From right: Soviet speed skaters Lyudmila Osintseva and Irina Yegorova, members of the Soviet national team. Yegorova won silver in the 500-meter and 1,000-meter speed skating events at the 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, in Innsbruck, Austria. Here they are seen training for the 1965 World Speed Skating Championships and the women's classic all-round competitions (February 6-7, Finland).03.02.1965#6022699
Operating department assistant Alla Chekmareva, left, and her friend at a skating rink.15.12.1964#6043383
Soviet figure skaters Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protpopov, 1964 Olympic champions and USSR merited masters of sports, are seen on the ice together with hockey players.01.11.1964#6105058
Soviet ice skaters Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov at the 9th Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.01.03.1964#57430
USSR national ice hockey team, champions of the 9th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck.08.02.1964#5864893
Ninth Winter Olympics in Innsbruck (Austria). January 29 - February 9, 1964. Hockey match between the Soviet and Canadian teams. Soviet hockey players attack.08.02.1964#5864887
The national ice hockey team of the USSR, champions of the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.08.02.1964#5815716
The 9th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, January 29 - February 9, 1964. The winter palace of sport was a venue for ice hockey and figure skating competitions.02.02.1964#5814004
The 9th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, January 29 - February 9, 1964. Speed skating competitions.02.02.1964#5814003
The 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. January 29 - February 9, 1964. On the ice are Soviet figure skaters Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov, gold medalists in pair skating.02.02.1964#5813903
The 9th Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, January 29 - February 9, 1964. The winter palace of sport was a venue for ice hockey and figure skating competitions.01.02.1964#5813912
9th Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, January 29 - February 9, 1964. Speed-skater Lidia Skoblikova, an all-around Olympic champion.29.01.1964#5697224
9th Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, January 29 - February 9, 1964. Speed-skater Lidia Skoblikova with fans.29.01.1964#5697222
9th Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, January 29 - February 9, 1964. Speed-skater Lidia Skoblikova during a race.29.01.1964#5697219
A friendly ice hockey match between the national teams of the USSR and the United States. The Central Lenin Stadium (Luzhniki).19.01.1964#5815722
The traditional USSR-Norway speed-skating competition at the Dynamo Stadium i n Sverdlovsk. Norway's speed-skater Knut Johannesen, left, two-time Olympic champion, talks to Soviet speed-skater Oleg Goncharenko, right.09.01.1964#5697253
Soviet ice hockey player Vyacheslav Starshinov, world and European champion, captain of the national ice hockey team of the USSR.17.12.1963#5754345
The 17th USSR Ice Hockey Championships (1962-1963). Photo: The Central Army Sports Club (CSKA) team has won the championships.18.04.1963#6004827
1962-1963 USSR Figure Skating Championship, Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow. Winners of the men's competition, from left: Vladimir Kurenbin, silver medal; Alexander Vedenin, gold medal, and Valery Meshkov, bronze medal.03.02.1963#5996240
Soviet athlete Viktor Kosichkin won the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter races during the USSR and RSFSR men's individual speed-skating competitions in Gorky. 20.01.1962#178608
Lidiya Skoblikova, Soviet speedskater and two-time Olympic champion (Squaw Valley, 1960) in 1,500 m and 3,000 m.25.03.1960#6376845
Speed skater Robert Merkulov, winner of the competition for the USSR Council of Ministers Prize, during a race.04.02.1960#5681943
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
A bandy (Russian hockey) match between USSR national team-1 and USSR national team-2.01.03.1952#815241
