The Central State Institute of Physical Culture (currently Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism). A weightlifting class.06.07.1962#5747762
Polina Astakhova, Olympic champion and world champion in artistic gymnastics, performs her balance beam routine.25.06.1962#5750367
The Vladimir Lenin Stadium in Luzhniki. A match between FC Spartak Moscow and FC Torpedo Moscow.01.06.1962#2648647
A match between Burevestnik Odessa and CSKA Moscow during the 25th USSR Volleyball Women's Championship (December 1961 - May1962).01.05.1962#5770502
The 16th USSR ice hockey championship (October 21, 1961 - April 15, 1962). The game between Spartak Moscow and Dynamo Moscow. Dynamo's player Vitaly Davydov.15.04.1962#5748961
The 16th USSR ice hockey championship (October 21, 1961 - April 15, 1962). Spartak's captain Boris Mayorov with the cup the team won in the championship.15.04.1962#5748957
A friendly hockey match between the national teams of the Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.08.03.1962#5744285
Nikolai Snetkov, a Soviet hockey player, silver medalist of the 1959 World Cup in Czechoslovakia and bronze medalist of the 1961 World Cup in Switzerland.16.02.1962#5753636
Stanislav Petukhov, a Soviet hockey player, bronze winner of the Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, the US.16.02.1962#5753635
A friendly game between the USSR ice hockey team and the team of the Moscow Military District Army's Sport Club (Kalinin). The USSR team's Head Coach Arkady Chernyshev, left, and team captain Vyacheslav Starshinov.15.02.1962#5753234
An artistic gymnastics competition. Gymnast Polina Astakhova performing on a balance beam.01.10.1961#5742681
Ukrainian SSR. Viktor Vavilov, left, a worker at Zaporozhye Automobile Plant, is a player of the plant's football team. During a training session.13.06.1961#5814105
USSR national football team, from left: Igor Netto, Vladimir Maslachenko, Valery Lobanovsky, Givi Chokheli, Alexander Medakin, Valery Manoshin, Valentin Ivanov, Slava Metreveli, Yury Voynov, Alexander Batanov, Mikhail Meskhi.01.05.1961#684925
Dynamo Kiev football team. From left: Vasily Turyanchik, goalkeeper Oleg Makarov, Valery Lobanovsky, Vladimir Yerokhin, Anatoly Suchkov, Yuri Voinov, Viktor Kanevsky, Igor Zaitsev, Yuri Kovalev, Valery Troyanovsky, Vladimir Sorokin.01.09.1960#684724
Soviet basketball player Nina Yeryomina, a forward of the Soviet national team, world and European champion, during a game at teh world basketball championship, October 10 to 18, 1959, Luzhniki Palace of Sport, Moscow.15.10.1959#6718843
Soviet basketball player, striker of the USSR national team, world and European champion Nina Yeryomina (number 12) in one of the matches of the World Basketball Championship (October 10-18, 1959, Moscow, Luzhniki Sports Palace). Left: USSR women's national team coach Steapas Butautas.14.10.1959#6718846
Merited Master of Sport of the USSR, bicycle racer Viktor Kapitonov during the first stage of the Peace Race in Berlin, May 1-9.02.05.1959#5627594
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Olympian Larisa Latynina with USSR gymnastics team head coach Alexander Semyonovich Mishakov during practice.04.10.1958#5468028
World champion in running target rifle shooting Iogann Ivanovich Nikitin (1929-1990).03.09.1958#5483646
Soviet athlete and Olympic champion Larisa Latynina (Diry) performs her uneven bars routine at the 14th World Artistic Gymnastics Championship. July 6-10, 1958.10.07.1958#5486578
Soviet national artistic gymnastics team, from left: P. Astakhova, R. Borisova, L. Latynina, T. Manina, L. Kalinina, S. Muratova at the 14th World Artistic Gymnastics Championship. July 6-10, 1958.10.07.1958#5486587
The first meeting of the women's USSR and US basketball teams at the Sports Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow. The match ended with the victory of the Soviet athletes with 15 points higher.25.04.1958#8904437
Moscow Power Engineering Institute (now National Research University MPEI). Mini water polo competition between Hydro-Elecrtic and Thermal Power faculties in the institute's swimming pool (now - MPEI Sports and Technical Center).10.03.1958#8926483
The Third International Friendly Sports Games of Youth held as part of the sixth World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow. More than 4 thousand athletes from 46 countries took part in the games. Rugby competitions were held at the Lenin and Metrostroi Moscow stadiums named after. During the draw, the numbers of five teams were announced: Romania, France, Czechoslovakia, England and Italy.02.08.1957#8923042
A Soviet-Chinese expedition to the Chinese section of the Pamir Mountains. The main achievements during the expedition included the first climb to the top of the peaks Muztag-Ata (7,546 m) and Kongurtyube (7,595 m). Y.Beletsky was the leader of the expedition, assisted by K.Kuzmin and Shi Rang-Chun. Pictured: a group of rock climbers climbing Muztag-Ata in the Pamir Mountains, on the territory of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Lake Karakul is located between the peaks.12.08.1956#8913196
