Sanatorium "Ordjonikidze" - The main building
This sanatorium was built in 30s of XX centuri... it has great medical institution and development laboratory :))
posted by Ann at 10:03 PM
Sunday, December 10, 2006
This blog is about my home town. Sochi is a multicultural city with more than 450,000 inhabitants representing over 100 nationalities. It is Russia’s leading vacation resort welcoming almost three million tourists each year. Sochi is stretching about 148 km along Black Sea coast at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains, it has subtropical climate and has almost 300 days of sun a year. Also Sochi is applicant city for 2014 Olympic Winter Games :)
posted by Ann at 10:03 PM
2 Comments:
Was it always a sanatorium, or something else? That's some impressive staircase! And what does
"ordjonikidze" mean?
it was always a sanatorium... during World War 2 all sanatoriums in Sochi were hospitals.
Ordjonikidze - is a surname of famous Russian political person.
(12.10.1886 – 18.02.1937)
He had done a lot for Russia!!!
photo of S.Ordjonikidze:
http://www.sovross.ru/2004/141/141_3_5i.jpg
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