Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai
Krasnaya Polyana is an urban locality in Krasnopolyansky Settlement Okrug, which is under the administrative jurisdiction of Adlersky City District of the City of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Population: 4,598 (2010 Russian census); 3,969 (2002 Census); 3,300 (1989 Soviet census).
General view of the Krasnaya Polyana from the Psekhako Ridge. In the foreground is a mountain Olympic village.
Vladimir Putin at the Krasnaya Polyana ski resort in 2008
Ski slope in Krasnaya Polyana
Bottom station Alpika Service
Adlersky City District is the southernmost of four city districts of the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, lying along the Black Sea coast near the southern Russian border with Georgia. The city district borders Maykopsky District of Adygea in the north, Mostovsky District of Krasnodar Krai in the east, Abkhazia in the south, and Khostinsky City District in the northwest. In the southwest, it is bordered by the Black Sea. Population: 76,534 (2010 Russian census); 69,120 (2002 Census); 68,827 (1989 Soviet census). Adlersky District was chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. The historical center of the district is Adler Microdistrict (Адлер) — formerly classified as a town, but today a microdistrict of Adlersky City District—located at the mouth of the Mzymta River.
The coastal resort of Adler as seen from the Mount Akhun, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) to the northwest