Before and after photos of Sochi Olympics construction

Go through to see the development of Olympics-related construction from February 2013 to January 30, 2014 in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi. Will all the new buildings be ready by the time the Winter Games begin?

 

BEFORE: Lorries swirl dust on the main road in the village of Krasnaya Polyana, a venue for the Sochi 2014 winter Olympics, near Sochi on February 11, 2013.
 

   AFTER: Cars drive past newly built hotels and shopping centres in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi on January 30, 2014.

    BEFORE: An elderly man walks in front of a huge construction site over an old street in the original part of the village of Krasnaya Polyana, a venue for the Sochi 2014 winter Olympics, on February 10, 2013.

    AFTER: Olympic volunteers walk through a newly built street in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi on January 30, 2014.

    BEFORE: A huge construction site is seen in Krasnaya Polyana, a venue for the Sochi 2014 winter Olympics, near Sochi on February 10, 2013.

    AFTER: A view of the same construction site in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi on January 30, 2014.

    BEFORE: Construction workers have a break on the balcony of a barely finished house in the village of Krasnaya Polyana, a venue for the Sochi 2014 winter Olympics, on February 11, 2013.

    AFTER: The newly decorated facade of a house which was used to host construction workers in the village of Krasnaya Polyana, near Sochi, on January 30, 2014.
 

   BEFORE: A massive construction site is seen outside Krasnaya Polyana, a venue for the Sochi 2014 winter Olympics, near Sochi on February 11, 2013.

    AFTER: An overall view shows the same construction site in the village of Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi on January 30, 2014. Organizers had previously claimed that construction would be completed by August 2013.

    BEFORE: Elderly villagers walk in the old part of the village of Krasnaya Polyana, a venue for the Sochi 2014 winter Olympics, near Sochi on February 11, 2013.

 

   
    AFTER: An elderly woman walks through a newly built street in the village of Krasnaya Polyana, near Sochi, on January 30, 2014.