Performers during the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596172
Performing the Russian national anthem in sign language during the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596171
An athlete from Pakistan during the parade of athletes at the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596170
Athletes from Croatia during the parade of athletes at the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596161
Athletes from Finland during the parade of athletes at the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596160
The Russian flag being carried out at the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596159
Athletes from South Korea during the parade of athletes at the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596153
Performers during the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596152
Svetlana Tsedik, captain of the Russian Deaflympic national curling team, during the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596151
Roman Khamitsevich, left, a member of the Russian Deaflympic snowboarding national team, during the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596150
Sergei Yermilov, Deaflympic cross-country skiing champion and the flag bearer of the Russian national team, during the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596149
Snowboarder Mariya Kapustina during the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596148
A cauldron with the flame of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games on the central square in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596061
Cadets enter the Russian flag during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596009
Actors of the Mime and Gesture Theater perform the Russian anthem at the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2596003
Fans at the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595996
Spectators at the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595992
From right: Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko; Acting Governor of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area Natalya Komarova; Aleksandr Romantsov, president of the Russian Deaflympic Committee, and Valery Rukhledev, president of the International Deaflympic Committee, during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595991
Athlete Oleg Danilenko at the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595983
Actor Robert Fomin, head of the Miming and Gesture Theater, at the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595973
A show during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595967
A show during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595966
A show during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595965
A show during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595964
From left: Valery Rukhledev, president of the International Deaflympic Committee; Aleksandr Romantsov, president of the Russian Deaflympic Committee; and acting governor of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area Natalya Komarova during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595953
Aleksandr Romantsov, president of the Russian Deaflympic Committee, during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595948
Valery Valery Rukhledev, president of the International Deaflympic Committee, during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595946
Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko (right) during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595944
Anna Fedulova, seven time Deaflympic champion, takes an oath of the Deaflympic Games during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595939
Anna Fedulova (left), seven time Deaflympic champion, during the hoisting of the flag at the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595938
Artists perform a show during the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595928
Baby Mammoth, a mascort of the Deaflympics, is seen here during a show at the opening ceremony of the 18th Deaflympic Winter Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.28.03.2015#2595924
Performers at the opening ceremony of the 18th Winter Deaflympics in Khanty-Mansiisk.28.03.2015#2595921
