Festive events in Olympic Moscow (1980)

The giant inflatable symbol of the 1980 Olympics, the Olympic Bear, rises into the sky on balloons during the closing ceremony of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games on August 3, 1980. Views of the Lenin Central Stadium during the closing ceremony of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games (top), the inflatable figure of the Bear rises up.

View of part of Gorky Street during the 22nd Summer Olympic Games.

The Olympic torch relay is passed to USSR basketball champion Sergei Belov during the opening ceremony of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games on July 19, 1980, Belov runs along the track of the Lenin Central Stadium.

Carrying out the flag of the International Olympic Committee into the stadium.

Olympic symbols are carried along the stadium tracks.

White dove in hand.

The released doves of peace take off, panorama of part of the stadium stands.

The image of the Olympic Bear on the central stand of the stadium.

Panorama of a part of Moscow with the stadium in Luzhniki, a pleasure boat on the Moskva River (top).

Views of the bowl with the Olympic flame at the Central Lenin Stadium.

View of a part of the Central Lenin Stadium during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games on August 3, 1980. The stadium scoreboard with the image of the Olympic Bear wiping away a tear.

The image of the Olympic rings on the central stand of the stadium.

Carrying out the flag of the International Olympic Committee during the opening ceremony of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games on July 19, 1980. View of the central part of the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games.

Young people in one of the stands.

View of the central part of the stadium during the theatrical performance at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, an inflatable Olympic Bear hangs over the stadium field.

View of the stadium during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, a figure of the symbol of the Moscow Olympics is carried into the stadium (top).

The face of a girl in tears.

Olympic Bear rises into the night sky on balloons, faces of spectators in the stands.

Panorama of the Central Lenin Stadium during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, spectators applaud in one of the stands.