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Adler ( Russian : Адлер ) is a resort on the Black Sea coast located in the mouth of the Mzymta River . It used to be a town but is now a microdistrict within Adlersky City District of Sochi , Krasnodar Krai , Russia. It hosts a railway station on the North Caucasus railway, which became the terminus after the Georgian?Abkhazian conflict broke the railway.

History [ edit ]

Svyatoy Dukh fortress was founded here by Russians in 1837. However, the region was inhabited before the Russian arrival. Since ancient times, a Sadz Abkhazian village, named Liesh, had been located there. In the 12th century, the Genoese founded a factory here, known as Layso. During that time this land belonged to the Sadz princes of Aredba , which had one of their main settlements there. Turks called this place Artlar or Artı . Russians mispronounced it as Adler (from German Adler , meaning "eagle"). However, another theory postulates that the name comes from the brig Adler .

Topography [ edit ]

Adler has a pebbly and narrow beach, backed by the railway in some places. There are Russian Orthodox churches of the Trinity and the Holy Spirit , as well as the Armenian Saint Sarkis Cathedral. There are also the Adlersky District History Museum and the South Cultures park in Adler.

External links [ edit ]

• Media related to Adler at Wikimedia Commons
• Adler travel guide from Wikivoyage

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