For readers who have already visited Krasnaya Polyana, this The article is nothing new. But if you just started interested in the Russian Courchevel, then most likely you have head is spinning. Diving into all these names, I do not run figure out what’s what. Krasnaya Polyana, Estosadok, Rosa Khutor, Gorky Gorod, Gazprom, Alpika-Service – what the fuck is that? it resorts or villages? These are areas of one village or independent settlements? Why do they write everywhere that they belong to the mountain cluster? And what the hell, in general is this – this mountain cluster? BUT Olympic village there what side and Mountain Carousel?
The content of the article
- 1 A bit of history
- 2 Krasnaya Polyana
- 3 Estosadok
- 3.1 Mountain Carousel and Russian Hills
- 3.2 Gorky City
- 3.3 Alpika-Service
- 3.4 Gazprom
- 3.5 Rosa Khutor
- 4 Results of the investigation
- 5 Map of Krasnaya Polyana and resorts
Contents
A bit of history
Krasnaya Polyana is a place that everyone thinks Russia’s largest ski resort. In fact, Krasnaya Polyana is a typical urban-type settlement, close to which is a smaller village – Estosadok. And to Estosadku already include all ski resorts whose names you could to meet: Rosa Khutor, Gorki Gorod, Gazprom, Alpika-Service and Mountain Carousel.
Everything is not so difficult if you know a little of the history of this location. First here appeared precisely Krasnaya Polyana, or rather an aul of one mountain Abkhaz tribe, the first mention of which occurs in 1835. In 1864, the completion of the Caucasus War, and the village called Romanovsky. In 1878, they moved here. Greeks and called the place Krasnaya Polyana. In 1950, Krasnaya Polyana received the status of urban-type settlement – urban-type settlement. Remember? Red Polyana is a village, and it is also the administrative center. Krasnaya Polyana village district. What else is included in this village district? The villages of Estosadok, Medoveevka, Kepsha and Chvizhepse.
Estosadok was founded by 36 Estonian families in 1886, which arrived in Krasnaya Polyana, agreed with the Greek elders on living together on neighboring lands and moved to the terrace, upstream of the Mzymta River. Before the Estonians there used to live here and sadzi, representatives of ancient mountain peoples, forcibly evicted in Ottoman Empire. Estonians brought with them farming culture and apple seedlings, through which the village turned every spring into the garden, and it was apple orchards that gave reason to solemnly name the village Esto Sadkom in 1912. Remember? Estosadok village is populated point, which is part of the Krasnaya Polyana village district.
Total on the territory of the Krasnaya Polyana village district There is: PGT Krasnaya Polyana, the village of Estosadok and three more small villages that are irrelevant. Well, you say – but what is Rosa Khutor, Gorki Gorod, Gazprom, Alpika-Service? After all there is the main ski and snowboard get-together of the Russian Federation, namely people tend to get there in the winter. Where is all this? You are surprised now guys, but all this is Estosadok. Rosa, Gorki, Gazprom (aka Laura) and Alpika are Estosadok infrastructure facilities. Do not believe me – Yandex Maps to help you. Write “Estosadok” in the search and enjoy the outline of the village on the map, and while I sign for these locations a little more.
Krasnaya Polyana
Krasnaya Polyana is a large village on a terrace under the mountain Achishkho. In the southeast, the village rests on the Mzymta River, beyond which the railway was built, and then – the ridge Aibga. Krasnaya Polyana has the form of not very flat triangle, the base of which we consider the street of the Defenders of the Caucasus, and the height of the reserved street. Krasnaya Polyana is not a resort area and not the center of the crowd, but ordinary village with the infrastructure of an ordinary village, which thousands on open spaces of the Russian Federation. Church, cemetery, a couple of large supermarkets, conditional center, where the density of shops and cafes especially elevated, but otherwise – just an array of residential buildings. Somewhere richer, poorer somewhere, and in some places high-rise buildings are built hotels
Krasnaya Polyana does not have mountain lifts, but you will easily find Here are a number of proposals for mountain tourism in the winter and summer, as well as along the road come across car hire points. By the way, prices on gear here is much lower than in rentals near the Gorki lifts Cities or Roses, really dragging with him and then far away. Red Glade is chosen as a peaceful place to stay in vacation, especially in summer, because compared to Adler and Sochi There are adequate prices for hotels, houses and apartments. To the sea from the Red Glades about 38 km, which is about half an hour by car drop dead smooth highway.
