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Akhshtyrskaya Cave, Archaeological cave in Adlersky District, Sochi, Russia.

Akhshtyrskaya Cave opens in the right bank of the Mzymta where the river cuts the Akhtsu ridge, beside the villages of Akhshtyr and Kazachi Brod. The cave lies on a river terrace; the Dzikhra stream joins the Mzymta in the same canyon, which is protected as the Dzykhra Canyon natural monument.

The cave was discovered in 1903 by French scientist Edouard Alfred Martel, bringing scientific attention to the site. Systematic investigations beginning in 1936 under Sergei Zamyatin revealed traces of different human cultures spanning many distinct time periods.

The name comes from the village of Akhshtyr nearby, and the cave sits on a terrace of the right bank of the Mzymta. The gorge itself is a protected natural monument of Russia listed as the Dzijra Canyon, and since 2014 the AJ Hackett Sochi SkyPark has operated on the heights above it.

The cave lies on a terrace on the right bank of the Mzymta, near the village of Akhshtyr and Kazachi Brod in Adler district. The Dzikhra river flows into the Mzymta within the gorge. Since 2014 the AJ Hackett Sochi Skypark has operated on the gorge's heights, with a bungee jump and a suspension bridge.

The cave sits on a terrace of the right bank of the Mzymta, where the Dzikhra stream joins the river; the whole gorge is protected as the Dzikhra Canyon natural monument. Since 2014 the AJ Hackett Sochi Skypark has operated on the gorge's heights above the cave.

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