Loo (; ) is a

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Lazarevsky City District Lazarevsky city district () is one of four city districts of the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city district borders Tuapsinsky District in the northwest, Apsheronsky District in the north, ...

of the city of

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...

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, Russia, located from the city center. Loo railway station is one of the stations on the

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, subsidiary of

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and can be reached by the M27 highway.

History

The name "Loo" derives from the name of an

Abazin The Abazin, Abazinians or Abaza ( Abaza and Abkhaz: Абаза; Circassian: Абазэхэр; ; ; ) are an ethnic group of the Northwest Caucasus, closely related to the Abkhaz and Circassian peoples. Today, as a result of atrocities committ ...

feudal family, Lau or Loo. Until 1864,

Ubykhs The Ubykh ( ; ; ; ) are an ethnic group of the Circassian nation, represented by one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. Along with the Circassian tribes of Natukhai and Shapsug, the Ubykh formed the Circassian Assembly ...

from the Vardane community lived in the Loo river valley. On the sea coast was the aul of Ismail Barakai Dzepsh, one of the

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leaders during the

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. Since 1872, the Loo river basin is the property of Vardane. The ruins of a medieval Abkhaz temple, known as the Loo Temple, were preserved in the mountains near Loo, approximately high. The northern wall of the temple, being built from limestone blocks, was preserved better than the remaining parts. The temple is wide and long, and the thickness of the temple walls exceeds {{convert, 1, m, ft, sp=us. On August 7, 2008, a terrorist attack occurred on the beach of Loo, in which two people were killed and 15 people were injured. Eight people were hospitalized. The unidentified exploding device went off on the city beach at 10:10

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. One of the people that died was a female resident of

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born in 1986, the other was a male resident of

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born in 1977.

Leisure in Loo

In recent years, a number of private hotels and cottages appeared in Loo. Sochi Lazarevsky city district Seaside resorts in Russia