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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Everyone to Skis!

Everyone to Skis!

Frank, William D.

Hardcover

Series: Niu Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

General Winter SportsRussian HistorySkiing

Publisher Price: $39.95

ISBN10: 0875804764
ISBN13: 9780875804767
Publisher: Northern Illinois Univ
Published: Oct 31 2013
Pages: 424
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Nowhere in the world was the sport of biathlon, a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship, taken more seriously than in the Soviet Union, and no other nation garnered greater success at international venues. From the introduction of modern biathlon in 1958 to the USSR's demise in 1991, athletes representing the Soviet Union won almost half of all possible medals awarded in world championship and Olympic competition. Yet more than sheer technical skill created Soviet superiority in biathlon. The sport embodied the Soviet Union's culture, educational system and historical experience and provided the perfect ideological platform to promote the state's socialist viewpoint and military might, imbuing the sport with a Cold War sensibility that transcended the government's primary quest for post-war success at the Olympics.

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