Traveler Valentin Yefremov during the All-Russian Geographical Dictation at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad.26.11.2017#3243646
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801184
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801183
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801182
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801181
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801180
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801179
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801178
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801177
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801176
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801175
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801174
The Chelyabinsk strongman Elbrus Nigmatullin performing a unique stunt of restraining two horses.03.03.2016#2801173
Yuliya Yefimova (Russia), winner of the silver medal in the women's 100m breaststroke final at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, during the medal ceremony.30.07.2013#2256025
Yuliya Yefimova (Russia), winner of the silver medal in the women's 100m breaststroke final at the World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, during the medal ceremony.30.07.2013#2256020
Olesa Vladykina, a two-time Paralympic champion at a news conference with participation of Moscow swimmers, prize winners of the 14th Paralympic Games in London.14.09.2012#1238646
Great Britain's Dwain Chambers in the 60 metre sprint at the International Track and Field Athletics Tournament "Russian Winter 2012".05.02.2012#1030547
Russian Polar explorer and record-holder Boris Smolin and his son Arseny at Sheremetyevo 1 airport. Shparo and another record-holding Polar explorer Boris Smolin have set another world record, skiing to the North Pole at night for the first time in history. Both men set out during the winter equinox, on December 22, 2007, from Cape Arktichesky, the northernmost point of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. They reached the North Pole 83 days later, on March 14, 2008 at 7.40 pm. Moscow time, traveling over 1,000 km along Arctic Ocean ice floes and arriving seven days before the onset of the polar day. At Sheremetyevo airport.02.04.2008#304378
Russian polar explorer and record-holder Matvei Shparo at Sheremetyevo 1 airport. Shparo and another record-holding Polar explorer Boris Smolin have set another world record, skiing to the North Pole at night for the first time in history. Both men set out during the winter equinox, on December 22, 2007, from Cape Arktichesky, the northernmost point of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. They reached the North Pole 83 days later, on March 14, 2008 at 7.40 pm. Moscow time, traveling over 1,000 km along Arctic Ocean ice floes and arriving seven days before the onset of the polar day. At Sheremetyevo airport.02.04.2008#304377
Russian polar explorer and record-holder Boris Smolin at Sheremetyevo 1 airport. Smolin and another record-holding Polar explorer Matvei Shparo have set another world record, skiing to the North Pole at night for the first time in history. Both men set out during the winter equinox, on December 22, 2007, from Cape Arktichesky, the northernmost point of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. They reached the North Pole 83 days later, on March 14, 2008 at 7.40 pm. Moscow time, traveling over 1,000 km along Arctic Ocean ice floes and arriving seven days before the onset of the polar day. At Sheremetyevo airport.02.04.2008#304376
Russian Polar explorers and record-holders Matvei Shparo and Boris Smolin [right to leftat Sheremetyevo 1 airport. They have set another world record, skiing to the North Pole at night for the first time in history. Both men set out during the winter equinox, on December 22, 2007, from Cape Arktichesky, the northernmost point of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. They reached the North Pole 83 days later, on March 14, 2008 at 7.40 pm. Moscow time, traveling over 1,000 km along Arctic Ocean ice floes and arriving seven days before the onset of the polar day. At Sheremetyevo airport.02.04.2008#304375
Anniversary meeting of Soviet sport veterans marking the 17th Summer Olympic Games that began in Rome 40 years ago. The USSR national team took the first place in the unofficial team ranking, with 43 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze medals. The team included such outstanding athletes like Larisa Latynina and Boris Shakhlin (artistic gymnastics), Viktor Kapitonov (cycling), Pyotr Bolotnikov (track and field), Arkady Vorobyov and Yury Vlasov (weightlifting) and many others. The Moscow Sport Committee.25.08.2000#8946363
Track and field athlete Maxim Tarasov preparaing for a pole vault. Znamensky Brothers Memorial track and field tournament. Lokomotiv stadium.01.06.1996#825133
Weightlifter Vladimir Sineglazov from Yelets lifts a 16-kg weight while doing the splits, that is, balancing between two chairs on his outstretched legs.10.01.1995#6322493
Weightlifter, gymnast, record-holder and Splits King Vladimir Sineglazov from Yelets in the Lipetsk Region performs a unique act. He is seen here lifting two 16-kilogram dumbbells while doing the splits.10.01.1995#8423597
Vladimir Sineglazov, weightlifter, gymnast, record-holder and the King of Splits from Yelets in the Lipetsk Region.10.01.1995#8423596