Chapel of Saint Zinaida
Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi
Church of Bishop of Magnesia Charalampy
Estosadok
Estosadkom is more difficult to understand, but I will try to explain all on the fingers. Estosadok itself is very green nice residential area, which is located between the Estonian street and steep slope of the mountains. Low houses (although, in some places already began to build high-rise buildings), narrow streets, private houses with fences, dog-liars, Pyaterochka-Magnets and other paraphernalia ordinary village, with little emphasis on belonging to the resort zone. It’s nice to walk here, there is even some semblance sidewalks are very quiet, and the back street under the mountain is often not removed. In places there are wastelands, fenced under construction, and most likely, over time, there will be a continuation of Gorky City.
To the infrastructure of the historical village of Estosadok, in different years new items have been added:
- Gorky Gorod – an all-season resort town and gambling zone
- Mountain Carousel – ski resort
- Russian Gorki – ski jumping complex
- Gazprom is a mountain tourist center, in the people “Laura”
- Alpika-Service – ski resort
- Rosa Khutor – ski resort
Plain deadlock at Estosadok
Plain street in Estosadok
Classics of the genre, Estosadok
There are such buildings in Estosadok
Mountain Carousel and Russian Hills
Mountain-skiing complex Mountain Carousel was built by 2008 – long before the Olympics came here. Objects complex located on four levels of the northern slope of the ridge Aibga from a height of 570 m above sea level to the Black Pyramid on an altitude of 2 375 m. At the very bottom, in Estosadok, the Mountain Carousel represents Gorky City, which is built on its territory, ibid there is a parking lot and the first lifts. Next is the network cable cars, across, rolling points, and rather large town at an altitude of 960 meters.
The complex of ski jumping from the spring Russian Gorki is located in at the beginning of the village of Estosadok (if you go by Sochi) around Esoto-Sadok railway station of the same name. Despite, that in fact this complex stands alone, separate from the main cluster of objects of the Mountainous Carousel, the Russian Gorki is part of the ski complex Mountain Carousel. It is equipped with two the springboard and trail for the double team, whatever that means. I myself am on I didn’t get this location, so I don’t have pictures from there.
Gorky City
Gorky The city is located on the opposite side of Estosadk Estonian street. If you arrive at Estosadok New Krasnopolyanskoe highway, then at the entrance you will find an interesting picture. The main road goes slightly to the left, and then you you can only turn left in the living area. And with her by car you can get to the resort town only through gates with turnstiles. Moving pedestrians between the village and the resort the town is not limited to anything but a small amount of pedestrian transitions: only three. With local traffic and carriageway width, I would say that this is very insufficient.
Built in 2010 on the territory of the ski complex Mountain Carousel, Gorky Gorod became something of a local Arbat. By in essence, this is just one street that runs parallel to the Mzymta River, around which are built beautiful high-rise buildings, huge squares with alleys and fountains, casinos, several large hotels, including “Sochi Marriott Krasnaya Polyana”. Mass cafes and restaurants different price level, local market, large shopping and entertainment center Gorky Gorod Mall and a lot of space for parking, both ground and underground. Here, as well as at the entrance In each mountain-ski complex, hangs a large scoreboard with the designation free parking spaces.
