Editing Sochi (section)

=== Overview ===
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| title          = Turnover of large and medium-sized enterprises of the city, in billion rubles.<ref>{{cite web
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 | publisher     = Sochi.ru
 | url           = http://old.sochiadm.ru/gorodskaya-vlast/administration-city/deyatelnost/ekonomika/reestr/63729/
 | title         = Основные итоги социально-экономического развития муниципального образования город-курорт Сочи за 2015 год
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 | publisher     = Sochi.ru
 | url           = http://old.sochiadm.ru/gorodskaya-vlast/administration-city/deyatelnost/ekonomika/reestr/76672/
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 | publisher     = Sochi.ru
 | url           = http://old.sochiadm.ru/gorodskaya-vlast/administration-city/deyatelnost/ekonomika/reestr/96104/
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Sochi is an economic centre of [[Krasnodar Krai]] and Russia. According to the economist-geographer [[Natalia Zubarevich]], Sochi, being a "recreational capital", along with the largest industrial centers, acts as a "motor" of development that determines the prospects and directions of the country's development.<ref>{{cite web |author=Наталья Зубаревич |date=2013 |title=Крупные города России: лидеры и аутсайдеры |trans-title=Major cities of Russia: leaders and outsiders. |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2013/0551/demoscope551.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2013/0551/demoscope551.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |access-date=8 September 2020 |work=Демоскоп Weekly}}</ref> The economy of Sochi is based on trade, construction, resort and tourism. Its structure for 2015: retail trade (59%), construction (15%), resorts and tourism (11%), industry (10.6%), transport (3.5%) and agriculture (0.9%).<ref name="Economy1">{{cite web |author=Alexey |date=September 3, 2015 |title=Инфографика: экономика города-курорта Сочи в цифрах |trans-title=Infographic: The economy of the resort city of Sochi in numbers. |url=http://www.sochiru.com/item/3340 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420232139/http://www.sochiru.com/item/3340 |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2020 |work=SOCHIru.com}}</ref> Sochi is one of the most popular tourism centres, as well as a prominent financial centre in Russia. Investments in the city's economy over the past 10 years have amounted to more than 1.1 trillion rubles.<ref name="Economy1"/> The turnover of medium and large enterprises in Sochi in 2017 amounted to more than 191.3 billion rubles. The increase in turnover in comparison with the previous year is 12%.<ref name="2017Statistics"/>

In 2010, Sochi headed the "Rating of Russian cities by quality of life" of the Urbanika Institute,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Рейтинг городов России по качеству жизни (Top – 20) – 2010 год – Страница 2 – Urbanica |trans-title=Ranking of Russian Cities by Quality of Life (Top 20) – 2010 – Page 2 – Urbanica |url=http://urbanica.spb.ru/research/ratings/top-20-gorodov-rossii-po-kachestvu-zhizni/ |access-date=2021-05-19 |language=ru-RU}}</ref> and in 2014 and 2015 it ranked as 4th and 5th city respectively;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Integral ranking "TOP 100 Russian cities" based on 2013 data – Page 2 – Urbanica|url=http://urbanica.spb.ru/en/research/ratings/integralnyj-rejting-sta-krupnejshih-2-2/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=urbanica.spb.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Integral ranking "TOP Russian cities" based on 2014 data – Page 2 – Urbanica|url=http://urbanica.spb.ru/en/research/ratings/integralnyj-rejting-krupnejshih-gor/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=urbanica.spb.ru}}</ref> experts noted the high rate of development of the city, large-scale investments on the eve of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]], favorable environmental conditions and high safety of residents.<ref>{{cite web |author=Urbanica |date=October 15, 2009 |title=Рейтинг городов России по качеству жизни (Top – 20) – 2010 год |trans-title=Ranking of Russian Cities by Quality of Life (Top 20) – Year 2010 |url=http://urbanica.spb.ru/research/ratings/top-20-gorodov-rossii-po-kachestvu-zhizni/ |access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, Sochi topped the rating of "30 best cities for business" in Russia, by [[Forbes]].<ref>{{cite web |title=30 лучших городов для бизнеса — 2012 |trans-title=30 Best Cities for Business — 2012 |url=http://www.forbes.ru/rating/30-luchshih-gorodov-dlya-biznesa-2012/2012 |access-date=September 8, 2020 |work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>