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Sport in the Cold War

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Soviet Union and the Olympics

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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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Cold War on Ice

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Suslov, Mikhail A.

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Ponomarev, Boris Nikolaevich

1905- 1995

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Chervonenko, Stepan V.

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The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin

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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.
September 17, 1970	Concerning the Note of the GDR Ambassador in the USSR 'Regarding Several Pressing Political Issues in Connection with the Preparation of the 20th Summer Olympic Games in Munich and Kiel in 1972' The East German ambassador passes along concerns that the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich will be used by West Germany for anti-socialist purposes.
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.
April 1, 1967	Embassy of the USSR in Czechoslovakia, 'Information About the Reaction in the ČSSR to the Game between the National Teams of the USSR and the ČSSR at the World Championships in Vienna' Soviet ambassador in Czechoslovakia, Stepan Chervonenko, sends a report warning about the growth of tension between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak fans expressed strong hostility and anti-Soviet sentiments at a game between the Soviet and Czechoslovak national teams at the 1967 World Hockey Championships in Vienna.
March 30, 1969	Letter, Soviet Deputy Head of the Department of the Central Committee P. Ivanshutin, on Czechoslovak Protests following Czechoslovak-Soviet Hockey Game Letter describing anti-Soviet protests in Czechoslovakia following the defeat of the Soviets in the Ice Hockey World Championships.