40 years ago, in the summer of 1980, in the capital had inaugurated the XXII summer Olympic games. The ceremony of lighting the Olympic flame during the competition, which lasted until August 3, was attended by athletes from 81 countries. The anniversary sports festival Committee for tourism of Moscow has prepared a selection of places where one can still breathe the Olympic spirit.
In the summer Olympic games in Moscow took part more than five thousand athletes. For their stay in the West of the capital has built a district — Olympic village. There was built 18 residential buildings and eight kindergartens and schools. After leaving the athletes in new homes settled in the city.
in addition, on Prospekt Mira was built the hotel “Cosmos” for the reception of foreign guests. She was one of four Soviet hotels, received the luxury and status of the hotel of international class. During the Olympics-80 there worked the Olympic press center. And after “Space” became a hotel and a venue for large international and Russian events.
the Torch from Athens to the capital met at the junction of Minsk and Mozhaisk highways the day before the official opening of the Olympic games. At night, the symbol of the Olympics has left the building (city Council), located to the address: the Tver street, the house 13.
A few blocks above the Tverskaya was located Gastronom No. 1, also known as the “eliseevskiy” (now his official name). It is during the Olympics became the main “historic grocery store” of the capital. Here Muscovites first saw “Phantom”, gum production factory “rot Front”, juice pouches with a straw, Finnish jams and cheese, ketchup, slicing salami and cervelat, disposable plastic ware.
Today “eliseevskiy” saves the image of the historic store and its interior does not leave indifferent neither tourists nor local residents.
13 Building on Mokhovaya street was conceived by the architect Ivan Zholtovsky as residential. But after the installation of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the United States the new building was handed over to the American Embassy. Later opened the Agency “Intourist” is the only official travel company, which is engaged in accommodation of foreign tourists and sport delegations.
It was at the request of “Intourist” for the first time in 1980 on public transport stops are announced in Russian and English languages. Specially for guests of the Olympiad-80 (according to official figures, they were about 211,3 thousand) in “Intourist” has developed a 56 special routes. To navigate foreign nationals were helped by well-trained guides and interpreters.
During the XXII Olympic games Moscow’s Manezh square was used for Parking buses guests and teams. Hence started the excursion.
Today at the Manege square is one of Europe’s largest underground shopping and recreation complex with shops, restaurants and cafes, the construction of which was dedicated to the 850th anniversary of the capital.
In Krylatskoye district for the Olympics-80 built several sports facilities, including an indoor track, a two weeks of the competition has set 13 world records. In addition, opened Cycling track and a stadium for archery.
And the Rowing canal hosted the competition in rowing and rowing. Still Krylatskoe — popular among lovers of active recreation area.
most of the competitions of the XXII Olympic games were held on the territory of the Central stadium named after Lenin (now — the Olympic complex “Luzhniki”). Before Games here conducted major reconstruction. In addition, for players built universal sports hall “Druzhba”.
the Solemn opening ceremony of the Games took place on 19 July 1980 at the Grand sports arena. The torch with the Olympic flame brought into the stadium three-time Olympic champion in triple jump Viktor Saneev, and lit a fire in a special bowl, the Olympic champion of 1972, the basketball player Sergei Belov. From outer space to the participants and spectators were cosmonauts Leonid Popov and Valery Ryumin.
two weeks later, here was held the closing ceremony where song composer Alexandra Pakhmutova and poet Nikolai Dobronravov, “good-bye, Moscow!”, and in the sky by balloons went the symbol of the Games — the Olympic bear.
Now in the territory of the sports complex “Luzhniki” is the alley of the sports glory. It starts from the right of the entrance and extends to the embankment of the Moscow river. There is Misha and is the Olympic cauldron, as well as monuments to the forward of the Moscow football club “torpedo” and the USSR national team Eduardo Streltsov, the legendary goalkeeper of “Dynamo” Lev Yashin, and an outstanding football player and founder of the sports club “Spartak” Nikolay Starostin.
In recent years, the sports complex “Luzhniki” has been reborn. During the preparation for the world Cup in 2018 there was a big reconstruction.
