“Here come that day. 19 July 1980. Much fanfare will Herald the start of a world sporting event — the games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow, and thousands of tourists filled the stands of the Big sports arena will witness a Grand opening celebration”. These words of our colleagues, predecessors, the journalists of “Moskovskiy Komsomolets”, in 1980, opened the first strip Saturday, the day of the start of the Olympics. 40 years after the momentous event that gave Moscow not only a few days of the holiday, gum and Coca-Cola, but somewhat used to this day, sports complexes, we remembered, wrote about the Olympics our colleagues in 1980.
“We’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time. Fire, kindled from the sun of Hellas, all close to the capital for the Games. And now, behind the thousands of kilometers of roads of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania. Now the Muscovite Pyotr Bolotnikov took him on the bridge over the Prut. Now, in correspondence flickered Kursk, Trosna, Orel, held a meeting in Tula. Made the last stop in Podolsk, the threshold of Moscow. The last stages. 13 hours 05 minutes. The Olympic flame appears at the intersection of Simferopol highway and ring road at the stele with the designation “Moscow. From Olympia — 4945 km” and enters in the city limits. It carries the master of the Assembly shop ZIL Yuri Mironov. Ahead of the 22 stages along the ring road” — with these words, the journalists of “MK” in 1980, described the ceremony of introduction of the Olympic flame to Moscow.
As stated in their report, the baton has passed on the Mozhaisk highway and the prospectus of Marshal Grechko (now part of Kutuzov), on Kutuzovsky Prospekt and Kalinin Avenue (now Novy Arbat), and the last steps were on Gorky street (Tverskaya she). Ceremonial bowl lit in the Soviet area. And, of course, about temporary inconveniences warned motorists — all like today, with the only exception that cars on the streets of Moscow and had significantly less (and free Parking).
“there is a regime under which the advantage in motion is transport, serving the Olympics-80. At the crossroads when a convoy of buses or vehicles with the Olympic logos accompany the car of the state traffic Inspectorate with the included special signals, drivers must give way” — said “MK” referring to the STI.
no Trifles!
Those who caught the Olympics-80 in Moscow, agree: can’t remember 40 years later, who and what the competition has got what medal, but you cannot forget the small touches of Western life, which allowed that year to penetrate the Soviet Union. And if talking about chewing gum, beer in aluminum cans and juice in small bags with tubes already ��abily many old (but experienced journalists to this day I remember how the press center of the Olympics served good cocktails), you can pay attention to other things — to the little things that Moscow itself has created for the admission of sports for international guests. For example, “MK” kindly informs that on the eve of the Olympic games on Flotskaya street (then a district of Khimki-Khovrino) opened a new restaurant “Armenia”, where guests from different countries and cities serves Armenian cuisine, including traditional sorbet. Or, for example, a Rich yard in Kolomenskoye — just in 1980, it finished the restore. And in the Exhibition hall of the Union of artists on the street Usievicha guests of the Olympics offered to buy dolls, hand painted dolls and other Souvenirs: “no wonder She is included in the cultural program of the Olympiad-80 — Russian folk art is popular abroad”, — announces the “MK” the exhibition of products of folk craftsmen.
guests of the Olympic games remind us that to get acquainted with Moscow on Board of river tram: to explore the Moscow canal and the Moscow river allocated 35 ships. Promised four-deck ships will go not only in the city, but to the Bay of Joy (Mytishchi district) and to the Ikshinskoe reservoir. I must say that this version of the Moscow leisure has not lost popularity and in 2018, when we met the world Cup — except that ships at the disposal of the city has become more (connected commercial organizations), but different crowd on them remains the same.
“If the mood in Moscow”
“Then they will only have memories of days spent in the hospitable Moscow. And, perhaps, the most vivid memory will be the memory of the last day in the capital of the Olympiad-80. How did Moscow in a hurry, in a hurry. And if you live in a small Czechoslovakian town, keep pace with her rhythm is not easy,” sums up the “MK” on the eve of the last day of the Olympics.
If in 1957, when the city celebrated the festival of youth and students, “MK” invented a category for describing the acquaintance of two new friends, Peter and Field, 1980, to meet foreign guests were treated much quieter. Whether because she was no longer a novelty, whether due to the overall changed state of Affairs in the country and in the world… In any case, instead of detailed reports about the leisure of the visitors, now terse notes, from which, however, still emerges a portrait of the era.
Here’s how to briefly retell the dialogue of the French and Soviet young people in the discussion club “MK”
— And how many in Moscow the students?
— And you love cakes?
— You like Alla Pugacheva?
— And who will win the football championship of the Olympic games?
Well, if cakes and students are all more or less inNATO — these topics for youth eternal, then Alla Pugacheva was quite certain newsworthy. The diva, who was already by that time in the Zenith of his fame, gave at that time several concerts in the variety Theatre, and another in the Olympic village, and at this concert the song Pugacheva specially translated into English. So that foreign young people are already on the 3-4th day of the Olympics could listen to Soviet pop star and want to share opinions with their peers.
In General much more attention in the coverage of the Olympics was given to athletes and politicians, not ordinary fans. For example, as the correspondent of “MK”, one of Interclub Gagarin district in the guest book are preserved autograph:
“As mayor of one of the cities of Greece, which the Nazis turned into a concentration camp, I give my best wishes to your country, having experienced all the hardships of the Second world war. Welcome your people and your young people… we wish new victories to your people and all progressive mankind. The mayor of Haidari D. Sambas”.
