Moscow. Right: Andrei Chesnokov, a member of the Soviet national tennis team, after a training session.10.10.1986#8450063
Moscow. Center: Andrei Chesnokov, a member of the Soviet national tennis team, trains with rookie tennis players from a local sports school. .10.10.1986#8450062
Moscow. Andrei Chesnokov, a member of the Soviet national tennis team, in training.10.10.1986#8450061
The Goodwill Games, July 5-20, 1986. Olimpiysky Sports Complex. Artistic gymnastics competition. Yury Korolev of he USSR, winner of the all-around event, performs his pommel horse routine.14.07.1986#6477540
U.S. Jackie Joyner, heptathlon winner of the Goodwill Games. The Central Lenin Stadium.12.07.1986#810625
Defender of the USSR national ice hockey team, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, repeated champion of the USSR, world and Europe, champion of the XIV Winter Olympic Games Vyacheslav Fetisov at the World and European Ice Hockey Championships in 1985 in Prague.04.07.1985#8444872
From left: Sergei Bubka and Vasily Bubka, Soviet track and field athletes and pole vaulters, during a training session in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.10.06.1985#8372857
Sergei Bubka, world pole vault champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, plays tennis in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.10.06.1985#8372856
From right: Sergei Bubka and Vasily Bubka, Soviet track and field athletes and pole vaulters, during a training session in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.10.06.1985#8372855
From left: Sergei Bubka and Vasily Bubka, Soviet track and field athletes and pole vaulters, enjoy fishing in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.10.06.1985#8372854
Left: Andrei Khomutov, Olympic champion and forward of HC CSKA Moscow and the Soviet national ice hockey team, during a Soviet Hockey Championship match.13.03.1984#8214993
Center: Vyacheslav Fetisov, Olympic champion and captain of HC CSKA Moscow and the Soviet national ice hockey team, during a Soviet Hockey Championship match against Dynamo Moscow.13.03.1984#8214583
Soviet handball player Yevgeny Chernyshev, Olympic champion (Montreal, 1976), player with the USSR national team and CSKA.28.07.1982#6707938
The ninth Moskovskiye Novosti Newspaper's Moscow International Artistic Gymnastics Tournament (March 26-28, 1982). The Sports Palace of the Lenin Central Stadium in Luzhniki (today Luzhniki Olympic Complex). Soviet gymnast Olga Mostepanova is seen performing bar exercises.26.03.1982#6697188
The ninth Moskovskiye Novosti Newspaper's Moscow International Artistic Gymnastics Tournament (March 26-28, 1982). The Sports Palace of the Lenin Central Stadium in Luzhniki (today Luzhniki Olympic Complex). Soviet gymnast Natlya Yurchenko, the tournament's winner, is giving out autographs.26.03.1982#6697185
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
Center: Soviet figure skater, three-time Olympic champion and coach Irina Rodnina with her trainees.16.01.1981#6687877
Two-time Olympic champion (Munich, 1972, Montreal, 1976) in freestyle wrestling in the middle weight Levan Tediashvili at a meeting with the youth of his native city of Sagarejo in Kakheti. Georgian SSR.07.08.1980#8249862
Two-time Olympic champion (Munich, 1972, Montreal, 1976) in freestyle wrestling in the middle weight Levan Tediashvili hunting in the Iora Valley. Georgian SSR.07.08.1980#8249861
The XXII Summer Olympic Games held in Moscow July 19 - August 3, 1980. Soviet basketball player Ulyana Semyonova, center, Merited Master of Sport o the USSR, during the final against Bulgaria.30.07.1980#6617877
Three-time Olympic champion in biathlon Alexander Tikhonov is seen with his sons at home.25.02.1980#8242369
The Belarusian SSR. Gymnast and two-time Olympic champion Olga Korbut talks about her achievements.21.01.1980#8240226
Center: Many-time world champion, American boxer Muhammad Ali and his wife Veronica Porche Ali on Moscow's Red Square.15.06.1978#6752585
Olympic, world and European champion, merited master of sports Vyacheslav Starshinov. Head coach of Spartak Moscow since 1972.23.10.1973#5982239
A chess tournament of USSR national teams. International chess grandmaster Milkhail Tal.01.04.1973#5982220
A chess tournament of USSR national teams. International chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov.01.04.1973#5982214
A chess tournament of USSR national teams. International chess grandmaster Vasily Smyslov.01.04.1973#5982213
Lyudmila Turishcheva, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1970) and holder of the 1971 USSR artistic gymnastics cup. The Yubileiny sports palace in Leningrad.12.04.1971#705152
Lyudmila Turishcheva, Merited Master of Sports (1970), winner of 1971 USSR artistic gymnastics cup. Leningrad Yubileiny Sports Complex.11.04.1971#705166
Tamara Lazakovich at 1971 USSR artistic gymnastics cup in Leningrad Yubileiny Sports Complex.11.04.1971#705162
