Adler (russian: А́длер) is a resort on the

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coast located in the mouth of the

Mzymta River Mzymta (, , lit. 'the place (-ҭа) of the river Мӡым", , ''Mezmytha'') is a river in Western Caucasus, Russia, flowing through Mostovsky District and the city of Sochi (Adlersky City District) of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Mzymta is the larg ...

. It used to be a town but is now a

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within

Adlersky City District Adlersky City District (russian: А́длерский райо́н) 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 ...

of Sochi,

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. It hosts a major railway station on the North Caucasus railway, which became the terminus after the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict broke the railway.

History

Svyatoy Dukh fortress was founded here by Russians in 1837. However, the region was inhabited long before the Russian arrival. Since ancient times, a

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Abkhazian village, named Liesh, had been located there. In the 12th century, the Genoese founded a factory here, known as Layso. During that time this land belonged to the Sadz princes of Aredba, which had one of their main settlements there.

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called this place ''Artlar'' or ''Artı''. Russians mispronounced it as ''Adler'' (from German ', meaning "eagle"). However, another theory postulates that the name comes from the brig ''Adler''. 400px, Adler hosts the coastal cluster for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi

Topography

Adler is one of the most popular Russian resorts. It has a pebbly and narrow beach, backed by the railway in some places. There are

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churches of the

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and the Holy Spirit, as well as the Armenian Saint Sarkis Cathedral. There are also the Adlersky District History Museum and the ''South Cultures'' park in Adler.

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