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Period of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games


The period of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games is a time span that includes one month prior to the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the duration of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and one month after the day of the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games1.

  1. Federal Law No. 310-FZ dated December 1, 2007 "On the Organization and Conduct of the XXII Winter Olympic Games and XI Winter Paralympic Games in 2014 in the City of Sochi, on the Development of the City of Sochi as a Mountain Climate Resort, and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation", as amended on December 1, 2007, Article 2, paragraph 2 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2007. No. 49. Page 6071. ↩