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2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots. Leopard, Hare and Polar bear. Леопард, Зайка, Белый Мишка (in Russian) Mascots of the 2014 Winter Olympics (Sochi) Creator. Silvia Petrova, Vadim Pak and Oleg Serdechny. Significance. A leopard, a hare and a polar bear. Snowflake and Ray of Light.
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Bely Mishka, Snow Leopard and Zaika (rus. Белый Мишка, Леопард и Зайка, lit. the Leopard, the Polar Bear, and the Hare), also known by their respective species, are the mascots of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. They are often known as the Sochiscouts.
Snow Leopard
His fur is a mandalay color, with spots and the area around his eyes being a rusty-nail color. His muzzle, chest, and paws are ghost white. His paw pads are a winter hazel color. His whiskers are sisal colored. His ears and the tip of his tail are baker's chocolate. His nose is hopbush pink and his lips are dallas colored. His eyes are teal like a jet stream and his irises are sirocco colored. He's got a midnight blue climbing harness on, with a rope, a triangle carabineer and a bag attached to it.
Zaika
Her fur is Alice blue with pale cornflower blue eyebrows and around her eyes. Her brows and lips are mariner. Her tummy is a foggy color and her paw pads are purple like perfume. Her eyes are a pattern of blue with glacier-colored irises. Her nose is raven black. She is wearing a big sapphire bow on her neck.
Bely Mishka
His fur is a greenish mist, with a ghostly white face and belly. His paws are cream-colored. His claws are dark brown. His eyebrows, lips, and around his eyes are light brown. His ears inside are bronzy olive. He has an old lavender nose. His eyes have zircon-colored sclera, and blackcurrant-colored irises. He's got a sky-blue scarf on.
Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard, the Leopard lived on a ledge of a sheer cliff. There was a large, spreading tree growing on it. The tree served him as an apartment, a training room, a place for meditation and a library. The rock served as an observation post and weather station. The leopard warned the surrounding regions about the danger. This village had a special meaning for the Leopard: once there was his home, and everything was completely different. The Leopard grew up as a cheerful, carefree kid. He devoted his leisure time to making the life of the inhabitants of the valley brighter and more interesting. One day, the Leopard woke up early in the morning to think about another prank, when suddenly... The leopard immediately realized that trouble had happened: a huge avalanche had fallen from the top of the mountain and was rapidly approaching the village! Its inhabitants were sleeping peacefully, unaware of anything! Without sparing himself, risking his life, he rushed to the bell tower, located right in the path of the avalanche! At that moment, the Leopard forgot about pranks or pranks — the most important thing for him was to save his family, friends and neighbors. The leopard made it in time, the neighbors heard the alarm and left the village. But the Leopard itself did not escape the trouble... This day could have been his last, if not... It was an old hermit who had been learning the great wisdom of the mountains for many years. He saw the feat of the Leopard, and after the avalanche he dug it out and warmed it in his lair. "Well done, boy! I will teach you." Since then, time has passed, the old Leopard teacher revealed to him many secrets, showed him many exercises, spent many days with him in silent meditation. But it's time for the old man to leave this world. He was weak and asked the Leopard to take him out to the sun to meet his last sunset. "Now leave me alone..." The leopard turned around. He knew that he would never see his teacher again. The training ended, and the Leopard turned into an expert on mountain slopes and an unsurpassed climber. He decided to become a sentry to guard the peace of his valley, equipped the ledge with the latest devices for detecting seismic hazards. Despite his serious duties, the Leopard did not sit on the rock all the time, he trained a lot and taught friends how to snowboard, so pretty soon this sport became popular on their mountain. And the Leopard, following his teacher, was the best in him. His entire village came out to accompany the Leopard to the Sochi Games.
Zaika/Hare
Zaika, the Hare's house stood in the most cozy corner of the protected forest. A big, friendly family lived there. Hare was the eldest daughter — and so responsive! If you ask her for anything, she's already running like an arrow! You won't have time to turn around — the assignment is completed! Hare managed everything: to study with "A" at the Forest Academy, to train in running in summer and figure skating in winter, to help her mother in a small family restaurant "Lesnaya Zapruda" and even to communicate with numerous friends. And Bunny sang wonderfully, many people came to the hares' restaurant just to listen to her. Some of the visitors, even predatory in appearance, came for the sake of the carrot cutlets of the Mother Hare. Life went on as usual, farming, studying, friends... But one day a disaster happened in the forest — a fire started! It was necessary to urgently call someone for help, but the phone line was damaged. The Hare did not lose her head, she darted like an arrow through the smoky forest to her neighbors and together they overcame the elements! When Hare was invited to participate in the mascot competition of the Sochi Games, no one was surprised. On the occasion of the victory, a real celebration was held in the restaurant. The next morning, Hare got ready for the road. The Hare confidently rolled across the ice towards the rising sun...
Bely Mishka/Polar Bear
When Bely Mishka, the Polar Bear was little, he lived on a large ice floe with his mother and always ran away from her somewhere. He was very stubborn: tell him: "You can't!" — and he immediately rushes to prove the opposite. One day the children argued that the Bear would not be able to jump from a high ice floe. A piece of the ice floe broke off, the terrified kids immediately ran for help, but the ice floe floated further and further away from home... When there was already a tiny piece of the ice floe, the Bear was rescued by Russian polar explorers. Life on the ship was completely different, and although everyone doted on him, they had to keep the Bear strictly. After all, with such energy, he could destroy something! Mishka was very glad when the time came for them to disembark — there will be a place for Bear to roam! When the Bear was back on the ice, all the accumulated energy seemed to splash out! Scientists saw the talent of an athlete in the white bear cub and often arranged a speed race for him. Bear broke his own records over and over again. When the Bear stopped being placed in the tent of the polar explorers, they decided to build a new house for him. A month later, Bear was living in his own modern home. He was interested not only in sports, Mishka studied programming, electromechanics, astronomy from polar explorers and made his own scientific discoveries. "Who else but he, a miracle athlete, should become the mascot of the Sochi Games?" the polar explorers thought and sent their application...
•In 2012, Russia came out with a new 25-ruble coin and the Sochi 2014 Olympics mascots were featured on it!
•The Leopard was backed by Prime Minister Putin, which pretty much decided the outcome of the vote.
•For the first time, the Polar Bear was featured in a song that was played on December 1st, 2009, during the presentation of the Sochi 2014 organizing committee's emblem (logo) for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
•The author of the Hare mascot is Silvia, a school girl from the village of New Buyanovo in the Yantikovsky district of Chuvashia. The creators of Leopard and Polar Bear are Vadim Pak and Oleg Serdechny, respectively.
Bely Mishka (polar bear), Snow Leopard (leopard), Zaika (hare) A public vote decided the three mascots, a Polar Bear, European Hare and Amur Leopard. A Ray of Light and a Snowflake were selected to be the mascots of the Paralympic Games.
Feb 13, 2018 · They included Bely Mishka (a polar bear), Zaika (hare), and Snow Leopard all designed by Silvia Petrova, Oleg Serdechny, and Vadim Pak. They were all agreed upon by a popular vote. London 2012 Mascot of the 2012 Olympics in London. Image credit: JeremyRichards/Shutterstock
The Olympic mascots are fictional characters who represent the cultural heritage of the location where the Olympic Games are taking place. They are often an animal native to the area or human figures. One of the first Olympic mascots was created for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; a stylized cartoon character on skis named Schuss.
Feb 15, 2018 · Bely Mishka, Snow Leopard, Zaika - 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia The Sochi Olympics had three mascots: a hare, a polar bear and a leopard. They represented the three spaces on the...
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