Loo (russian: Лоо; ady, Лэуп) is a

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Lazarevsky City District Lazarevsky City District (russian: Лазаревский райо́н) is one of four city districts of the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city district borders Tuapsinsky District in the northwest, Apsheronsky District in the nor ...

of the city of Sochi,

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, located from the city center. Loo railway station is one of the stations on the

North Caucasus Railway North Caucasus Railway ( rus, Северо-Кавказская железная дорога) is a broad gauge Russian railway network that links the Sea of Azov (in the west) and Caspian Sea (in the east). It runs through ten federal subjects ...

, subsidiary of

Russian Railways Russian Railways (russian: link=no, ОАО «Российские железные дороги» (ОАО «РЖД»), OAO Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (OAO RZhD)) is a Russian fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both manag ...

and can be reached by the M27 highway.

History

The name "Loo" derives from the name of one of the greatest

Abazin The Abazin, Abazinians or Abaza ( Abaza and Abkhaz: Абаза; Circassian: Абазэхэр; russian: Абазины; tr, Abazalar; ar, أباظة), are an ethnic group of the Northwest Caucasus, closely related to the Abkhaz and Circassi ...

feudal families, Lau or Loo. Until 1864,

Ubykhs The Ubykh ( Ubykh: Пэху / Туахы, ''Pəxu / Tuaxy''; , ''Ubyx''; russian: Убыхи; tr, Ubıhlar / Vubıhlar) are one of the twelve Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. Along wi ...

from the Vardane community lived in the Loo river valley. On the sea coast was the aul of Ismail Barakai Dzepsh, one of the Ubykh leaders during the

Caucasian War The Caucasian War (russian: Кавказская война; ''Kavkazskaya vojna'') or Caucasus War was a 19th century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation during the ...

. Since 1872, the Loo river basin is the property of Vardane. The ruins of a medieval Abkhaz temple, known as the Loo Temple, were preserved in the mountains near Loo, approximately high. The northern wall of the temple, being built from limestone blocks, was preserved better than the remaining parts. The temple is wide and long, and the thickness of the temple walls exceeds {{convert, 1, m, ft, sp=us. According to the setting of the temple, it is similar to the temples of

Pitsunda Pitsunda ( ab, Пиҵунда, russian: Пицунда) or Bichvinta ( ka, ბიჭვინთა ) is a resort town in the Gagra District of Abkhazia/Georgia. Founded by Greek colonists in the 5th century BC, Pitsunda became an important pol ...

and

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in Abkhazia /

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. On August 7, 2008, a terrorist attack occurred on the beach of Loo, killing two people and injuring fifteen. Eight people were hospitalized. The unidentified exploding device went off on the city beach at 10:10

Moscow Time Moscow Time (MSK, russian: моско́вское вре́мя) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia, and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second-westernmost of the eleven time zones of Russia. It has b ...

. One of the people that died was a female resident of

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born in 1986, the other was a male resident of Rostov-on-Don born in 1977.

Leisure in Loo

In recent years, a large number of private hotels and cottages appeared in Loo. The level of service in these facilities is constantly increasing. The recreation center "Akvaloo" achieved wide popularity with its developed infrastructure which includes a water park, restaurants, and a nightclub. The night club "Tornado" also is situated not far from the beach. Sochi Lazarevsky City District Seaside resorts in Russia