Bunny, Leopard and White Polar Bear, the mascots of Sochi's 2014 Winter Olympics, seen on the city streets during the 2014 Winter Olympics: 1,000 Days To Go festival.

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Leopard, the mascot of Sochi's 2014 Winter Olympics, hugs a boy during the 2014 Winter Olympics: 1,000 Days To Go festival.

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Jazz musician Igor Butman, left, attends wild cherry forest planting in a park near Sochi's Sea Passenger Terminal, a regular event of the Chereshnevy Les (Wild Cherry Forest) annual open arts festival held during the Sochi 2014 Culture Festival's Year of Theater.

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Film director Nikita Mikhalkov, left, and actor Oleg Menshikov attend wild cherry forest planting, a regular event of the Chereshnevy Les (Wild Cherry Forest) annual open arts festival held during the Sochi 2014 Culture Festival's Year of Theater.

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Actress Irina Alfyorova attends wild cherry forest planting in a park near Sochi's Sea Passenger Terminal, a regular event of the Chereshnevy Les (Wild Cherry Forest) annual open arts festival held during the Sochi 2014 Culture Festival's Year of Theater.

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Pop singer Valery Syutkin attends wild cherry forest planting, a regular event of the Chereshnevy Les (Wild Cherry Forest) annual open arts festival held during the Sochi 2014 Culture Festival's Year of Theater, with Sochi's countdown clock for the 2014 Winter Olympics, which is due to start in 1,000 days, seen behind.

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Film director Nikita Mikhalkov attends wild cherry forest planting, a regular event of the Chereshnevy Les (Wild Cherry Forest) annual open arts festival held during the Sochi 2014 Culture Festival's Year of Theater, with Sochi's countdown clock for the 2014 Winter Olympics, which is due to start in 1,000 days, seen behind.

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Russian Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Minister Vitaly Mutko, left, and Sochi 2014 Bidding Committee president Dmitry Chernyshenko with the leopard and polar bear, the mascots of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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The opening ceremony for the Volunteer Center at the Sochi State University for Tourism and Recreation held during the nationwide festival 2014 Winter Olympics: 1,000 Days To Go.

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A participant attends the opening ceremony for the Volunteer Center at the Sochi State University for Tourism and Recreation during the nationwide festival 2014 Winter Olympics: 1,000 Days To Go.

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Sochi 2014 Bidding Committee president Dmitry Chernyshenko, foreground left, attends the opening ceremony for the Volunteer Center at the Sochi State University for Tourism and Recreation during the nationwide festival 2014 Winter Olympics: 1,000 Days To Go.

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Russian Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Minister Vitaly Mutko attends the opening ceremony for the Volunteer Center at the Sochi State University for Tourism and Recreation during the nationwide festival 2014 Winter Olympics: 1,000 Days To Go.

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Sochi 2014 Bidding Committee president Dmitry Chernyshenko attends the 1,000 mass race during the nationwide festival 2014 Winter Olympics: 1,000 Days To Go.

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Sochi 2014 Bidding Committee president Dmitry Chernyshenko and volunteers participate in a 1,000 mass race during the nationwide festival 2014 Winter Olympics: 1,000 Days To Go.

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Film director Nikita Mikhalkov, participant of wild cherry forest planting, a regular event of the Chereshnevy Les (Wild Cherry Forest) annual open arts festival held during the Sochi 2014 Culture Festival's Year of Theater, signs autograph on a baseball cap.

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