First USSR Summer Spartakiade in Moscow (August 5-16, 1956). A basketball match between the men's national teams of the Latvian SSR and the Karelian ASSR.09.08.1956#5944142
The First Summer USSR People Spartakiad held in Moscow on August 5-16, 1956. The final volleyball match between the national RSFSR and Ukrainian teams. The Ukrainian SSR won 3:2. Dynamo Central Stadium.02.08.1956#5942459
The First Summer USSR People Spartakiad held in Moscow on August 5-16, 1956. A volleyball match between the national men's RSFSR and Latvian teams. Dynamo Central Stadium.01.08.1956#5942456
The First Summer USSR People Spartakiad held in Moscow on August 5-16, 1956. A volleyball match between the national women's RSFSR and Latvian teams. Dynamo Central Stadium.29.07.1956#5942457
Chess tournament for visually impaired and blind children at the athletic boarding school of the All-Union Society of the Blind.01.03.1956#5815801
Soviet footballer and midfielder Alexander Petrov during a training session at the Dynamo stadium in Moscow. Captain of FC CSKA Moscow, Petrov played for the Soviet national football team roster in three games of the 1952 Summer Olympics in Finland. He was the champion of the USSR (1950 and 1951) and the winner of the Soviet Cup (1951 and 1955).11.05.1955#8929028
The USSR Football Cup Trophy, prize of one of the Soviet Union's major football tournaments.04.08.1952#5604060
The XV Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3, 1952) in Helsinki (Finland). A canteen for Soviet athletes in the Olympic Village in the Otaniemi region (Espoo). The Olympic village was specially created for athletes from socialist countries, where they lived and trained most of the time.27.07.1952#8553060
The XV Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3, 1952) in Helsinki (Finland). Polish and Soviet athletes in the Olympic Village in the Otaniemi region (Espoo), specially created for athletes from socialist countries, where they lived and trained most of the time. In the center is Soviet athlete Galina Zybina, 1952 Olympic champion in shot put.27.07.1952#8553053
The XV Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3, 1952) in Helsinki (Finland). The first Olympic Games in which the Soviet Union took part. The Olympic village in the Otaniemi region (Espoo) was specially created for Soviet athletes, where they lived and trained most of the time.27.07.1952#8553023
July 19-August 3, 1952. The 15th Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. The rhythmic gymnastics team qualifier for women at the Exhibition Hall, now the Teele Gym. Members of the Soviet women's team that won gold in Helsinki. From left: Medeya Dzhugeli, Yekaterina Kalinchuk, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Nina Bochariva, galina Minaicheva, Galina Urbanovich, Pelageya Danilova and Galina Shamrai.23.07.1952#8551007
The XV Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3, 1952) in Helsinki (Finland). Men's artistic gymnastics team championship in Exhibition Hall 1 (now Teele Sports Hall). Champion of the Olympic Games in Helsinki, the USSR men's artistic gymnastics team consisting of: Iosif Berdiyev, Mikhail Perlman, Dmitry Leonkin, Victor Chukarin, Grant Shaginyan, Valentin Muratov, Yevgeny Korolkov, Vladimir Belyakov.22.07.1952#8551189
The XV Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3, 1952) in Helsinki (Finland). Football match between the national teams of the USSR and Yugoslavia at the Ratina stadium in Tampere. Players of the USSR national team before the match of the 1/8 finals of the Olympic tournament (from left to right): team captain Vsevolod Bobrov, goalkeeper Leonid Ivanov, Yury Nyrkov, Konstantin Krizhevsky, Anatoly Bashashkin, Igor Netto, Alexander Petrov, Anatoly Ilyin, Valentin Nikolayev, Friedrich Maryutin, and Vasily Trofimov. The USSR national team lost to the Yugoslav national team after two matches (5:5, 1:3).22.07.1952#8556458
The XV Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3, 1952) in Helsinki (Finland). In the discus thrower competition at the Helsinki Olympics, the entire podium was Soviet. The first Olympic gold medal was brought to the USSR national team by track and field athlete Nina Ponomareva-Romashkova. Three Soviet athletes are seen on the podium during the award ceremony, from left: Yelizaveta Bagryantseva (silver), Nina Ponomaryova-Romashkova (gold), and Nina Dumbadze (bronze).20.07.1952#8553071
Nikolai Starostin, Soviet footballer, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, member of the Soviet football team, and the founder of FC Spartak.10.09.1938#6072054
Izmailovo Park of Culture and Leisure named after Stalin (now Izmailovo Park) in Moscow is a main recreation zone for people in Moscow.29.08.1937#8548276
A football match between the German team and the team of the Moscow Physical Fitness Council. 0:4. October 10, 192. Germany10.10.1924#3053550
A football match between "Weser-08" from Bremen, Germany, and the team of Moscow Council of Physical Culture (MSFK)ю Score 0 to 4. October 10, 1924.09.10.1924#5677590
