Gelendzhik

Then he tells us the name Gelendzhik is derived from a Turkish word meaning "little bride."

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Russian lender Sberbank will invest $120 million in the venture that will manage airports in the cities of Sochi, Krasnodar, Gelendzhik and Anapa, Gref said.

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This year, 25 million Russians are expected to vacation in Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Black Sea coastal resorts of Sochi, Anapa and Gelendzhik, or in the woods of Lake Baikal and Karelia.

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We then boarded a very old and decrepit-looking plane and spent the next two and a half hours flying to Gelendzhik, near Novorossiysk.

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Work began at Zhane, a site near the resort town of Gelendzhik on the Black Sea coast, which is now visited by as many as 100 people every hour.

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A short cab ride brings us to Gelendzhik, where giant stone letters spell out, "Welcome to the City of Your Dreams."

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Later, we ride four-wheelers to the top of what's called MegaFon Mountain - because the neon sign of a Russian cell provider dwarfs the non-neon Gelendzhik sign.

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Evidently they do not frequent the Gelendzhik FSB resort.

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For the casual Western visitor, a trip to Gelendzhik provides a unique opportunity.

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I've travelled through much of Russia, and Gelendzhik is the only city in which I don't encounter a single Westerner.

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