Separate gate at the entrance to Gorki Gorod
Object pointers and parking prices in Gorki Gorod
Shopping and entertainment center Gorky Gorod Mall
Gorky City from the window Swallows
Alpika-Service
Alpika-Service was the very first large-scale construction project, since Soviet Union, aimed at the development of a ski resort. They were built for a long time: they laid the antediluvic double cable car with 1993 to 2001, and in 2005 opened the modern four-seater cable car. Then, as it happens in the Russian Federation, suddenly began the debate between Alpika’s private owners and the state represented by Governor of the Krasnodar Territory. From 2006 to 2007 the complex is opened, then closed, and the war ended with the fact that in 2008 year it was bought by Gazprom for ridiculous 15 million dollars.
Gazprom
Mining and tourist center of JSC “Gazprom” begins at the foot Psekhako ridge. From 2000 to 2013, elevators appeared here, parking, bus stops, walking area, open swimming pools, a cinema and a huge shopping and entertainment center Galaxy with an aquapark inside. On the lifts you can get to the ski-biathlon complex Laura (1,430 m) and hotels of the former Olympic Village. Built it specifically for the Olympics, under the placement of athletes, in addition to the same Olympic village on the nearby slope, but this is already the story of Rosa Khutor. That is why Gazprom is often called Laura – these are two objects in one location.
Rosa Khutor
The ski resort Rosa Khutor is considered the largest in the Russian Federation ski resort. Objects Roses are located on the slopes of the ridge Aibga from the very bottom (570 m above sea level) to Rose Peak at a height 2,320 m and the Stone Pillar at an altitude of 2 509 m. Work complex started in 2010. The lower part of the Rose Farm is a puppet town with neat beautiful buildings that at the same time reminds both Amsterdam and the old center of Moscow. The words developer, when creating the town, many nuances were taken into account and applied “green”, an environmental approach to construction: planted trees instead of felled, relocated some rare lizards and butterflies, and even revived a population of some special cheetahs
I do not know what is true of this, but as far as I understood, after Olympics all this infrastructure was not transferred to Caucasian Reserve (and the place of construction refers to his area of responsibility). Salvage conquers all. But let’s not talk about sad things – The town turned out to be extremely cute and atmospheric. Mzymta chained into concrete and tile, four bridges were thrown across the river, one from which goes right around the railway station Krasnaya Polyana. The name of the station, I believe, also contributed to the general confusion with names and disorienting many resort newbies. In buildings along the promenade there are hotels, restaurants and boutiques. Walk through both sides of the river get short but saturated impressions and pictures.
Rosa Khutor also includes the cultural and ethnographic center “My Russia, which is built just upstream of Mzymta, immediately after the huge mourning array of Rose Hall – concert hall, performed extremely dumb. At an altitude of 960 meters ski complex Rosa Khutor has its own Olympic Village – large hotel complex, located in several tiers. Hotels, shops, entertainment facilities, rentals and lifts, as well as large areas for parking. Yes, here you can drive in your car, although the road is heavily in some places I had to go out and I still need to consider that the Alpine Highway is concrete serpentine.
Rosa Khutor Valley
Rosa Khutor in the evening
Town Hall Rosa Khutor
Rental and storage crew in Rosa Khutor
View of the central part of Rosa Khutor
Rosa Khutor top view
Olympic Village Rosa Khutor
Olympic Village Rosa Khutor
Results of the investigation
The village of Krasnaya Polyana, which often appears on the Internet as the main town where you supposedly find a steep ski resort – has a very mediocre relation to skis. Judging by throughout, this toponym was used to simplify journalists and travel agencies. Yet, Krasnaya Polyana is the center, as not a twist. Administrative, true, but – the center. And Estosadok is a huge area of several ski resorts that administratively attached to the old Estonian village. Everything the remaining toponyms are either the names of the complexes or the names objects in the complexes. And all together they make up the mountain cluster Olympic facilities (there is also a coastal cluster, it is located in Adler). If you have comments on the findings or any questions – waiting for them in the comments.
Map of Krasnaya Polyana and resorts
Hotel complexes for skiers and snowboarders
