During the Spartakiad (Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR 1956) (1956)

Athletes march with banners.

Relay participants ride motorcycles and bicycles.

An airplane flies, boats sail on the sea.

People greet the participants of the star relay.

Runners are replaced by horsemen.

Relay participants pass along the roads of Donbass, virgin lands, etc.

On the bank of the Volga, track and field athletes hand over the baton to yachtsmen.

Yachtsmen are replaced by motorists.

Sports festival at the new stadium in Minsk.

Opening of the sports festival in Stalinabad.

In Yerevan, at the stadium, perform: gymnast A. Azaryan, track and field athlete V. Evsenyan.

Performance of athletes from Azerbaijan.

Training of horsemen in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan.

Track and field athletes compete at the stadium in Latvia.

Tennis players train in Tajikistan, Ukraine.

Spartakiad participants travel by train to Moscow.

Moscow.

Lenin Stadium.

Small sports arena, swimming pool, main sports arena.

Arrival of athletes in Moscow.

Greeters.

MSU building.

People going to the stadium.

Report on the eve of the opening of the Spartakiad.

The people fill the stands of the Lenin Stadium.

The cameraman talks to A. Raikin at the stadium.

The parade participants stand on the stadium field.

The leaders of the CPSU and the Soviet government appear in the central box.

The people greet them.

The Chairman of the Physical Culture Committee Romanov congratulates the athletes (synchronously).

The people greet and applaud.

The participants of the star relay arrive at the stadium.

A group of the best athletes carries the national flag of the USSR. The flag is raised.

Female athletes present flowers to the members of the government.

The parade participants march in a ceremonial manner.

Children come out onto the stadium field.

Flowers and paper doves fly into the stands.

The children perform.

The people applaud.

Performance of athletes of the Trudovye Rezervy society.

Vladimir Kuts with his coach Nikiforov at the start of the 10,000-meter race.

The race.

Vladimir Kuts is in the lead.

Anufriev and Chernyavsky are running.

Vladimir Kuts is the first to finish the distance.

Performance of students of the Institute of Physical Education.

Athletes of trade unions perform on the stadium field.

A group of gymnasts on motorcycles.

The athletes form the words "Glory to the CPSU", "Peace to the World".

The people applaud.

The members of the government applaud.

The opening ceremony of the Spartakiad ends.

The women's volleyball teams of Moscow and Leningrad play on the courts of the Dynamo stadium.

The Moscow team wins.

The winning team is standing.

The final matches of the men's volleyball teams.

The Ukrainian team is the winner.

Athletes from Latvia and Lithuania are standing in the small sports arena of the Central Stadium.

A basketball game between the teams of Latvia and Lithuania - the winners are the Latvian athletes.

Honored Masters of Sports S. Andreev and N. Ozerov are playing tennis.

The referee congratulates the winner - S. Andreev. L. Preobrazhenskaya and V. Kuzmenko are competing in the women's tennis final match.

The spectators welcome the winner V. Kuzmenko. 100-meter race. I. Bochkareva, G. Popova are running, G. Popova wins.

The spectators applaud.

The men's race.

The winner is B. Tokarev.

The 200-meter race.

The winner is A. Ignatyev.

The women start in the 200-meter race, M. Itkina wins.

The triple jump competition. E. Chen, Shcherbakov are jumping.

The audience welcomes the winner, Ya.

Shcherbakov.

Gymnastics competition at the Young Pioneers Stadium.

Ring exercises performed by Kh.

Raufov, V. Muratov, pommel horse - B. Shakhlin, parallel bars - V. Chukarin, high bar - P. Stolbov, balance beam - T. Manina, uneven bars - S. Muratova, P. Astakhova.

Marathon run.

Track outside Moscow.

Lenin Stadium. M. Krivonosov throws the hammer.

V. Ovsepyan puts the shot.

Photojournalists take pictures of the champion.

