Viktor Kosichkin, Soviet speed skater, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR and member of the Soviet national speed skating team, on the track.01.01.1964#5864751
USSR Speed Skating Championship in Moscow (January 21-22, 1963). Gold medalist, champion of the USSR in classical all-around Inga Voronina-Artamonova competes at Dynamo Stadium.17.02.1963#6169272
Soviet skater Evgeny Grishin, multiple champion of Europe, world and Olympic champion, right, gives an autograph.03.02.1963#5996683
Soviet speed-skater Viktor Kosichkin won the 1960 Winter Olympics n Squaw Valley and the 1960 Classic All-Round Competitions in Moscow.12.12.1962#6162845
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships. February 17-18, 1962. The open-air Lenin Central Stadium in Luzhniki. Sprinter Yevgeny Grishin during the 500-meter relay.18.02.1962#5754163
The World Speed Skating Championships for Men held in 1962 in Luzhniki. Soviet speed skater Boris Stenin, left, bronze winner at the Olympics in Squaw Valley (United States, 1960) and Dutch speed skater Henk van der Grift.16.02.1962#5753638
The World Speed Skating Championships for Men held in 1962 in Luzhniki. Olympic champion (United States, 1960) Viktor Kosichkin during the relay race.16.02.1962#5753637
Kazakh SSR. The 1962 women's speed skating championship of USSR at Medeo skating rink outside Alma-Ata. Winners Inga Voronina-Artamonova, first place; Lidia Skoblikova, second place, and Albina Bryzgalova, third place.28.01.1962#5753225
Speed skater Robert Merkulov, winner of the competition for the USSR Council of Ministers Prize, during a race.04.02.1960#5681943
Athlete Lidia Skoblikova from Chelyabinsk placed first with five minutes and 14.8 seconds during the 1960 USSR women's speed skating championship. 26.01.1960#171702
Sofia Kondakova, Soviet athlete, Merited Sports Master in the 1000 meters event, skating world champion in 1956.07.03.1959#364161
World champion (1953, 1956, 1959), champion of Europe (1957, 1958), of the USSR and Olympic Games, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1953) Oleg Goncharenko (1931-1986) during competitions.18.02.1959#364149
Soviet speed skater Sofya Kondakova, Merited Master of Sport, 1956 world champion in women's classical all-round event in Kvarnsveden, Sweden, is at home with her husband.01.03.1956#5815812
Soviet speed skater Sofya Kondakova, Merited Master of Sport, 1956 world champion in women's classical all-round event in Kvarnsveden, Sweden, during a skiing trip.01.03.1956#5815810
Women's world Allround Speed Skating champion in Kvarnsveden, Sweden, Soviet skate runner, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Sofya Kondakova, the winners of the championship.05.02.1956#5815809
Soviet speed skater Sofya Kondakova, Merited Master of Sport, 1956 world champion in women's classical all-round event in Kvarnsveden, Sweden.05.02.1956#5815806
Speed skater Boris Shilkov, world champion, Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, on the rink.17.02.1954#675882
Moscow. From left: Veteran Soviet athletes/speed-skaters Vasily Ippolitov, Yakov Melnikov and Platon Ippolitov at Dynamo Stadium in 1938.20.02.1938#8415419