Olympic Stadium (Moscow)
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Olympic Stadium is a stadium and concert hall with adjacent swimming pool, located in Moscow. It used to be Europe's largest indoor arena before 2017, and the largest indoor arena in Russia before 201
Aerial view of the arena (c.2017)
Original arena
Original swimming pool
A view during the 2015 World Fencing Championships on 15 July
1980 Summer Olympics
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The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially branded as Moscow 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The games were the first
Olympic Stadium (Moscow)
…reconstruction. The Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex was developed by a group of architects headed by Mikhail Posokhin and Boris Tkhor, in preparation for 1980 Summer Olympics. Preliminary works required the demolishion of existing "Burevestnik" stadium and chemical-metallurgical plant, along with some residential parts of…
At Moscow's Lenin Stadium, a lit Olympic cauldron towers over spectators in the opening ceremony of the 1980 Olympics. The cauldron overlooks a "human mosaic" displaying Misha, the bear mascot of the Games. The text on the sides of the mosaic is, in Russian, the words "I wish you success!"
Olympic Village in February 2004
150-rubles platinum coin (reverse)
Marathon in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral. The athlete 563 in the foreground is Koh Chun-son from North Korea