Ukrainian SSR. Soviet epee fencers. 2nd right: 1964 Olympic champion in the individual competition Grigory Kriss.24.07.2019#5958020
Ryan Lochte (USA) in the men's 200m freestyle semifinals at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.29.07.2013#2256031
France's Martin Fourcadeat a shooting range during men's sprint race at the World Cup 8 Biathlon in Sochi (re-focussed).09.03.2013#1405634
The Tournament of Hope. World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Moscow. Left: Leonid Zhabotinsky, Soviet weightlifter in super heavy weight, Merited Master of Sports, presents an award to 16-year-old weightlifter and winner of the competition.30.05.1990#8454305
The funeral of the best goalkeeper of the 20th century, winner of the Ballon d'Or award Lev Yashin at Vagankovo Cemetery.22.03.1990#6676788
The funeral of the best goalkeeper of the 20th century, winner of the Ballon d'Or award Lev Yashin at Vagankovo Cemetery.22.03.1990#6676776
Boxing at the 1986 Goodwill Games (July 5-20, 1986). Boxer Mekhak Kazaryan (USSR), left, defeats Samson Khachatryan (USSR) in the final match for the featherweight category (up to 57 kg). Olimpiysky Sports Center.19.07.1986#5779912
Boxing at the 1986 Goodwill Games (July 5-20, 1986). Boxer Orzubek Nazarov (USSR), right, defeats Romallis Ellis (USA) in the final match for the lightweight category (up to 60 kg). Olimpiysky Sports Center.19.07.1986#5779910
Oleg Blokhin, Russian national football team's forward and Dynamo Kiev player, during training sessions ahead of the World Cup in Spain.12.05.1982#6694905
Judge of the International Gymnastics Tournament for the prize of Moskovskiye Novosti newspaper, Olympic champion, World and Europe champion, Soviet gymnast Nellie Kim, right. Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium.01.03.1982#818911
Member of the USSR National Athletics team, 1978 Europe Champion, bronze medalist of the Olympiad-76 in Montreal, winner of 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Vera Anisimova.01.07.1980#816654
Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Five-time World Champion in Freestyle Wrestling Ali Aliyev during a sparring session.06.06.1976#5596113
Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Chief doctor of a municipal hospital in Makhachkala, five-time World Champion in Freestyle Wrestling Ali Aliyev during a surgery.06.06.1976#5596112
Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Sports complex of voluntary sports society, Urozhai. Five-time World Champion in Freestyle Wrestling Ali Aliyev after a training.06.06.1976#5596111
Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Chief doctor of a hospital in Makhachkala, Five-time World Champion in Freestyle Wrestling Ali Aliyev.06.06.1976#5596110
Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Five-time World Champion in Freestyle Wrestling Ali Aliyev.06.06.1976#5596109
Five-time freestyle wrestling world champion Ali Aliyev, right, talks to his trainee Magomed Ramazanov, left, at the sports center of the Urozhai Volunteer Sports Society in the Dagestani ASSR.06.06.1976#5596108
Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Sports complex of voluntary sports society, Urozhai. Five-time World Champion in Freestyle Wrestling Ali Aliyev, right, holds a training.06.06.1976#5596107
Yury Shakhmuradov, USSR Merited Master of Sports, senior coach of the USSR freestyle wrestling team, at the 1975 world freestyle wrestling championship. Minsk Sports Hall.12.09.1975#689894
A chess tournament between USSR national teams. Center: International Grandmaster, former world chess champion Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010).01.04.1973#5774407
Soviet track and field athlete, multiple world record holder in long jump Igor Ter-Ovanesyan.10.07.1970#5947184
The Men's World All-Round Speed Skating Championships. February 15-16, 1969 in Deventer, the Netherlands. Background: Soviet athlete and sprinter Anatoly Lepyoshkin takes part in the 500-meter race.16.02.1969#6147391
European champion (1968) in the heavyweight category, weightlifter Leonid Zhabotinsky (cropped image).01.02.1968#2353413
