Valeri Kharlamov
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Valeri Borisovich Kharlamov was a Russian ice hockey forward who played for CSKA Moscow in the Soviet League from 1967 until his death in 1981. Kharlamov was a speedy, intelligent, skilled and dominan
Kharlamov on a 2023 Russian stamp
Kharlamov in 1979
Roadside memorial to Valeri Kharlamov, near the site of his fatal accident.
Soviet Union
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The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the w
Valeri Kharlamov
…Valeri Kharlamov Hockey Hall of Fame, 2005 Kharlamov on a 2023 Russian stamp Born 14 January 1948 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Died 27 August 1981 (aged 33) near Solnechnogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb) Position Left…
Landscape near Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, an area that was previously covered with forests until acid rainfall from a nearby copper smelter killed all vegetation
One of the many impacts of the approach to the environment in the USSR and post-Soviet states is the Aral Sea. (See status in 1989 and 2014)
Military parade on the Red Square in Moscow, 7 November 1964
The Grand Kremlin Palace, the seat of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, 1982