Lyudmila Turishcheva, a 19-year old world champion in artistic gymnastics, receiving a diploma, that awards her a USSR merited master of sports title, from Gleb Belov, chairman of the USSR Gymnastics Federation. Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow.30.10.1970#705485
1969 USSR Rhythmic Gymnastics Cup. Gymnast Alla Zasukhina performs a hoop exercise.01.07.1969#6221467
Soviet chess player and international grand master Boris Spassky plays against grand master Tigran Petrosyan during a match of the 1969 World Chess Championships (April 14-June 17, 1969).05.06.1969#6242140
International grand master Tigran Petrosyan plays against Boris Spassky during a match of the 1969 World Chess Championships (April 14-June 17, 1969).05.06.1969#6242135
The 1969 World and European Ice Hockey Championships in Stockholm (March 15-30, 1969). National teams of the Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (Czechoslovak) play against each other. Photo: The Soviet team's attacker Vladimir Vikulov in action.28.03.1969#6237133
The 23rd USSR ice hockey championship, September 15, 1968 - April 27, 1969. A match between CSKA Moscow and Spartak Moscow. CSKA forward Vladimir Petrov faces off Spartak's forward Vyacheslav Starshinov.01.11.1968#6214975
The 1968 World Parachuting Championship in Austria. Vladimir Gurny, silver medalist in the men's team count.01.09.1968#6655749
Viktor Konovalenko, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, goaltender of the Soviet national ice hockey team, Olympic champion (Innsbruck, 1964), and many-time world and European champion.09.12.1966#6058273
Soviet freestyle and Sambo (Unarmed Combat) wrestler, Olypic heavyweight champion (964) nd four-time freestyle wrestling champion Alexander Ivanitsky takes a walk with his son.01.12.1966#6292643
Soviet freestyle and Sambo (Unarmed Combat) wrestler, Olypic heavyweight champion (1964) and four-time freestyle wrestling champion Alexander Ivanitsky, his wife and son visit a store.01.12.1966#6292642
Alexander Ivanitsky, Soviet freestyle wrestler, sambo athlete, Olympic heavyweight champion (Tokyo, 1964) and four-time world freestyle wrestling champion, at a training session.01.12.1966#6292636
Top: Alexander Ivanitsky, Soviet freestyle wrestler, sambo athlete, Olympic heavyweight champion (Tokyo, 1964) and four-time world freestyle wrestling champion, at a training session.01.12.1966#6292635
Bottom: Alexander Ivanitsky, Soviet freestyle wrestler, sambo athlete, Olympic heavyweight champion (Tokyo, 1964) and four-time world freestyle wrestling champion, at a training session.01.12.1966#6292634
1966 USSR track and field championship in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR. Tamara Press, three time Olympic champion, USSR champion, puts the shot.13.08.1966#5920339
Alexander Medved, a Soviet Byelorussian athlete, free-style wrestler, 1964 Tokyo Olympics light heavyweight champion, seven time world champion, three time European champion, and nine time USSR champion in light heavy weight, heavyweight and absolute categories.17.06.1966#6035519
A friendly ice hockey match between Soviet and US national teams on the Ice Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium in Luzhniki. Soviet hockey player Boris Maiorov during the match.08.02.1966#6327952
World record-holder and absolute aerobatic display world champion Galina Korchuganova at an aviation training center at Oreshkovo airfield in the Kaluga Region.03.02.1965#6022697
Center: Galina Korchuganova, pilot, world record holder and woman's all-around aerial acrobatics champion, and her flying club friends at Kaluga Training Aviation Center at the Oreshkovo airfield.03.02.1965#6022684
Ukrainian SSR. 1964 USSR track and field championship, August 27-30, Kiev. European champion and Merited Masteer of Sport of the USSR Tatyana Shchelkanova in the long jump venue.28.08.1964#5948086
Soviet track-and-field athlete Valery Brumel (high jump), silver medalist of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, trains for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo (1964).13.07.1964#5951189
Javelin thrower, 1960 Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sport of the USSR Elvira Ozolina trains for a friendly US-Soviet match (July 25-26, 1964, Los Angeles.01.07.1964#5951204
Seven-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Larisa Latynina trains for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo (1964).16.06.1964#5950382
Seven-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Larisa Latynina trains for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo (1964).16.06.1964#5950378
Track and field athlete Valery Brumel, high jump champion of the 23rd Olympics in Tokyo, Meritd Master of Sport of the USSR with his baby son Sasha.11.06.1964#5948074
A young couple: Soviet athlete (high jump), silver medalist of the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and European champion Valery Brumel and Svetlana Lazareva.25.03.1963#6179200
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
