According to Russian sources, Sochi's population fell from roughly 100,000, to 98. Starting in 1866 the coast was actively colonized by Russians, Armenians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Greeks, Germans, Georgians and other people from inner Russia.

A reporter from The Moscow Times asks a police officer in Sochi, the Black Sea city that will host the Winter Olympics in February, if he has learned any basic English phrases to help visitors who don't speak Russian. SOCHI — Everybody speaks English in Sochi these days.

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Sochi, is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the eastern Black Sea coastline. Sochi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), with cool to mild winters and warm summers.

Sochi is situated in the Western part of the Greater Caucasus, the great part of the territory is occupied by mountains and foothills. Sochi is the longest city in Europe, it stretches along the Black Sea coast for 149 km. Sochi comprises four districts: Adlersky, Khostinsky, Central and Lazarevsky.