Vladislav Tretyak, right, President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, and Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergei Morozov are on the square outside the Governor's Palace during the finishing ceremony of the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Olympic track-and-field champion Vladimir Krylov, left, and Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergei Morozov during the lighting of the Olympic cauldron on the square outside the Governor's Palace in Ulyanovsk.

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Vladislav Tretyak, President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, speaks on the square outside the Governor's Palace upon the finish of the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Olympic track-and-field champion Vladimir Krylov, left, and Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergei Morozov during the lighting of the Olympic cauldron on the square outside the Governor's Palace in Ulyanovsk.

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Vladislav Tretyak, President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, speaks on the square outside the Governor's Palace upon the finish of the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Torch-bearer Vladimir Slivochkin with the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Torch-bearer Vladimir Slivochkin, second left, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Torch-bearer Sergei Kuzmin stands with the Olympic flame outside the Lenin Museum during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Artist Nikas Safronov, member of the Creative Union of Russian Artists, passes the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Artist Nikas Safronov, member of the Creative Union of Russian Artists, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Artist Nikas Safronov, member of the Creative Union of Russian Artists, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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An Antonov 124 "Ruslan" aircraft with the Olympic flame aboard takes off at Ukyanovsk-East airport.

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An Antonov 124 "Ruslan" aircraft with the Olympic flame aboard takes off at Ukyanovsk-East airport.

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Torch-bearer Vladimir Slivochkin, second left, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Torch-bearer Vladimir Slivochkin, second right, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Torch-bearer Vladimir Slivochkin, center, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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Torch-bearer Vladimir Slivochkin carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Ulyanovsk.

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