City residents embark on mass starts at the ceremony of launching Olympics countdown clock in Nizhny Novgorod.07.02.2013#1366231
Athletes perform at the ceremony of launching Olympics countdown clock in Nizhny Novgorod.07.02.2013#1366230
Dancers perform at the ceremony of launching Olympics countdown clock in Nizhny Novgorod.07.02.2013#1366198
A performance at the ceremony of launching Olympics countdown clock in Nizhny Novgorod.07.02.2013#1366197
Olympic champion Dmitry Svatkovsky, left, deputy governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Merited Master of Sport, and head of Nizhny Novgorod administration Oleg Kondrashov at the ceremony of launching Olympics countdown clock in Nizhny Novgorod.07.02.2013#1366196
From left: Olympic champion Irina Belova, Olympic champion Dmitry Svatkovsky, deputy governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region; Mikhail Babich, Russian President's Envoy to the Volga Federal District, Olympic champion Alexander Skvortsov, and young athletes at the ceremony of launching Olympics countdown clock in Nizhny Novgorod.07.02.2013#1366195
Young athletes at the ceremony of launching Olympics countdown clock in Nizhny Novgorod.07.02.2013#1366193
Sochi 22nd Olympics and 11th Paralympics mascots Leopard, Polar Bear and Jackrabbit on Manezhnaya Square, Moscow as Olympic countdown clock is launched.07.02.2013#1366148
Paralympic champion Olesya Vladykina speaks at the ceremony of launching Olympic countdown clock on Manezh Square, Moscow.07.02.2013#1366147
Athletes perform at the ceremony of launching Olympic countdown clock on an embankment in Yekaterinburg.07.02.2013#1366116
The ceremony of launching Olympic countdown clock on an embankment in Yekaterinburg.07.02.2013#1366114
Vladimir Shakhrin, left, and Vladimir Begunov of the Chaif band at the ceremony of launching Olympic countdown clock on an embankment in Yekaterinburg.07.02.2013#1366113
Paralympic champion Olesya Vladykina at the ceremony of launching Olympic countdown clock on Manezh Square, Moscow.07.02.2013#1366107
Svetlana Zhurova, member of the Federation Council's Committee on Social Policy, at the ceremony of launching Olympic countdown clock on Manezh Square, Moscow.07.02.2013#1366101
Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, center, unveils 2014 Sochi Olympics countdown clock on Manezh Square.07.02.2013#1366100
Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, center, starts 2014 Sochi Olympics countdown clock on Manezh Square.07.02.2013#1366098
The ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the corner of Malaya Konyushennaya Street and Nevsky Prospekt in St Petersburg.07.02.2013#1366096
Olympic figure skating champion Elena Berezhnaya at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the corner of Malaya Konyushennaya Street and Nevsky Prospekt in St Petersburg.07.02.2013#1366095
From right: Russian President's Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Nikolai Vinnichenko, Governor of St Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko, and Olympic figure skating champion Elena Berezhnaya, left, at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the corner of Malaya Konyushennaya Street and Nevsky Prospekt in St Petersburg.07.02.2013#1366093
Olympic figure skating champion Elena Berezhnaya at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the corner of Malaya Konyushennaya Street and Nevsky Prospekt in St Petersburg.07.02.2013#1366091
The ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the corner of Malaya Konyushennaya Street and Nevsky Prospekt in St Petersburg.07.02.2013#1366090
The ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the corner of Malaya Konyushennaya Street and Nevsky Prospekt in St Petersburg.07.02.2013#1366088
Vladimir Gurba, deputy President's Envoy to the Southern Federal District, left, and Igor Guskov, Education Minister of the Rostov Region, at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock in Rostov-on-Don.07.02.2013#1366068
Varteres Samurhashev, Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, at the at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock in Rostov-on-Don.07.02.2013#1366067
Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin unveils 2014 Olympic countdown clock on Manezh Square. The Games will start in Sochi exactly one year from now.07.02.2013#1366015
Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin unveils 2014 Olympic countdown clock on Manezh Square.07.02.2013#1366014
The ceremony of launching Olympic countdown clock on an embankment in Yekaterinburg.07.02.2013#1365988
The ceremony of launching Olympic countdown clock on an embankment in Yekaterinburg.07.02.2013#1365986
The ceremony of launching Olympic countdown clock on an embankment in Yekaterinburg.07.02.2013#1365983
The ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock in Lenin Square, Novosibirsk.07.02.2013#1365890
Novosibirsk residents at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock in Lenin Square.07.02.2013#1365889
Novosibirsk residents at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock in Lenin Square.07.02.2013#1365888
From left in the foreground: Russian President'sl Envoy in the Siberian Federal District Viktor Tolokonsky and Mayor of Novosibirsk Vladimir Gorodetsky at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock in Novosibirsk.07.02.2013#1365887
The ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the square outside Platinum Arena, Khabarovsk.07.02.2013#1365872
The ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the square outside Platinum Arena, Khabarovsk.07.02.2013#1365871
Young hockey players at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the square outside Platinum Arena, Khabarovsk.07.02.2013#1365870
Young hockey players at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the square outside Platinum Arena, Khabarovsk.07.02.2013#1365869
Governor of the Khabarovsk Region Vyacheslav Shport, left, and Russian Minister of the Far East Development, Presidential Envoy in the Far-eastern Federal District Viktor Ishaev at the ceremony of launching a 2014 Olympics countdown clock on the square outside Platinum Arena, Khabarovsk.07.02.2013#1365867
