

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Stalin Dacha, summer house of Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin on the gounds of the Zelenaya Roscha sanitorium, exterior

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Hotel Primorye, elevated view

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, elevated view of town

Russia, Black Sea Coast, Sochi, Sea Terminal Building, dusk

Tile mosaic portrait of Jesus Christ at Church of the Archangel Michael, Sochi, Russia

BLACKSEA22636_31AUG2009_BARTRUFF. CR2-Russian Orthodox Cathedral Archangel Michael
BLACKSEA22636_31AUG2009_BARTRUFF.CR2-Russian Orthodox Cathedral Archangel Michael, a Sochi, Russian landmark above the shores of the Black Sea

Russian Orthodox Cathedral Archangel Michael, a Sochi, Russian landmark above the shores of the Black Sea

Golden cross of the Russian Orthodox Church at park in front of the Harbor Building, Sochi, Russia on the Black Sea

Fountain statue honoring mariners in front of Harbor Building at Port of Sochi, Russia on Black Sea

Bust of Nicholas II, last Tsar of Russia in the gardens of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Archangel Michael, Sochi, Russia

Sunset over the Black Sea. Photographed at Sochi, Russia

Mobile X-ray security scanner
Security scanner. Mobile X-ray unit used to scan trucks and other vehicles. The scanner detects weapons and explosives but can also be used at border points to detect people trafficking

Transport monitoring system terminal. Ports in a terminal for a satellite transport monitoring system in Sochi, Russia. The system will use signals from both Russias GLONASS

Mount Akhun tower, Sochi, Caucasus, Russia, Europe

Harbour terminal, Sochi, Caucasus, Russia, Europe

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