Sochi: 2014 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Dreams of Russia
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 by Andrey Boltenko
Cast
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Vladimir Putin Self -
Ban Ki-moon Self - Shinzo Abe Self
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Xi Jinping Self -
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Self - Nastya Jackson Self - Model
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Sochi: 2014 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Dreams of Russia
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