Sochi 2014 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Dreams of Russia 10 years old

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).

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Sochi 2014 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Dreams of Russia Cast

Name	Character
Vladimir Putin He was 61, now 72 years old	as Himself
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan He was 59, now 70 years old	as Himself

Sochi 2014 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Dreams of Russia Crew

Name	Department
Konstantin Ernst as Creative Producer. He was 53 (now 63) years old	Writing
Andrey Boltenko as Director. He was 40 (now 51) years old	Directing