Samara Region Governor Nikolai Merkushkin at the official cauldron lighting ceremony during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Samara Region Governor Nikolai Merkushkin at the official cauldron lighting ceremony during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Samara Region Governor Nikolai Merkushkin, left, and torchbearer Tagir Khaibulayev at the official cauldron lighting ceremony during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Samara Region Governor Nikolai Merkushkin, left, and torchbearer Tagir Khaibulayev at the official cauldron lighting ceremony during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torchbearer Roman mafteutsa during the Olympic Torch relay in Samara.

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Torchbearer Alexander Khinshtein during the Olympic Torch Relay in Samara.

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School children during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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School children watching the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torchbearers Andrei Golovanov and Dmitry Ramzayev, right, during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torchbearer Andrei Golovanov during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torchbearer Dmitry Ramzayev during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torchbearer Andrei Golovanov during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearers Pavel Misyulya, left, and Anatoly Alkanov during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearer Tatyana Plotnikova during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Workers watch the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Pavel Bubnov, a world and European champion, a four-time Russian champion in track and field among veterans, during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Onlookers during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearer Vladimir Usov during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearer Sergei Larionov during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearers Alexander Shmurnov and Maksim Balchugov, right, during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearer Maksim Balchugov during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearer Viktor Olkhovsky during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearer Nikol Rodomakina during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearers Nikol Rodomakina and Roman Markin during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Onlookers during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearers Sergei Mokhov and Pavel Misyulya, right, during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearer Anna Mastyanina during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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Torch bearers Lev Finikov and Anna Mastyanina during the Olympic torch relay in Samara.

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