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Father Frost carried the Olympic flame on a troika in Vologda
28.10.2013 13:30
http://www.sochi2014.com/
20 October 2013
The Olympic Torch Relay visited Vologda today. 130 torchbearers ran 22.5 km through the streets of the city, including the 2000th torchbearer of the Sochi 2014 Relay. Among the Olympic torchbearers were those nominated by Sochi 2014 Presenting Partners: the Coca-Cola Company, OSAO Ingosstrakh, and OAO Russian Railways.
Aleksey Sokolov, a 92-year-old veteran of the Great Patriotic War and skating coach, started the fourteenth day of the Sochi 2014 Torch Relay. He lit his torch and began his journey with the Olympic flame to the city center.
Russian journalist Maksim Shevchenko carried the Olympic flame on Prospekt Pobedy. "I am absolutely delighted!" the broadcaster said about the Olympic start. "When I was a child, I saw the Olympic flame arriving in Moscow! You cannot imagine what a time of incredible joy it was! I think the Olympics will unite the country, and all Russians will participate in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games. "
Favorite New Year magician Father Frost met the Sochi 2014 Relay by the walls of the Vologda Kremlin, making a special trip to the Olympic celebration from his residence in Veliky Ustyug. He met the torchbearer, and together they carried the Olympic torch on a troika past the St. Sophia Cathedral to Kremlin Square, where spectators of the city celebration awaited them.
At the end of the day, the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay proceeded to the main streets of the city. Vologda Region Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov took the Olympic flame to Revolution Square and lit the Cauldron. Artistic teams welcomed the symbol of the Olympic Games.
The Sochi 2014 Torch Relay will continue to Karelia. The Olympic flame will visit the island of Kizhi, villages of Pryazha and Olonets, and also the capital of the republic. In Petrozavodsk, the Sochi 2014 Torch Relay route will continue to the waterfront of Lake Onega, past the monument to Peter I, and the celebration will end with fireworks forming the Olympic rings.