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How the Soviet Union Celebrated Its First Olympics

Performers make a human tower during the Opening Ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union. Olympic.org
The final torchbearer, basketballer Sergei Belov, in the Moscow Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony. Olympic.org
The parade of delegations: the Czechoslovakian delegation. Olympic.org
Gymnasts and dancers make a human tower during the Opening Ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union. Olympic.org
A view of the delegations standing in front of the Games' symbol, Misha, made of colored boards held up by the audience. Olympic.org
Dancing Mishas. Olympic.org

On this day in 1980, all eyes were on Moscow for the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics.

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