Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Black Sea coast near the border between Georgia/Abkhazia and Russia. The Greater Sochi area, which includes territories and localities subordinated to Sochi proper, has a total area of 3,526 square kilometers (1,361 sq mi) and sprawls for 145 kilometers (90 mi) along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains. According to the 2010 Census, the city had a permanent population of 343,334, up from 328,809 recorded in the 2002 Census, making it Russia’s largest resort city. It is one of the very few places in Russia with a subtropical climate, with warm to hot summers and mild winters.
Sochi resort area was founded in 1898. His fate was sealed when there were found hydrogen sulphide mineral springs . In 1909 he opened the first hotel complex – ” Caucasian Riviera “. The resort became popular before the revolution . It then became known as the Russian Sochi Riviera. The resort stretches along a narrow strip of the Black Sea coast from the river to the river Psou Shepsi on the border with the Republic of Abkhazia .
Comparing the Black Sea resort of wealth to overseas resorts , V. Podgursky , E. Martel , G. Skupinski and other prominent doctors and scientists have rightly argued that in relation to climate and climatotherapeutic coast between the rivers and the Shah Bzyb not only inferior glorified Nice and San Remo, but greatly exceeds it. Sochi gradually begins to gain popularity not only as a climate , but also as a spa resort, having valuable sources of hydrogen sulfide and Matsesty Agura .
At 145 kilometers (90 mi), Greater Sochi claims to be the longest city in Europe. Other sources using the Caucasus Mountains as the Europe-Asia divide place Sochi in Southwest Asia as it falls on the southern (Asian) side of the Greater Caucasus. In terms of political geography, Sochi falls within Krasnodar Krai which is geographically located entirely within European Russia as with, generally, all territory of Russia west of the Ural Mountains and Ural River. Sochi is approximately 1,603 kilometers (996 mi) from Moscow.
Spa treatment in Sochi offers more than 100 resorts. They are treated almost everything: heart disease , stress, chronic fatigue, skin problems , respiratory weakness , stomach diseases , bone diseases , ” crazy ” nerves , women’s diseases , and more. Three weeks – the average rate of the spa treatment in Sochi, resorts resort can develop and offer customized programs .
City of Sochi as a hospitable host , expands and sanatorium base, and a hotel . Introduced new procedures for spa treatment , SPA, improved service. Sochi is changing right before our eyes , becoming more modern. Transformed buildings, parks , streets – everything turns into a single architectural ensemble . Improved roads, new tracks and run isolation . Actively created barrier-free environment for people with disabilities.
