The state awards ceremony in St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. Russian President Boris Yeltsin awards the three-time Olympic Champion, twrestler Alexander Karelin (right) the Gold Star medal and confers the Hero of the Russian Federation rank.19.05.1997#3027816
March 28-29, 1992. Azerbaijani gymnast Valery Belenky exercises on a vaulting horse at the 19th Moscow International Gymnastics Tournament World Stars 1992 at the Luzhniki Sports Palace.28.03.1992#8242295
March 28-29, 1992. Azerbaijani gymnast Valery Belenky exercises on the rings at the 19th Moscow International Gymnastics Tournament World Stars 1992 at the Luzhniki Sports Palace.28.03.1992#8242294
March 28-29, 1992. Azerbaijani gymnast Valery Belenky exercises on a vaulting horse at the 19th Moscow International Gymnastics Tournament World Stars 1992 at the Luzhniki Sports Palace.28.03.1992#8242289
Anatoly Firsov, prominent hockey player and Olympic champion, member of the USSR Supreme Soviet.23.11.1990#6651135
Dmitry Bilozerchev, three-time Olympic champion and two-time all-around world champion in artistic gymnastics, uses an An Ilizarov apparatus to recover from an injury.01.12.1988#5832068
1986 Goodwill Games (July 5-20, 1986). Izmailovo Sport Palace. Weightlifting. Yury Zakharevich (USSR), winner in the 100 kg category.19.07.1986#6477534
1986 Goodwill Games (July 5-20, 1986). Freestyle wrestling. Individual finals. Winner in the 74 kg category Dave Schultz (USA) with his family. Druzhba Sports Center.15.07.1986#5780952
Figure skaters Yelena Valova and Oleg Vasilyev, champions in pair skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics which took place in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, between February 8 and 19, 1984, during a training session.25.07.1984#5998353
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
The 8th Summer Spartakiade of USSR Nations (May 11-August 5, 1983). Photo: Gymnast Dmitry Bilozerchev performs on a vaulting horse during gymnastics competitions at the Sports Palace of the Lenin Luzhniki Central Stadium in Moscow.01.08.1983#5838597
Gymnast Dmitry Bilozerchev (b. 1966) sighing autographs for his young fans. Artistic gymnastics competition, the Sports Palace of Luzhniki Central Lenin Stadium. The Eighth Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (July - August, 1983).01.08.1983#813157
Gymnast Dmitry Bilozerchev (b. 1966) performing bar exercises. Artistic gymnastics competition, the Sports Palace of Luzhniki Central Lenin Stadium. The Eighth Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (July - August, 1983).01.08.1983#813155
Gymnast Dmitry Bilozerchev (b. 1966). Artistic gymnastics competition, the Sports Palace of Luzhniki Central Lenin Stadium. The Eighth Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (July - August, 1983).01.08.1983#813147
Yury Zakharevich, 19, silver medalist of the 1981 World Weightlifting Championships in Lille, competes in the USSR Weightlifting Championships (May 17-23, 1982) in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.22.05.1982#6700682
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
Yuri Sargsyan, Junior World and European Weightlifting Champion in 1979 under 56 kilograms weight category, USSR champion in 1979, silver medalist at 1980 European Championship.01.07.1980#813637
Gymnast Aleksandr Nikolayevich Dityatin (b. 1957), absolute world artistic gymnastics champion at a training session.01.07.1980#813496
Gymnast Aleksandr Nikolayevich Dityatin (b. 1957), absolute world artistic gymnastics champion at a training session.01.07.1980#813495
Gymnast Aleksandr Nikolayevich Dityatin (b. 1957), absolute world artistic gymnastics champion at a parallel bar training session.01.07.1980#813494
Gymnast Aleksandr Nikolayevich Dityatin (b. 1957), absolute world artistic gymnastics champion at a training session.01.07.1980#813493
Vyacheslav Ivanov, three-time Olympic champion in rowing and canoeing (Melbourne, 1956; Rome, 1960 and Tokyo, 1964).13.06.1980#8316429
Nikolai Zimyatov, silver medalist of the World cross-Country Skiing Championships, trains for the upcoming 13th Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, the United States. He is seen here competing in the traditional annual Krasnogorsk Ski Track ski race.26.12.1979#8239039
