Olimpiyskiy perepoloh.Zabitaya sovetskaya modernizaciya
The book is devoted to the history of the XXII Summer Olympic Games held in the Soviet Union from July 19 to August 3, 1980. The authors consider this mega-event in two projections: through the prism of the geopolitical confrontation of the Cold War and in the context of internal processes that took place in late Soviet society, using archival documents, published sources, Soviet and foreign press materials, eyewitness memories. The first part discusses in detail such aspects as the use of the Games as a tool of cultural diplomacy, the cooperation of the Organizing Committee "Olympiad-80" with foreign partners, Olympic ceremonies and rituals, as well as measures to ensure the safety of the Olympics. The second part highlights the influence of the Olympic factor on the development of the transport and information technology infrastructure of the USSR, the Soviet service sector, as well as the features and paradoxes of the collective memory of the events of the Olympics-80, which gave rise to a lot of jokes and rumors. For a wide range of readers interested in the history of Soviet society, sports, tourism and international relations, teachers, graduate students and students of higher educational institutions.
Author: Igor Borisovich Orlov, Alexey Dmitrievich Popov
Year of publication: 2021
Number of pages: 480.
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