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How the Soviet Union Celebrated Its First Olympics Jul 19, 2017 - 05:00 pm 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.