A gymnast, all-round Olympic gymnastics world champion Alexander Dityatin (b. 1957) performing bar exercises. Olympic gymnastics competition. The VII Summer USSR Peoples' Games (July-August 1979).01.08.1979#816257
A gymnast, all-round Olympic gymnastics world champion Alexander Dityatin (b. 1957) performing parallel bars exercises. Olympic gymnastics competition. The VII Summer USSR Peoples' Games (July-August 1979).01.08.1979#816256
Right: World champion Vladimir Parfenovich (single-seat kayak) with members of the Soviet national rowing team at the Rowing Canal in Moscow's Krylatskoye District.08.07.1979#8232755
World champion Vladimir Parfenovich (single-seat kayak), the main hopeful of the Soviet Olympic national team in this category, trains for new events.08.07.1979#8232753
The XXI Summer Olympics. July 17 August – 1, 1976. Soviet athlete Viktor Saneyev during a competition.20.07.1976#2993334
Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin. Artistic Gymnastics competition. Preparation for a performance on the rings.11.07.1976#5519146
Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin. Artistic Gymnastics competition. Pommel-horse exercises.11.07.1976#5519144
August 15-25, 1973. The 7th Summer Universiade. From left: Winners of the saber fencing finals: Pal Gerevic (Hungary), Vladimir Nazlymov (USSR)-gold and Dani Irimicuk (Romania).23.08.1973#6019469
The Games of the XX Olympiad in Munich (August 6-September 10, 1972). Photo: Soviet track and field athlete and Olympic triple jump champion Viktor Saneyev.30.08.1972#5991230
Center: Galina Prozumenshchikova, first Olympic champion in swimming, student of the Journalism School at the Lomonosov Moscow State University during an internship at the Za Kulturnuyu Torgovlyu newspaper.01.12.1971#6035918
Armenian SSR. Albert Azaryan, three time Olympic gymnastics champion, trains his son Eduard Azaryan.01.05.1970#5928063
Pentathlete Pavel Lednev, USSR champion, two-time silver medal winner of the world championships in Leipzig, 1965 and Melbourne, 1966. is preparing for the 19th Olympics held in Mexico from 12 to 27 October, 1968.25.08.1968#6091121
Leonid Shtein, international grand master, three-time USSR chess champion and, and USSR chess champion Nana Alexandria.19.02.1967#6417687
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
Soviet athlete Tatyana Samusenko wins the individual competition at the World Fencing Championship in Moscow (July 6-16, 1966).16.07.1966#6094968
Right: The first Soviet Olympic swimming champion Galina Prozumenshchikova, a student at the Journalism Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, prepares for an exam.05.06.1966#6286992
The national 1965 Artistic Gymnastics USSR Cup held in Leningrad (July 16-18, 1965). The jury includes Sofya Muratova, center, the Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics in Melbourne, 1956, and Rome, 1960.18.07.1965#6029944
Silver medalist of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo Inna Ryskal during a training session of the Soviet national team at an international volleyball tournament in Riga (July 4-9, 1965), Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.03.07.1965#5964025
The first Soviet Olympic swimming champion Galina Prozumenshchikova won this title at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.15.05.1965#6283923
Center: The first Soviet Olympic swimming champion Galina Prozumenshchikova won this title at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.15.05.1965#6283921
Awarding athletes for successful performance at the 18th Summer Olympics and the 9th Winter Olympics. Anastas Mikoyan, Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium, and Soviet track and field athletes, champions of the 18th Olympic Games, sisters Irina, left, and Tamara Press, right, after the award ceremony.14.04.1965#6340918
Tamara Press, Soviet track and field athlete, Olympic champion in shot put, student of the Leningrad Engineering Institute (now St. Petersburg Institute of Architecture and Construction), left, during an exam.20.05.1962#5743583
