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#REDIRECT [[Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai]]
'''Krasnaya Polyana''' (''Красная Поляна'' in [[Russia]]n) is a ski resort located at the Western end of the [[Caucasus]], in [[Russia]], near the city of [[Sochi]] and the coast of the [[Black Sea]]. The resort should host the snow events (alpine and nordic) of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi]].
[[Image:Krasnaya Polyana 05.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ski slope in Krasnaya Polyana.]]
[[Image:Krasnaya Polyana 09.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Krasnaya Polyana : lowest station of the chairlifts Alpika Service.]]
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Krasnaya Polyana is a village located at an altitude of 600 m, surrounded by mountains of more than 2 000 m altitude. Krasnaya Polyana is located at a distance of 60 km from the center of Sochi by road and at a distance of 40 km of the [[Adler-Sochi International Airport|Sochi-Adler airport]]. Its closeness to Sochi, a famous sea resort on the shores of the Black Sea, made it already a popular touristic destination at the time of the former [[Soviet Union]], in Winter and in Summer, despite limited hotel capabilities and installations. The loss of Caucasus by Russia, following the breakup of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|USSR]], has made of Krasnaya Polyana one of the most sought after ski resorts in Russia; this is the favourite skiing place of president [[Vladimir Putin]].
Krasnaïa Poliana is offering today many chalets, hotels and restaurants. Its reputation owes a lot to the development of [[heliskiing]] in the middle of the 1990s, which provides access to an important skiing ___domain. The amateurs can perform descent in the middle of a not too dense birch forest over a declivity of 1 700 m. The station has four chairlifts (lowest station at 600 m and upper station at 2 200 m) and 12 km of delimited tracks.
Coordonnées : {{coor dm|43|41|N|40|12|E}}
==2014 Olympics venues==
*Russian National Sliding Centre - Luge, Bobsleigh and Skeleton
*Psekhako Ridge - Biathlon, cross-country skiing and Nordic combined
*Roza Khutor Alpine Resort - Alpine skiing and snowboard
*Alpika Service Mountain Resort - Freestyle skiing
*Russian National Ski-jumping Centre - Ski jumping and Nordic combined
== External links ==
* {{de icon}} [http://www.krasnaja-poljana.de/ Krasnaya Poliana]
* {{ru icon}} [http://www.kraspol.ru/ Красная Поляна]
* [http://wikimapia.org/#y=43681219&x=40205412&z=14&l=2&m=s&v=2 Krasnaya Poliana on Wikimapia]
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