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Soviet Union and the Olympics

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Sport in the Cold War

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West Germany

Munich

Bolshoi Theater in Moscow

Russia

Moscow

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Spain

Madrid

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Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolayevich

1923- 2005

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Mashin, Yuri D.

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Korionov, V.

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South Asia

Afghanistan

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Official portrait for President Jimmy Carter, 1978.

Carter, Jimmy

1924-

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Suslov, Mikhail A.

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Ponomarev, Boris Nikolaevich

1905- 1995

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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January 20, 1980	Letter by President Jimmy Carter to the President of the United States Olympic Committee Robert Kane Jimmy Carter explains his call for a boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics in reponse to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
April 12, 1980	Address by Vice President Mondale to the United States Olympic Committee, 'US Call for an Olympic Boycott' Vice President Mondale addresses the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), advocating for President Carter's proposed boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Later that day, the USOC voted to uphold the boycott.
April 1966	Concerning the Instructions to the Soviet Representatives at the 64th Session of the International Olympic Committee Discussion of the upcoming vote for the location of the 1972 Olympic Games, including the possibility of Moscow bidding to host them.
April 4, 1966	Central Council of the Union of USSR Sports Societies and Organizations Report on the 64th Session of the International Olympic Committee Instructions to request a delay in the vote for the 1972 Olympic Games in order to allow Moscow to submit a bid to host them.
April 1, 1966	Central Council of the Union of USSR Sports Societies and Organizations Report on the 64th Session of the International Olympic Committee Voting instructions, and the reasoning behind them, for the locations of the 1972 summer and winter Olympic Games.
April 2, 1966	Decree of the Secretariat of the CC of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Instructions to the Soviet Representatives of the 64th Session of the International Olympic Committee in April 1966 Voting instructions for the location of the 1972 summer and winter Olympic Games.