Moscow and Sport Events in RIA Novosti’s Archive Photos
Moscow and Sport Events in RIA Novosti’s Archive Photos
Sputnik International
A photo exhibition, Moscow and Sport Events, has opened in Moscow. It is dedicated to the history and evolution of sport in the Russian capital. 18.02.2014, Sputnik International
Visitors to the exhibition can find out why skating rinks became popular in Moscow in the late 19th century, and learn that the 1920’s and 1930’s were the era of athletes’ parades, that football enjoyed immense popularity in the 1940’s, and that hockey became very popular in the 1970’s. Photo: fans watch a match at the Dinamo Stadium in Moscow.
The exhibition also displays material on the greatest sporting event in Moscow’s history, the 1980 Olympics, as well as on the tennis boom of the 1990’s and on the popularity of park sports and bicycle paths today.
A hockey match between veteran teams of the USSR/Russia and the world at the skating rink on Red Square.
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