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Six months after the Olympic caravan slid out of Sochi, depressingly familiar photographs suggested that the skiing venues had already become ghost towns ... Boomtime in the western Caucasus is a glimmer of good news for Vladimir Putin, for whom Olympic pomp must feel like a happy memory ... Best snow sports holidays. But these rocks on the piste of Putin's presidency are good for mountain tourism ... Now it's 75 ... Accommodation was worse ... ....
The Independent 2015-01-20It’s become a family tradition in recent years to slip away over New Year to somewhere not too far away – no point in spending too many hours on a plane – yet a place that offers markedly different attractions from the UAE ... Nestled in the south-western Caucasus, this small country clearly has a long way to go in attracting tourists from the Emirates, despite direct flights from Sharjah and Dubai ... ....
TheNational 2015-01-05London, July 02.. Researchers from two Spanish universities have discovered a new species of beetle in the depths of the Krubera cave, the deepest cave known to man, 2,140 metres deep in the Western Caucasus. Cave beetles are one of the most iconic species found in subterranean habitats. They were historically the first living organisms described by science that are adapted to the conditions of hypogean or subterranean life ... (IANS) ... BJP ... ....
The Siasat Daily 2014-07-02Sophie Cairns, 35, reached the summit of the dormant Mount Elbrus in Russia's Western Caucasus mountain range on June 10, bringing to a close the challenge she started in December. Previous attempts have taken well over a year, she said ... "He was finally diagnosed with esophageal cancer." ... Next came Chile's Ojos del Salado, the second highest mountain in the western hemisphere at 6,893 metres, and the highest active volcano in the world....
South China Morning Post 2014-06-22I worked at the Russian Academy of Sciences studying bats of the western Caucasus – that's where I grew up, in Krasnodar near the Black Sea. The Caucasus mountains were a refuge for bats during the last ice age ... So in 2005, I drew up an action plan for protecting the 35 species of bats in the Caucasus ... In the Caucasus, the authorities started taking ......
New Scientist 2014-05-05(Source. OJSC MegaFon). April 25, 2014, Moscow. MegaFon celebrates two years since the launch of the first commercial LTE network in Russia. Today, 4G+ from MegaFon - the fastest mobile network in the country ... MegaFon today - a global internet leader ... The most active users are customers of the Volga, the North- Western and Caucasus branches ... customers definitively need high speed ... distributed by....
noodls 2014-04-25Located on the edge of the Black Sea, the summer resort was an unusual pick and the timing of early March brought warnings of poor snow conditions in the nearby western Caucasus mountains ... Advertisement ....
Sydney Morning Herald 2014-03-16The Games did have its issues, most notably the conditions for the alpine skiers at Rosa Khutor in the western Caucasus mountains, which caused a succession of crashes and led to several emergency medical helicopter flights to hospital. Advertisement ....
Sydney Morning Herald 2014-03-16... alpine skiers may not have picked up medals in the downhill race on the first day of competition at the Winter Paralympic Games, but they gained the confidence they needed on the tricky Western Caucasus slopes....
Sydney Morning Herald 2014-03-08The people make them ... Blood ran on the streets of Kiev as a Moscow-backed government sought to suppress citizens struggling for democracy, when four Ukrainian women on skis with rifles strapped to their backs approached a summit in the western Caucasus ... Im here ... Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to define his country as different from the Western regimes by making gender choice an issue in legislation banning its promotion ... A A ... ....
Detroit news 2014-02-24The people make them ... Blood ran on the streets of Kiev as a Moscow-backed government sought to suppress citizens struggling for democracy, when four Ukrainian women on skis with rifles strapped to their backs approached a summit in the western Caucasus ... Im here ... Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to define his country as different from the Western regimes by making gender choice an issue in legislation banning its promotion ... A A ... ....
Detroit news 2014-02-24SOCHI, Russia Lolo Jones said the reason she pushes a 400-pound bobsled down an icy track and then stuffs herself inside for a harrowing ride is all in pursuit of those elusive chills ... Doesn’t matter what sport.” ... Now she was at the Sanki Sliding Center on the side of a mountain in the Western Caucasus, chasing the Olympic medal that at age 31 still eludes her. And feeling chills. It’s the Winter Olympics, remember ... No U.S ... ....
U~T San Diego 2014-02-19SOCHI, Russia Lolo Jones said the reason she pushes a 400-pound bobsled down an icy track and then stuffs herself inside for a harrowing ride is all in pursuit of those elusive chills ... Doesn’t matter what sport.” ... On Tuesday, she was at the Sanki Sliding Center on the side of a mountain in the Western Caucasus, chasing the Olympic medal that, at age 31, still eludes her. And feeling chills. It’s the Winter Olympics, remember ... ....
U~T San Diego 2014-02-19The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia (for endonyms, see below), is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, which contain Europe's highest mountain, Mt. Elbrus. Politically, the Caucasus region is separated between northern and southern parts.
The northern portion of the Caucasus is known as the Ciscaucasus and the southern portion as the Transcaucasus.
The Ciscaucasus contains the larger majority of the Greater Caucasus Mountain range, also known as the Major Caucasus mountains. It includes Southwestern Russia and northern parts of Georgia and Azerbaijan.
The Transcaucasus is bordered on the north by Russia, on the west by the Black Sea and Turkey, on the east by the Caspian Sea, and on the south by Iran. It includes the Caucasus Mountains and surrounding lowlands. All of Armenia, Azerbaijan (excluding the northern parts) and Georgia (excluding the northern parts) are in South Caucasus.
The Western Caucasus is a western region of the Caucasus in Southern Russia, extending from the Black Sea to Mount Elbrus.
The Western Caucasus includes a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising the extreme western edge of the Caucasus Mountains. As stated by the UNESCO specialists, it is the only large mountain area in Europe that has not experienced significant human impact. Its habitats are exceptionally varied for such a small area, ranging from lowlands to glaciers. The site is situated 50 km to the north from the Russian resort of Sochi.
The Western Caucasus also contains the Caucasian State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Russian Кавказский государственный природный биосферный заповедник), nature reserve (IUCN management category Ia ) set up by the Soviet government in Krasnodar Krai, Adygea and Karachay–Cherkessia in 1924 to preserve some 85 m-high specimens of the Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana), thought to be the tallest trees in Europe, and a unique forest formed by English Yew (Taxus baccata) and European Box (Buxus sempervirens) within the city of Sochi.