Pole vault high jump competition. V. Chernobai, V. Bulatov, and P. Denisenko are preparing to jump. N. Ozolin speaks (synchronously).

The spectators applaud the winner V. Chernobai.

Marathon track. A. Ivanov and I. Filin pass the turning sections. I. Filin is the first to run into the stadium.

Female athletes prepare to run.

Run. N. Vinogradova runs. N. Vinogradova finishes.

Decathlon: men's run. V. Kuznetsov jumps.

Three thousand meter race.

Rzhishchin runs, setting a world record.

Rzhishchin speaks (synchronously).

Athletes in the small park near the Bolshoi Theater, in the Druzhba cafe, and other places in Moscow.

Moscow (evening).

Report.

Luzhniki Stadium.

Swimming competitions in the open pool.

Women's swim.

Spectators greet Ulvi Voog.

Swimmer G. Kuvaldin swims.

The winner of the men's swim F. Dosayev is presented with an honorary prize and a national champion's suit.

Diving competition.

Jumping: K. Guseva, Z. Blyuvas, T. Karakash'yani, Galkin, M. Chachba, G. Bely.

Pioneers present flowers to the winners.

Canoeing competition on the Khimki Reservoir.

Awarding of the winners.

Canoe start.

Winners: V. Yakunin and S. Oshchepkov.

Start of the eights.

Winners of the Moscow team.

Awarding of the winners.

Competition of the winners in the vicinity of Moscow.

The course of the women's 50-kilometer road race. T. Novikova and Lukashina finish the distance.

Start of the 200-kilometer distance. Y. Koledov comes in first.

Wrestlers meet in the Moscow State University gym.

Free-style wrestling competition.

Kashkin and M. Shakhov perform.

The spectators applaud the winner M. Shakhov.

Greco-Roman wrestling competition.

Karavaev and Vyrupaev perform. O. Karavaev wins.

Middleweight wrestlers G. Kartozia and Rekov compete.

Rekov wins.

Heavyweights perform. I. Kotkas wins.

Weightlifters R. Khabutdinov and A. Vorobyov perform. A. Medvedev lifts the barbell.

Boxing competition.

Featherweight boxer A. Zasukhin is in the ring. E. Shatkov and A. Lyasota are in the ring.

The judge announces the winner – G. Shatkov.

A fencing competition opens in one of the halls of the Krylia Sovetov Palace of Physical Culture.

Fencers with espadrons on the fighting track.

The people congratulate the winner Ya.

Rylsky.

Participants in the foil competitions are V. Rastvorova and N. Shitikova.

The winner is V. Rastvorova, the USSR champion.

Shooters compete at a shooting range near Moscow.

European champion E. Cherkasov shoots.

World champion V. Romanenko shoots at a running deer target, I. Nikitin wins.

Shotgun shooting at flying targets. T. Mogilevsky and I. Isaev are on the firing line. B. Antonov wins.

World champion A. Bogdanov shoots.

His comrades congratulate Bogdanov on his victory.

Final equestrian competitions.

The building of the Moscow hippodrome.

The route is covered by A. Belitsky and E. Shabaylo. A. Belitsky wins.

Steeplechase over a distance of four thousand meters.

The race is led by Ya.

Chernyshev. V. Prakhov breaks ahead.

Lenin Central Stadium.

Participants in the 800-meter race – N. Otkalenko, D. Levitskaya, L. Lysenko – take to the start. L. Lysenko finishes first.

The football teams of Georgia and Moscow enter the field.

Vadim Sinyavsky.

Football game.

Stadium (evening).

Moscow.

The Kremlin.

The Grand Kremlin Palace.

Athletes climb the stairs. V. Kuznetsov cuts the ribbon.

The evening is open.

Prize presentation.

Romanov presents the first prize to the Moscow team – the winners of the Spartakiad, and the second prize to the RSFSR team.

The athletes dance the waltz (synchronously).

Moscow.