Sochi then and now: Preparing for the Olympics
Sochi, host to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7-23, has underdone massive development of construction within the last 11 months. Reuters photographer Kai Pfaffenbach captured before and after images of the changes in Russia.
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- A combination of two pictures shows the development of construction within the last eleven months in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, January 30, 2014. Picture on the top was shot in February 2013. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to 23.
- A combination of two pictures shows the development of construction within the last eleven months in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, January 30, 2014. Picture on the left was taken in February 2013. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to 23.
- A combination of two pictures shows the development of construction within the last eleven months in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, January 30, 2014. Picture on the top was taken in February 2013. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to 23.
- A combination of two pictures shows the development of construction within the last eleven months in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, January 30, 2014. Picture on the top was taken in February 2013. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to 23. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
- A combination of two pictures shows the development of construction within the last eleven months in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, January 30, 2014. Picture on the top was taken in February 2013. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to 23.
- A combination of two pictures shows the development of construction within the last eleven months in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, January 30, 2014. Picture on the top was taken in February 2013. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to 23.
- A combination of two pictures shows the development of construction within the last eleven months in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, January 30, 2014. Picture on the top was taken in February 2013. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to 23.
- A combination of two pictures shows the development of construction within the last eleven months in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, January 30, 2014. Picture on the left was taken in February 2013. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to 23.