The Olympic Games attract the attention of the whole world. They are preceded by a big holiday - the Olympic torch relay. Torchbearers move along a certain route all the way to the capital of the Olympics, and then at the end point the opening of the Games is announced.
Olympic torch relay in Russia 2014
In our country, the Sochi 2014 relay race began on 10/7/13. Over 123 days, 14,000 torchbearers and 30,000 volunteers traveled to 2,900 settlements, covering 535 km daily. The total distance (the distance was covered by trains, planes, cars, even three horses and deer) was more than 65,000 km. November 7, the torch went to the station, where two astronauts brought him into outer space.
For the entire duration of the Olympic Games in the winter seasons, the Olympic torch relay "Sochi 2014" has become the longest. Her path ran from Moscow to Sochi through various cultural and historical places. About 130 million residents of Russia were able to become spectators and participants in this event.
Olympic Torch Relay Map 2014
The starting point of a long journey is Moscow, then Krasnogorsk (Moscow Region). After a visit to these cities, the group headed to St. Petersburg and its suburbs. Then she followed to Kaliningrad, Svetlogorsk, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Naryan-Mar. The participants visited Novy Urengoy, Khanty-Mansiysk, Nefteyugansk, Norilsk, Yakutsk, Mirny, Magadan. The Olympic flame burned even in the far north-east of Russia - in Anadyr. Then the group went to Yelizovo.
Torchbearers returned through Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, stayed for some time in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk. Birobidzhan and Blagoveshchensk were not disregarded. They visited Chita, paid a visit to Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Divnogorsk, Kyzyl and Abakan. Their next destinations were Tomsk, Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Barabinsk, Kuibyshev, Omsk, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Kirov, Kursk, Rostov-on-Don, Makhachkala, Grozny. The finish point is Sochi.
How was the relay race in Sochi?
The ceremonial meeting took place in the Lazarevsky district on the square opposite the K. S. Mazlumyan Center for National Cultures, then the torchbearers proceeded to the Culture and Leisure Park along Lazarev Street. Having visited the embankment in the dolphinarium area, the convoy went to the Adler district (the intersection of Lenin and Kirov streets). The route passed through evening school No. 7 to the Adler Recreation Park. The next item is the Krasnaya Polyana railway station. After her visit, the Olympic torch relay continued in the center opposite the City Administration. After some time, the group marched to the park behind the TSUM shopping center and the Kuban ring. At the next stage, the participants went to the South Mola Square through the streets of New Dawn, the Constitution of the USSR, Neber, Cooperative, Black Sea and Embankment. Then they returned to the square near the Administration of Sochi, then - to Theater Street.
According to the President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko, the Olympic torch relay is a significant global event that unites the whole country and reveals the beauty and diversity of Russia.