Moscow international table tennis tournament. Soviet table tennis player Laima Amelina-Balaisite, multiple USSR champion, during the game.20.02.1966#6316388
Alexei Nikanchikov, member of the USSR national fencing team, during a training session.08.02.1966#6327029
1965 World Fencing Championships held in Paris between 2-12 July. Soviet fencer, 1964 Tokyo Olympic champion Grigory Kriss defeating England's Henry Hoskins.10.07.1965#5902664
Awarding athletes for successful performance at the 18th Summer Olympics and the 9th Winter Olympics. Anastas Mikoyan, Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium, right, presents the Red Banner Order of Labor to Soviet weightlifter and champion of the 18th Olympic Games Leonid Zhabotinsky.14.04.1965#6340919
Ukrainian SSR. Soviet epee fencer and 1964 Olympic champion in the individual competition Grigory Kriss, center.11.12.1964#5958015
Ukrainian SSR. A Soviet sword fencer, 1964 Olympic champions in men's singles Grigory Kriss.11.12.1964#5958013
Ukrainian SSR. Left: Soviet epee fencer Grigory Kriss, 1964 Olympic champion in the individual competition, and his friends on the roof of Hotel Ukraina's 17-storey building.17.11.1964#6013147
Ukrainian SSR. Soviet epee fencer Grigory Kriss, 1964 Olympic champion in individual competition, in his home.17.11.1964#6011830
The Ukrainian SSR. Photo: Soviet fencer (rapier) and 1964 Olympic champion (personal qualification) Grigory Kriss in an exhibition hall.17.11.1964#6011824
The Ukrainian SSR. Photo: Soviet fencer (rapier) and 1964 Olympic champion (personal qualification) Grigory Kriss takes a walk with his wife.17.11.1964#6011823
The Ukrainian SSR. Photo: Soviet fencer (rapier) and 1964 Olympic champion (personal qualification) Grigory Kriss takes a walk with his wife.17.11.1964#6011822
The Ukrainian SSR. Photo: Soviet fencer (rapier) and 1964 Olympic champion (personal qualification) Grigory Kriss out shopping.17.11.1964#6011821
The Ukrainian SSR. Photo: Soviet fencer (rapier) and 1964 Olympic champion (personal qualification) Grigory Kriss returns after a training session.17.11.1964#6011814
The Ukrainian SSR. Photo: Soviet fencer (rapier) and 1964 Olympic champion (personal qualification) Grigory Kriss, second right on stage, and Olympic champion weightlifter Leonid Jabotinsky, center, in a pavilion of the Kiev television studio.17.09.1964#6011819
The Ukrainian SSR. Photo: Soviet fencer (rapier) and 1964 Olympic champion (personal qualification) Grigory Kriss, left, with his friends.17.09.1964#6011818
The Ukrainian SSR. Soviet epee fencer, 1964 Olympic champion (Tokyo) Grigory Kriss.29.05.1964#5897759
The Ukrainian SSR. Soviet epee fencer, 1964 Olympic champion (Tokyo) Grigory Kriss.29.05.1964#5897758
The Ukrainian SSR. Soviet epee fencer, 1964 Olympic champion (Tokyo) Grigory Kriss during a training session.29.05.1964#5897757
The USSR Artistic Gymnastics Individual Events Championships. August 7-11, 1963. The Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Luzhniki. Gymnast Viktor Lisitsky performs his floor routine.09.08.1963#5832645
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Soviet athlete, multiple world record holder in long jump. Big Sports Arena of the Vladimir Lenin Central Stadium (now Luzhniki Stadium).10.06.1963#5940622
The match for the women's world chess champion title between world champion Yelizaveta Bykova and challenger Nona Gaprindashvili (September 18 — October 17, 1962). FIDE vice president Boris Rodionov presents the award to the new world champion Nona Gaprindashvili.17.10.1962#5750371
The match for the women's world chess champion title between world champion Yelizaveta Bykova and challenger Nona Gaprindashvili (September 18 — October 17, 1962). World champion Nona Gaprindashvili during the award ceremony.17.10.1962#5751527
The match for the women's world chess champion title between world champion Yelizaveta Bykova and challenger Nona Gaprindashvili (September 18 — October 17, 1962). World champion Nona Gaprindashvili with the Cup.17.10.1962#5751526
