Torch bearer Andrei Tikhonenko during the Olympic torch relay in Shakhty.

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Torchbearer Irina Antropova during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Torchbearer Grace Malella during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Torchbearer Alexandra Berezhnaya during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Torchbearer Alexei Chernov during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Torchbearer Yana Balandina during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Torchbearers Darya Zakharova and Sergei Khodorozya during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Torchbearer Maria Muradova during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Torchbearer Davyd Rigert during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Merited Master of Sports of the USSR in weightlifting Gennady Bessonov, left, at the Olympic cauldron lighting ceremony in the town of Shakhty.

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Spectators during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Spectators watch the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Torchbearer Davyd Rigert during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Shakhty.

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Torch bearer during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torchbearer Alexei Fillipets during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Novocherkassk.

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Torchbearer Vladimir Lopatin during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Novocherkassk.

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Torchbearer Anton Popov during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torch bearer Annette Beverly Carie during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torchbearer Ian Murray Foltin during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Novocherkassk.

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Suvorov Military School students watch the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Novocherkassk.

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Torchbearer Alexander Domanov during the Olympic Torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torchbearer Pavel Kharagezov, center, during the Olympic Torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torchbearers Leonard Olander, left, and Viktor Temnikov during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in the town of Novocherkassk.

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Torch-bearers during the Olympic torch in Novocherkassk.

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A torch-bearer during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk

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Torch-bearer Anna Yeremeychuk carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk

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Torch-bearers Alexander Domanov and Yevgeny Apostolov during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torch-bearers Denis Pismenny and Yevgeny Apostolov, left, during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torch-bearer Denis Pismenny, left, during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torch-bearer Denis Pismenny, left, during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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City residents watch the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torch-bearers Ivan Maximov and Yekaterina Kochetkova carry the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torch-bearer Raniz Gadzhibalayev carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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Torch-bearer Anatoly Nosyrev, far center, during the Olympic torch relay in Novocherkassk.

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The Olympic flame is welcomed at the railway station in Novocherkassk.

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Governor of the Rostov Region Vasily Golubev, left, at the welcoming ceremony for the Olympic flame at the railway station in Novocherkassk.

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