American track and field athlete Harry Butch Reynolds during the 400m race at the Znamensky Brothers Memorial international athletics competition. Moscow Lokomotiv Stadium (now RZD Arena), June 5, 1994.05.06.1994#8270555
Larisa Latynina, Soviet artistic gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, her husband Yury Feldman, left, and friends after a tennis match.26.07.1992#6739888
Larisa Latynina, Soviet artistic gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and her husband Yury Feldman at Donskoy Monastery.26.07.1992#6739887
Larisa Latynina, Soviet artistic gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and her husband Yury Feldman at Donskoy Monastery.26.07.1992#6739886
Larisa Latynina, Soviet artistic gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, at her summer cottage outside Moscow.26.07.1992#6739884
Larisa Latynina, Soviet artistic gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and her husband Yury Feldman take a walk on Arbat Street in Moscow.26.07.1992#6739883
Larisa Latynina, Soviet artistic gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, at Donskoy Monastery.26.07.1992#6739882
Larisa Latynina, Soviet artistic gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, during a tennis set break.26.07.1992#6739881
Larisa Latynina, Soviet artistic gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, cooks on the barbeque.26.07.1992#6739880
Larisa Latynina, Soviet artistic gymnast, nine-time Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, plays tennis.26.07.1992#6739879
A miniature of the Transfiguration Church on Kizhi Island, made by Omsk artist / micro-miniaturist Anaoly Konenko, a lecturer at a local construction technical school. He taught painting, art, applied art and modeling.20.02.1991#8227424
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
Members of the Soviet national football team and a national team of top foreign football players hold a match to honor football player Oleg Blokhin, recipient of the Golden Ball award, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games and many-time champion of the USSR, at the Republican Stadium in Kiev, the Ukrainian SSR. Photo: Actors perform before the game.28.06.1989#8159210
Left: Igor Nersesyan, archaeologist, marathon swimmer and worker of the Yalta Lifeguard Station, with his fellow archaeologists at the Black Sea. Ukrainian SSR.01.06.1989#8229341
Igor Nersesyan, archaeologist, marathon swimmer and worker of the Yalta Lifeguard Station, prepares for a swim race in the Black Sea. Ukrainian SSR.01.06.1989#8229339
Igor Nersesyan, archaeologist, marathon swimmer and worker of the Yalta Lifeguard Station, at the Swallow's Nest neo-Gothic castle in Crimea, Ukrainian SSR.01.06.1989#8229338
Igor Nersesyan, archaeologist, marathon swimmer and worker of the Yalta Lifeguard Station, with his wife, Rimma, in Yalta, Ukrainian SSR.01.06.1989#8229337
Igor Nersesyan, archaeologist, marathon swimmer and worker of the Yalta Lifeguard Station, at the Black Sea in Yalta, Ukrainian SSR.01.06.1989#8229335
Igor Nersesyan, archaeologist, marathon swimmer and worker of the Yalta Lifeguard Station, prepares for a swim race in the Black Sea. Ukrainian SSR.01.06.1989#8229332
Vladimir Salnikov, Soviet swimmer, multiple Olympic champion, world and European champion, USSR Merited Master of Sports, with his son Vladimir in Moscow.20.10.1988#8314935
Olympic champion and three-time champion in the 3000-meter run Tatyana Samolenko on a walk.25.08.1988#5828677
Yury Vardanyan, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, world weightlifting record holder, 1980 Olympic champion and many-time world, European and USSR champion, at home with his sons Norair and David in Yerevan, the Armenian SSR.01.05.1988#8352875
Olympic champion and three-time champion in the 3000-meter run Tatyana Samolenko, right, in the family circle.25.03.1988#5828675
Igor Zhelezovsky (Belarusian SSR) (b. 1963), Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, two-time World champion for sprinter multiathlon on skates, a member of the USSR Olympic national team.01.02.1988#810815
Natalya Lisovskaya, merited master of sports, world record holder in shot put, 1987 world champion, winner of the 1987 European Cup. Spartak Sport Society.01.12.1987#8494228
Natalya Lisovskaya, merited master of sports, world record holder and shot putter, world champion (1987), winner of the 1987 European Cup. Spartak sports society.01.12.1987#8494227
Soviet cyclist Vyacheslav Yekimov, who set a world record in the 5 km individual race, gives an interview at the Olympic cycle track in Krylatskoye.20.08.1987#8296756
The 30th Brothers Znamensky Memorial, international track-and-field athletics competitions. Soviet athlete, World and Europe champion Viktor Bryzgin at the finish of the 4 x 100m relay.09.07.1987#2919359
The 30th Brothers Znamensky Memorial, international track-and-field athletics competitions. Soviet athlete, long-jump champion and European record-holder, Merited Master of Sports of the USSr Robert Emmiyan, center.09.07.1987#2919358
Yury Sedykh, Soviet athlete, hammer thrower, Olympic champion and Merited Master of Sports of the Soviet Union.01.06.1987#5765437
Sergei Litvinov, a hammer throw champion, competing at the European Athletics Championships (August 29 –September 3). Neckar Stadium. The Federal Republic of Germany.01.09.1986#813875
1986 Goodwill Games (July 5-20, 1986). Weightlifting. Winner and medalists in the category over 110 kg: Leonid Taranenko (USSR, first prize), Alexander Gunyashev (USSR, second prize), Robert Skolimowski (Polish People's Republic, third prize), right. Izmailovo Sports Palace.21.07.1986#5780951