Our Olympic Games. Glavarchiv – on the closing ceremony of the main event in the USSR

41 years ago, the whole country watched, holding its breath, the closing ceremony of the 1980 Olympics, which was held in Moscow. The highlight of this event was the launch of the Olympic bear, whose height was 8 meters. The Glavarchiv decided to recall how it all happened.

August 3, 1980 at the Luzhniki stadium, then at the central stadium. IN AND. Lenin, the closing ceremony of the XXII Summer Olympic Games took place. With the help of materials from Glavarkhiv, which can be found in the virtual museum 'Moscow – with care for history', you can find out how this event came about unrolled.

The closing ceremony of the Games began at 7:29:30 p.m. The Kremlin chime sounded, after which the audience saw 170 swaggers, and the Moscow Olympics emblem, formed of colorful flags, appeared above the bleachers. Immediately, athletes with hoops and ribbons, girls and boys in traditional Russian costumes began to enter the stadium. The banners of the participating countries and the flags of the International and National Olympic Committee were displayed.

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The Olympic rings appeared on the central platform, near which all the participants in the solemn parade were lined up. And then the flag of the USSR and the flag of Los Angeles, which took over the Olympic relay, were hoisted. The President of the International Olympic Committee Lord Michael Killanin delivered a speech in which he declared the Games of the XXII Summer Olympic Games closed. The Olympic flag has also been lowered.

Next, girls in tunics lined up around the bowl with the Olympic flame, mimicking the compositions of ancient Greek frescoes, and the Olympic flame that burned for 16 days went out.

At the end of the ceremony, athletes and performers in Russian folk costumes carried an eight-meter Olympic bear to the center of the stadium, which then hovered over the participants and spectators to Alexandra Pakhmutova's song on the words of Nikolai Dobronravov: “ Goodbye, Moscow, goodbye! Olympic fairy tale, goodbye! Wish your wishes come true, wish your friends a new meeting! & # 39; & # 39;

Photo: www.globallookpress.com/Alexandr Yakovlev

So, amid the flurries of festive fireworks, the landmark 1980's event came to an end – & mdash; XXII Summer Olympics, which have become the symbol of an entire era.

A total of 74 Olympic records and 36 world records were set at the 1980 Olympics. Victory in the team event was won by Soviet athletes who won 80 medals from the Olympics. Gold, 69 Silver and 46 Bronze.

In the virtual museum “ Moscow – with care of history '' & nbsp; you can learn not only about the Olympics but also about the life of the capital in the 1980s. It contains a large collection of photographs, documents and period artifacts. For example, photographs of the city and the Muscovites of those years, watches, commemorative medals, phonograph records. In addition, in the Glavarchiv section I created a newsfeed about the life of Moscow and its citizens from various documents and periodicals.

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