Sotschi

Also known as: Сочинский

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At a glance

Place

Country
Russia

Structure

Status
active Legacy archive claim · Сочинский

Light Signature

No accepted light signature claims yet.

Signal pattern, color, period, visibility, optics, and operating context appear here after field-level review.

Names & naming history

Some source names have not yet been assigned a reviewed language; script labels preserve provenance without hiding the row.

Latin script · Alternative

RU · Official

Machine-readable names JSON

(autotranslated, could have mistakes)

The catalog of the historical and cultural heritage of Sochi “Monuments of architecture and urban planning” says: “The complex of buildings of the Sochi lighthouse is the main building with a lighthouse tower.”

A lighthouse is a navigational sign that serves to identify a ship, a coastal or sea area. Lighthouses are coastal, floating, river and lake, radio beacons and hydroacoustic. All lighthouses are marked on maps and described in sailing directions. Piloting is one of the branches of the science of navigation, dealing with a detailed study of the oceans, seas, and rivers in relation to the needs of navigation.

The Sochi lighthouse is one of the coastal lighthouses. Such lighthouses are built in the form of high towers on the shores of the sea, islands or reefs, near places dangerous for navigation - shoals, banks, etc., so that they are clearly visible from the sea. They are given different shapes (round, square, polygonal, etc.) and painted in different colors. A powerful lantern is lit at the top of the lighthouse tower at night, the light of which is visible at a long distance.

The main building with the lighthouse tower and the complex of Sochi lighthouse buildings were built in 1891. They belong to the Hydrographic Department of the Novorossiysk Navy, military unit 30839 of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the lighthouse cape was destroyed by storm waves. And only in the 50s of the 20th century, Sochi scientist A.M. Zhdanov developed a scientific system for strengthening sea shores. He proved in practice that the best means of building beaches are groins, thanks to which artificial pebble beach formation occurs.

Proof of this is the modern embankment with a cultural and entertainment center and beaches. It starts from the southern pier of the seaport and ends near the Arboretum park on Avenue. Pushkin.

Alexey Dmitriev, guide (http://www.ngsochi.ru/)

Heritage identity & evidence

Identity

LUX ID
LUX-LH-000160
Type
Lighthouse
Object kind
Lighthouse
Current status
active

Review & coverage

Coordinates not reviewedAttribution incomplete8 accepted field claims

External identifiers

No reviewed external identifiers yet.

Key source-backed claims

  • Alternate name Sotschi · Сочинский archive
  • Object Kind glossary_id: object_kind, label: lighthouse, labels: {'de': 'Leuchtturm', 'en': 'lighthouse', 'fr': 'phare', 'ru': 'маяк'}, source: curated, status: accepted, term_id: object_kind.lighthouse · Сочинский accepted
  • Location taxonomy Россия · Сочинский derived
  • Location taxonomy Черное море · Сочинский derived

Claim evidence

Operational status

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: active

Why this value is shown: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: active

Show claim history
  • active selected why: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive · Сочинский Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000160-status-001
    review_status
    current
    confidence
    archive
    source_type
    migration_field
    winner_reason
    current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
Technical details
field_id
status
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000160-status-001
winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
accepted/current claims without valid_to; prefer accepted, then latest valid_from, curated source, confidence, id.

Alternate name

Name variantsNeeds reviewed field source

Name variants: Sotschi

Reviewer action: Classify names by language/script and role such as official, local, translated, transliterated, historical, or alternate.

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Show claim history
  • Sotschi · Сочинский Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000160-alternate_name-001
    review_status
    current
    confidence
    archive
    source_type
    migration_field
Technical details
field_id
alternate_name
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000160-alternate_name-001
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
name variant field; classify by language/script and role instead of choosing one scalar winner.

0 active / 0 total in-archive source links. Full sources and reference search leads below

External Identity Graph

  • LUX Light Archive
    LUX-LH-000160 Canonical LUX ID

    Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.

  • Wikidata
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Resolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.

  • Wikipedia
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Useful for public descriptions and cross-checking, but text must be rewritten or quoted sparingly.

  • ARLHS
    Search / review Review source

    review lead · Search the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found.

  • OpenStreetMap
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Resolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance.

  • Lighthouse Directory
    Search / review Review source

    review lead · Use the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review.

Evidence graph

Derived view of how sources, facts, identifiers, lifecycle events, and relationships support this record.

6 sources2 field-supported facts5 object-only refs

Facts

  • Alternate name alternate_name · Sotschi
  • Operational status status · active

Lifecycle

  • No lifecycle evidence nodes yet.

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History and connections

Lifecycle summary

Current status: active

Evidence and data

Detailed timeline, graph, map history, and JSON exports for review and research.

0 history events 2 record changes 1 connected objects 0 places

Coverage: no-accepted-coordinates

Lighthouse history (0 events)

No timeline events yet.

Record history (2 changes)
  1. Archive record createdarchive-metadata
  2. Archive record updatedarchive-metadata
Connection graph (1 objects)
Geo timeline (0 places)

No accepted coordinate point yet. The text geography remains listed as context.

  • Geography contextРоссия · text-only

Rights & Attribution

Content License

Original editorial content on this page: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. See Rights & Reuse.

Media Rights

No published media with documented rights on this record.

Attribution

"Sotschi" · LUX-LH-000160 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000160/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Lighthouse record: "Sotschi", LUX-LH-000160, https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000160/, accessed 2026-07-03, archive v0.24.42.

Legacy archive provenance

This object now uses its LUX identity as the public record. The original Drupal node is preserved as migration provenance and a compatibility route.

Canonical LUX ID
LUX-LH-000160
Legacy node
node:670
Legacy URL
/node/670/
Drupal source type
lighthouse
Source system
drupal_migration
Source path
/node/670

Source provenance

Forum sources

Trusted References

Known external identifiers and review leads for Wikipedia, Wikidata, map, registry, and catalogue coverage. Search leads are not accepted evidence until reviewed. Field-level evidence is implied only when evidence scope or supported fields are explicit.

SourceStatusEvidence scopeReferenceReview note
Wikidatasearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.
Wikipediasearch-candidateSearch / reviewUseful for public descriptions and cross-checking, but text must be rewritten or quoted sparingly.
OpenStreetMapsearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance.
ARLHSreview-sourceSearch / reviewSearch the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found.
Lighthouse Directoryreview-sourceSearch / reviewUse the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review.
Record identifiers
Node
670
Source type
lighthouse
Review class
Lighthouse
Wikidata class
Q39715
Created
18/06/2011 14:49:44 UTC
Changed
16/03/2016 13:27:44 UTC
Source path
/node/670
All technical fields
Status
active Legacy archive claim · Сочинский
Construction date
Not recorded
Tower height
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Focal height
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Light height
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Light characteristic
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Light number
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Operation
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Visibility
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Legacy light IDs
Not recorded
Call sign
Not recorded
Lens / optics
Not curated
Latitude
Not recorded
Longitude
Not recorded

Empty lighthouse fields are shown so review gaps are visible. Lens and optics are curated as heritage assets when evidence exists.