Schools across Russia held lesson on Olympic and Paralympic values and the history of 
Olympic Mascots. This is to signal the beginning of the Sochi 2014 Mascot competition.
Students across the country were given the chance to design the mascots during lessons for the coming Winter Games in Sochi as part of the competition. They were also taught about the mascots which were the symbols of the previous Winter Games in Vancouver, Turin and Salt Lake City.
The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee and the Publishing and Trading Centre “Marka” have already signed a licensing agreement which allows “Marka” the right to issue post and philatelic items with the Sochi 2014 emblem.
This project was carried out by the Federal Communication Agency as well as the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Pochta Rossii “Russian Post”. The first stamps will be released as early as January 2011 and the philatelic project is expected to start in four years time.
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he Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has announced the start of the Russian national "Olympic Teacher" competition 2010. The competition is being run both by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee as well as the Russian Ministry of Education and Science as part of the Year of the Teacher. The award ceremony will take place in October in Moscow at an event celebrating World Teachers’ Day and honoring the winners of the Russian national Teacher of the Year competition.
The goal of the Olympic Teacher Competition is to attract more active and creative teachers to help develop educational materials which will give students a fuller idea of Olympic and Paralympic values.
The organizers of the London 2012 Olympics may feel they have their work cut out, however head of Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Dmitry Chernyshenko is facing a very huge task. 
His team faces the challenge of transforming the Black Sea resort of Sochi, and its surrounding area, into a wintersports arena.
This means the construction of a new winter community in the North Caucasus mountains, the construction of 300 kilometres of roads, 100km of rail, 39 tunnels and 24 thermal and hydro power stations.
The Adyg People are known to be the first inhabitants who populated Sochi. This time they are going to share their culture and traditions with the world at the upcoming Winter Olympics.
Having a language, traditions and national identity of their own, this ethnic family is getting ready to give a performance of their lifetime.
It’s a fact that the Adyg people are part of the big ethnic Circassian family, who are among the first inhabitants of the Caucasus. Song and dance are in their flesh and blood, and an integral part of life and culture. And in less than four years, they would like to share their culture with the whole world, in Sochi.
With the coming 2014 Winter Olympics, Russia has started the search for a mascot for the sports event.
Dmitry Chernyshenko, the head of the organizing comittee even mentioned that “Every citizen of our country can submit their work”.
To select the mascot, an online vote will be held on February 7th, 2011, 3 years before the start of the games.
Russia’s most famous mascot was Mishka the bear, mascot for the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.
Who knows if the new mascot will achieve such fame ?
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MegaFon and Rostelcom, Sochi 2014 general partners, have run successful tests on the Fourth Generation (4G) wireless data network that is scheduled to be used for the Games. By the first quarter of next year, a full scale test will be executed at the major Olympic area.
Tests showed that data transmission rates reach 100 Mbps which indicates that the Sochi 2014 Games will benefit from 4G networks, which have over 10 times more capacity than 3G.
The system was tested close to the major Sochi 2014 site, Roza Khutor, and operates on LTE (Long-Term Evolution) protocol. Given the location in the challenging mountainous region this proves that the Russian telecom firms are ready to develop the most advanced communication technology in preparation for Sochi 2014.
The 10-year plan aims to provide Russian athletes with the best possible facilities for training and is also expected to benefit Russian performance at Sochi 2014.
During the meeting’s discussion, a new structure for the ROC Executive Committee was also approved streamlining the body to 20 senior figures from the world of Russian sport.
The President of ROC, Alexandr Zhukov admitted that the Russian Olympic Committee will be the one of the most effective National Olympic Committees that will ensure Russia remains a global sporting powerhouse.
Climate change should be taken into account in the country’s preparations for 2014 Winter Olympic Games in the southern Russian city of Sochi, according to the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
“We should take it [climate change] into account when preparing for the Olympics, and other international competitions,” Medvedev said. “I think we will have to make changes due to the climate and spend additional funds, including for the Winter Olympics,” Medvedev said.
A meeting about preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi was headed by Medvedev on Friday.
Over 50 students who are currently part of construction teams involved in delivering Russia’s first Winter Games today participated in “The Olympic Induction” workshop in Sochi. The event was arranged by Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee with support from Russian Railways, a General Partner of the 2014 Winter Games.
