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Soviet Sports

Sovetsky Sport is a Russia Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

n daily sports newspaper. Between 1924 and 1946 the newspaper was called "Red Sports" , it was not printed between 1928 and 1932. Founded on July 20 1924 in Moscow Moscow

Moscow is the capital [i] of Russia [i] and the country's principal political, economic, financial, edu ... 

, it was the first sports newspaper of the USSR Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ... 

, an official organ of the USSR State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions. One of the major Soviet newspapers, in 1975 Soviet Sports was distributed in 104 countries and had a circulation of 3,900,000 . Having the nominal price of three kopek Russian ruble

The ruble or rouble is the name of the currency [i] of the Russian Federation [i] and the t ... 

s, it was accessible to everyone in the country.

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Sovetsky Sport is a Russia Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

n daily sports newspaper. Between 1924 and 1946 the newspaper was called "Red Sports" , it was not printed between 1928 and 1932.

Founded on July 20 1924 in Moscow Moscow

Moscow is the capital [i] of Russia [i] and the country's principal political, economic, financial, edu ... 

, it was the first sports newspaper of the USSR Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ... 

, an official organ of the USSR State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions. One of the major Soviet newspapers, in 1975 Soviet Sports was distributed in 104 countries and had a circulation of 3,900,000 . Having the nominal price of three kopek Russian ruble

The ruble or rouble is the name of the currency [i] of the Russian Federation [i] and the t ... 

s, it was accessible to everyone in the country.

Soviet Sports provided daily coverage of major competitions in the USSR and abroad, of activities within national and international sports federations, published interviews with athletes, coaches and other sportspeople, and propagated a healthy lifestyle. It also organized traditional All-Union and international ice hockey Ice hockey

Ice hockey, referred to simply as hockey in Canada [i] and the United States [i], is a team sport [i] ... 

, athletics, volleyball Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic [i] sport [i] in which two teams separated by a high net use thei ... 

, swimming Swimming

Swimming is a technique that humans, and other animals, use to move through water [i] using only movemen ... 

, skiing Skiing

Skiing is the activity of gliding over snow [i] using ski [i]s , with metal edges, strapped to the feet ... 

 and other tournaments. The newspaper was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Red Banner of Labour

The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was an order [i] of the Soviet Union [i] for accomplishments ... 

 in 1974.

After the breakup of the USSR, newspaper's circulation declined to 122,900 . One of the main reasons for this was the Sport-Express daily newspaper, which went to press in 1991, although its circulation is not as large too: about 650,000 Soviet Sports is currently published by the Russian Olympic Committee and Soviet Sports Publishing House. Since 2001 it has been printed in colour.

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