Tsentralny city district () is one of four

city districts A city district, also known as an urban district or neighbourhood, is a designated administrative division that is generally managed by a local government. It is used to divide a city into several administrative units. City districts are used ...

of the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...

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.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Krasnodar Krai'' Sometimes referred to as "Sochi proper", it borders

Lazarevsky city district Lazarevsky city district () is one of four city districts of the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city district borders Tuapsinsky District in the northwest, Apsheronsky District in the north, ...

in the west and

Khostinsky city district Khostinsky city district () is one of four city districts of the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city district borders Maykopsky District of the Republic of Adygea in the northeast, Adlersky ci ...

in the north and in the east. In the southwest, it is bounded by the

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. Population:

Geography

It is the core, historic, and most populous city district of Sochi, but also the smallest in terms of area, covering only .Decision #89

Landmarks

* The

Friendship Tree The Friendship Tree is a unique citrus tree, in the Friendship Tree Garden Museum and Subtropical Botanical Garden, in the Tsentralny city district of Sochi, on the east coast of the Black Sea in southern Russia. The Friendship Tree grew to prom ...

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 Alexander Stepanovich Kaminsky (1829–1897, , sometimes spelled Kamensky, Каменский) was a Russian architect working in Moscow and suburbs. One of the most successful and prolific architects of the 1860s–1880s, Kaminsky was a faithful ...

's designs in order to commemorate the victorious conclusion of the

Caucasian War The Caucasian War () or the Caucasus War was a 19th-century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation during the Russian conquest of the Caucasus. It consisted of a series o ...

* 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 bronze statue of Sochi's patron saint,

Archangel Michael Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel and the warrior of God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second ...

. * Sochi Art Museum occupies a large building with a four-columned portico, completed in 1939. Its Neoclassical design is by

Ivan Zholtovsky Ivan Vladislavovich Zholtovsky (, ; November 27, 1867 – July 16, 1959) was a Soviet and Belarusian architect and educator. He worked primarily in Moscow from 1898 until his death. An accomplished master of Renaissance Revival architecture befor ...

. * 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 In Greek mythology, Terpsichore (; , "delight in dancing") is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance and chorus. She lends her name to the word " terpsichorean", which means "of or relating to dance". Appearance Terpsichore is usually d ...

Melpomene Melpomene (; ) is the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology. She is described as the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne (and therefore of power and memory) along with the other Muses, and she is often portrayed with a tragic theatrical mask. Etymolog ...

, and Thalia; all three cast by

Vera Mukhina Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (; ; – 6 October 1953) was a Soviet sculptor and painter. She was nicknamed "the queen of Soviet sculpture". She was one of the members of the art association ‘ The Four Arts’, which existed in Moscow and Leningrad ...

. * Hall of Organ and Chamber Music. Centrally located, it conducts organ, symphony, chamber-ensemble, choral, and vocal music concerts. * The Maritime Passenger Terminal (1955), notable for its distinctive -high steepled tower and four statues symbolizing the

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* 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 ''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendr ...

trees were planted by every Soviet

cosmonaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a List of human spaceflight programs, human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spa ...

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