Кордон Нацпарка
The place
Kordon Natsparka ("National Park Ranger Post") in Krasnodar Krai, Adler/Sochi National Park sector (Caucasian Black Sea coast, Russia), at 216 m altitude, foothills of the Greater Caucasus. Continuous Russia Western Caucasus/Black Sea cluster (batches 260-361). Kordon (standard Soviet-era forest ranger post) in Sochinsky National Park (194,000 ha, established 1983, Russia's 1st national park + reforestation with endemic carpo-oleiferous Buxus colchica + Colchian Rhododendron + Fagus orientalis oriental beech, Tertiary-era Colchian relicts + Sochi 2014 Olympics, $50 billion Olympic host city, corruption scandal, Pussy Riot arrest + heritage of Sochi residents, Russian-Ukrainian diaspora, 400,000 residents + Circassian Adyghe, 1864 Muhajir exodus, 500,000).
The setting
Krasnodar Adler/Sochi Caucasian Black Sea coast Russia 216 m Greater Caucasus foothills, continuous cluster batches 260-361, kordon Sochinsky NP 194,000 ha 1983 Russia's 1st NP + endemic Buxus colchica + Colchian Rhododendron + Fagus orientalis Tertiary Colchian relicts + Sochi 2014 Olympics $50 billion Pussy Riot + Sochi residents Russian-Ukrainian 400,000 + Circassian Adyghe 1864 Muhajir 500,000.
