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Sochi: 2014 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Dreams of Russia

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The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on 7 February 2014. It began at 20:14 MSK (UTC+4) and finished at 23:02 MSK (UTC+4) This was the first Winter Olympics and first Olympic Games opening ceremony under the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. The Games were officially opened by President Vladimir Putin. An audience of 40,000 were in attendance at the stadium with an estimated 2,000 performers. The ceremony touched upon various aspects of Russian history, and included tributes to famous Russians, such as Peter Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Ukrainian-born Russian humourist, dramatist, and novelist Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948), ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (1889–1950), and patron of arts, and founder of Ballet Russes, Sergei Diaghilev (1872–1929).

Directed byAndrey Boltenko

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 48m
Language
RU
Released
February 7, 2014
Studios
Channel OneOBS - Olympic Broadcasting ServicesRussia 1

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Self

Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon

Self

Shinzo Abe

Self

Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping

Self

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Self

Nastya Jackson

Self - Model

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Directed by
Andrey Boltenko

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