In pictures: History's longest running Olympic torch relay has started
In pictures: History's longest running Olympic torch relay has started
Show all 5Russian torchbearers has started the torch relay ahead of Winter Games in Sochi, which will take the flame across the country through all 83 of its regions, including extreme locales such as Chukotka, the remote region in Russia's Far East, the turbulent North Caucasus, and even Russia's European exclave Kaliningrad.
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