December 28, 2013

Sports Legends of Russia - II

Russia released another  Souvenir Sheet with 5 stamp on Sports Legends of Russia on 14th December 2013 as a part of XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi.

 The Souvenir Sheet  depicts:
1773 – Klavdiya S. Boyarskikh (1939–2009) Soviet skier
1774 – Vsevolod M. Bobrov (1922–1979) Soviet captain of the football and hockey teams
1775 – Tatyana B. Averina (1950–2001) a multiple champion of the USSR in the all-around and sprint to the individual distances
1776 – Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937) Drafted a revival of the Olympic Games . At the Congress at the Sorbonne June 23, 1894 was a historic decision - founded the International Olympic Committee
1777 – Ludwig Guttmann (1899–1980) neurosurgeon, organizer of the first Paralympic Games , founder of the International Stock Mandevilskoy Sports Federation for Persons with Disabilities.

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