Here is another opinion:
“I was in Moscow eight years ago and I notice a lot of pleasant changes: your city prettier, the streets are wider, there are many modern buildings, beautiful restored monuments” — shared with the correspondent “MK” athlete Guido Crutcher, which came in 1980 in Moscow just as a tourist, not as a participant.
well, in 1980, the word “prettier” in relation to Moscow was perceived as a mockery.
In many States of “MK” following at a distance. Topic “what about them?” today we are happy to use in the newspaper, in 1980 there were also — though without the name in a different format, but similar in nature. For example, on 23 July 1980, “MK” has published a review that wrote about the Olympics in the foreign press — refer to the Czechoslovak newspaper “Ore right”, Italian “UNITA”, the French “Le Figaro”, the Spanish “El Pais” and others. Also clarify that the Swedish edition of “Svidensky Dagbladet” refers to the impeccable level of service of the Olympic games in Moscow: “In all arenas of competitions are carried out professionally. The transport works perfectly,” — said the Swedish press.
Mishkin dad
“every day He stands at the Olympic in Moscow. Recklessly going through the vicissitudes of wrestling, breaking voice, encourages athletes — in General, a typical fan of the Olympic model. And few people know that this dark, taut sports people gave the Moscow Games of their most popular character — the bear the Bear.”
Victor Chizhikova to the guest of honor of the Olympics-80 newspaper devoted only one small note. Significantly less than his creation: Bear appears in the pages of “MK” every day, if not in the pictures, the stories.
“good-Natured bear, who was elected the mascot of the Moscow Olympics, it will be possible to meet in all competitions. And just before the start of the Olympics he decided to visit the “Ostankino” to help the readers of “MK” to better navigate the numerous TV broadcasts from sports arenas in Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk. The atmosphere in “TV heart” of the country, at first, was puzzled: it was like all hands on deck on the ship. Bear was confused, but, looking closer, realized that people work, and work sverhdorogie. Show the Olympics for the whole country, the whole world is difficult” — thus begins the correspondent of “MK” the story of the television station on the eve of the Olympics.
what Viktor Chizhikova? He lived to see the fortieth anniversary of its most famous cub and died July 20, 2020 — just a few days after we officially celebrated the anniversary of those Olympic games. In the obituaries of many of his former colleagues mentioned that to create such charming and smiling Bear could only person with a kind and light soul. He Chizhikov then, in 1980, in comments to Moskovsky Komsomolets said that he recognizes that his work is not academic drawing, namely the quintessence of emotion.
“Pedant-animal painter would put in my work unit, laughed Chizhikov. — To better because you can see the smile, and the rest of my character, I went against nature and made on the face of a bear faux white patch”.
fortunately, no pedant-animal painter to the Bears not got to the bottom, and the Commission chose the creation Chizhikova. And successfully! Over the Olympics, has sunk into oblivion the twentieth century, died, he, the artist, and the Bear still chasing connoisseurs and collectors. If you look on the websites of Antiques dealers — although bear, created 40 years ago, more correct to call it vintage! it is possible to take a look at the symbol of the Olympics. Big fluffy Teddy Misha will cost around 5-8 thousand rubles, rubber or cast can be bought for 2-3 thousand, and a variety of badges — an average of over a thousand, but of course with the proviso that the greed of the owner.
interestingly, the photo with the flying Olympic Bear, which later became a textbook, “MK” is not published — perhaps his contemporaries did not know that this picture will be the main symbol of the Moscow Olympics. Limited to the Olympic flame.
“Sixteen days blazed in the sky over the capital of the Country of the Soviets, the Olympic flame, illuminating the duel of the best athletes on the planet. The world learned the names of the new Olympic Champions, but the biggest winner of the world festival of sports, beauty and friendship was the noble spirit of the Olympic movement” — passed correspondents “MK” with the closing ceremony of the Games on August 3, at the Central Lenin stadium (talking about the “Luzhniki”). And no “good-bye, our sweet Misha!”. And in General — themed band “Five rings” in which sports commentators every day analyzed all the events of the past day, offered a detailed but rather a Protocol coverage of all the events. Without poetry, and bears.
MEANWHILE
the Main architectural symbol of the 1980 is considered the sports complex “Olympic”, built specially for the competition. The construction and arrangement of the adjacent Olympic Avenue, Moscow had to sacrifice a few parts of the old city was demolished almost all residential and low-rise wooden buildings on Bozhedomka (now the street Durov and Dostoevsky) in the grid Bourgeois streets, the former Meschanskaya Sloboda and adjacent alleys. Wooden houses and low-rise part of the stone was torn down to build a sports complex on the comfort of the old Moscow now resembles only a small Church of Philip the Metropolitan. True, the “Olympic” was short-lived by the standards of the long history of Moscow: 23 Jul 2020 local residents reported that they heard the first explosions, then demolition work has already begun — just in time for the fortieth anniversary of the Olympics. Although to die in 40 years — and for men too early, and buildings (unless, of course, they were not conceived disposable).
HELP MK
By the end of the Olympics the Soviet athletes had 80 gold, 69 silver and 46 bronze medals. The medals of the Olympics-80 was manufactured at the Moscow mint. On one side embossed image of the goddess of victory Nike, on the other — the emblem of the Olympic games and the Olympic torch. However, the saved gold: the precious metal was only 6 grams, and it is a thin layer covers the silver of 925-th sample.
WAY
6 thousand buses and 3,500 cars were allocated to escort the guests of the Olympiad.
