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Olympic Bear. The fate of the last Soviet utopia and its mascot

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The friendliest Russian bear in history, the first and only truly popular Olympic mascot, Mishka came to Moscow in 1980 to change everything - to welcome friends from all over the world, to amaze them with his hospitality and to show the world a new, joyful and kind face of the Soviet Union. But he was thwarted, and he flew away without a promise to return. Historian Ivan Korneev wrote the biography of the Olympic Mishka as a story about the late USSR before, during and after the Moscow Olympics. The bear's eyes reflect the everyday life of ordinary Soviet citizens and party intrigues, the glitter and worries of the Olympic capital, the ceremonies and international scandals. And all this adds up to a story about a time of great hopes, when it seemed that sport could unite the world and reconcile warring states, and the good intentions of the country's leadership were sincere and would not turn into their opposite.
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