Tsentralny City District, Sochi

For other places with the same name, see Tsentralny District.
Tsentralny City District
Центральный внутригородской район
District
Map
Tsentralny City District in Sochi
Coordinates: 43°48′N 39°30′E / 43.800°N 39.500°E / 43.800; 39.500
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnodar Krai[1]
CitySochi
EstablishedFebruary 10, 1961[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total
30.37 km2 (11.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total
137,677
 • Estimate 
(January 2014)[4]
170,578
 • Density4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi)

Tsentralny City District (Russian: Центра́льный внутригородско́й райо́н) is one of four city districts of the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.[1] Sometimes referred to as "Sochi proper", it borders Lazarevsky City District in the west and Khostinsky City District in the north and in the east. In the southwest, it is bounded by the Black Sea. Population: 137,677 (2010 Census);[3] 133,935 (2002 Census);[5] 137,968 (1989 Soviet census).[6]

Geography

It is the core, historic, and most populous[3] city district of Sochi, but also the smallest in terms of area, covering only 30.37 square kilometers (11.73 sq mi).[2]

Landmarks

Friendship Tree in the Subtropical Botanical Garden
  • The Friendship Tree and the Friendship Tree Garden Museum, in the Subtropical Botanical Garden
  • St. Michael's Cathedral, Sochi, a diminutive church built in 1873–1891 to Alexander Kaminsky's designs in order to commemorate the victorious conclusion of the Caucasian War
  • The red-granite Archangel Column, erected in 2006 in memory of the Russian soldiers fallen in Sochi during the Caucasian War. It is capped by a 7-meter (23 ft) bronze statue of Sochi's patron saint, Archangel Michael.
  • Sochi Art Museum occupies a large building with a four-columned portico, completed in 1939. Its Neoclassical design is by Ivan Zholtovsky.
  • Sochi Arboretum, a large botanical garden with tropical trees from many countries and the Mayors Alley—the line of palm-trees planted by the mayors of different cities of the world.
  • The Winter Theater (1934–1937), another rigorously Neoclassical edifice, surrounded by eighty-eight Corinthian columns, with a pediment bearing the statues of Terpsichore, Melpomene, and Thalia; all three cast by Vera Mukhina.
  • Hall of Organ and Chamber Music. Centrally located, it conducts organ, symphony, chamber-ensemble, choral, and vocal music concerts.
Maritime Passenger Terminal in Port of Sochi.
  • The Maritime Passenger Terminal (1955), notable for its distinctive 71-meter (233 ft)-high steepled tower and four statues symbolizing the cardinal points
  • The railway station (1952)
  • The Riviera Park, established by Vasily Khludov in 1883 in the part of the city which later became known as Khludovskaya. The park is popular with tourists and local residents alike. It has a variety of attractions, including an outcrop of funny statues and a "glade of friendship" where magnolia trees were planted by every Soviet cosmonaut, among other notables.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Krasnodar Krai
  2. ^ a b Decision #89
  3. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ Krasnodar Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Оценка численности населения на 1 января 2014 года по муниципальным образованиям Краснодарского края (in Russian)
  5. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  6. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

  • Управление по взаимодействию с органами местного самоуправления Администрации Краснодарского края. Справочная информация №34.01-707/13-03 от 23 мая 2013 г. «Реестр административно-территориальных единиц Краснодарского края». (Department of Cooperation with the Organs of the Local Self-Government of the Administration of Krasnodar Krai. Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 of May 23, 2013 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Krasnodar Krai. ).
  • Городское Собрание Сочи. Решение №89 от 14 июля 2009 г. «Об утверждении генерального плана городского округа города Сочи». Вступил в силу со дня опубликования. (City Assembly of Sochi. Decision #89 of July 14, 2009 On the Adoption of the General Plan of the Urban Okrug of the City of Sochi. Effective as of the publication date.).