A draw with Krasnodar in the final round guarantees that Dynamo will win gold, which will be an epoch-making event; this has never happened in the history of Russia, and the last time in Soviet history was in 1976. More precisely, in the first half of the year, since then, in connection with the preparations for the Euro and the Olympic Games, they planned to change to the “autumn-spring” system and played two medal games: spring and autumn. The most interesting thing is that the transition was later abandoned. But no one took away his titles.
Over 48 years, several generations have grown up for whom the phrase “Dinamo Moscow is the national champion” is as fantastic as flying cars or a universal cure for all diseases. And now the blue and white have practically broken a sad tradition for them. But that’s how the world was when they were the best before.
On January 31, the world population reached 4 billion people. Now we are double.
People in 1976
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From February 4 to 15, the XII Winter Olympic Games were held in Innsbruck, Austria. Only 37 countries participated in 10 sports. The USSR won the overall classification with 13 gold, six silver and eight bronze medals.
USSR national team at the Winter Olympics
Photo: RIA Novosti
On February 16, the main KAMAZ transporter was inaugurated in the USSR and the first truck was assembled.
“KAMAZ”
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Antholz, Italy, also hosted the World Biathlon Championships, which now seems incredibly strange. Only one (!) race was held: the men’s sprint, in which all the prizes went to the Soviet athletes led by Alexander Tikhonov. And that’s it, that’s the whole tournament.
Alexander Tikhonov
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The World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 2 to 7. There are no sensations here either: the USSR has two golds, two silvers, one bronze and first place in the rankings. The winners were Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov, as well as Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev.
Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev
Photo: RIA Novosti
On April 1, Steve Jobs, along with two friends, created Apple in his own garage.
Steve Jobs
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In April, the Ice Hockey World Cup was held in Katowice, Poland. Konstantin Loktev’s USSR team with Vladislav Tretyak and Valery Kharlamov came in second place, losing to Czechoslovakia.
USSR team in the 1976 World Cup
Photo: RIA Novosti
On May 7, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Leonid Brezhnev became Marshal of the USSR. Six years later he will die and give way to Yuri Andropov as head of the Union.
Leonid Brezhnev
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On May 12, the European Cup final took place, where Bayern, with Sepp Mayer, Franz Beckenbauer, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Uli Hoenes and Gerd Müller, beat Saint-Etienne by a narrow margin.
“Bavaria”
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But in the final of the European Championship they beat the Germans: there Czechoslovakia beat Germany in the penalty shootout (2:2, 5:3). And that’s when the concept of “panenka hit” came into use! Antonin Panenka finished the match with the same elegant kick.
Czechoslovakia national team
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The 11th Summer Olympic Games were held from July 17 to August 1. Yes, until 1994 it was celebrated in the same year as winter. Soviet athletes were also at their best and led the overall classification with 49 gold, 41 silver and 35 bronze medals.
The USSR at the Summer Olympics
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On August 9, the USSR inaugurated the Luna-24 automatic station. The device flew to the Moon, descended to its surface and on August 22 successfully returned to Earth, capturing samples of lunar soil from a depth of several meters.
Station “Luna-24”
Photo: Wikipedia
On September 9, Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at the age of 83. That day the country fell into despair.
Mao Tse Tung
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On September 16, a tragedy occurred in Yerevan: a trolleybus with 92 passengers fell into the water from a dam. 20 of them, at the cost of their health, were heroically saved by world diving champion Shavarsh Karapetyan, who was nearby.
Tragedy in Yerevan with Shavarsh Karapetyan
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On November 2, Democrat Jimmy Carter won the presidential election in the United States, ahead of Republican and current President Gerald Ford in number of votes. India was ruled by Indira Gandhi, North Korea by Kim Il Sung, Romania by Nicolae Ceausescu, Chile by Augusto Pinochet. And in Spain they said goodbye to the last Franco ruler and achieved democracy.
Gandhi, incidentally, visited Moscow in June of that year and signed a declaration on the further development of friendship and cooperation between the USSR and India.
Jimmy Carter/Indira Gandhi/Nicolae Ceausescu
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In addition, many cult films were released. Like those in the world: “Rocky” with Sylvester Stallone, “Taxi Driver” with Robert De Niro (winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Festival), “Bluff” with Adriano Celentano, “Toy” with Pierre Richard, “King Kong” with the young Jessica Lange. So are the Soviet ones: the piercing “White Bim Black Ear” with Vyacheslav Tikhonov and “Aty-Bati, the Soldiers Came” with Leonid Bykov, the cartoons “38 Parrots” and “Blue Puppy.” For the first time on television, on January 1, they showed “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!”
Sylvester Stallone “Rocky”/Adriano Celentano “Bluff”/”Irony of Fate”
Photo: Stills from the film
1976 saw the birth of hits such as Hotel California by The Eagles, TNT by AC/DC and Dancing Queen by ABBA. In addition, that year gave the world many famous musicians: Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington, Armin van Buuren, Sergei Zhukov from “Hands Up!”, Zemfira (*included in the register of foreign agents), Nikolai Baskov, Sandra Nasich of Guano Apes. .
Chester Bennington/Sergei Zhukov/Nikolai Baskov
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We cannot help but remember the actors born in 1976: Reese Witherspoon, Colin Farrell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Chalk (you may know her as Elliot from the legendary “Scrubs”), Andrew Scott, Ryan Reynolds, Cillian Murphy.
Colin Farrell/Benedict Cumberbatch/Cillian Murphy
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Of course, iconic footballers were also born: Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alessandro Nesta, Patrick Vieira, Francesco Totti, Guti, Clarence Seedorf, Michael Ballack, Patrick Kluivert, Fernando Morientes, Andrey Shevchenko, Vadim Evseev, Sergei Semak, Egor Titov, Román Sharonov. Well, we can’t help but mention Fedor Emelianenko, although he didn’t kick the ball.
Francesco Totti/Egor Titov/Ronaldo
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One dollar costs 74 kopecks. It’s not a bad course, do you agree?
Soviet dollar/ruble
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Future Dynamo coach Marcel Licka was born in Czechoslovakia in July 1977. That is, his parents decided to have a child only in 1976. Interesting coincidence, right? The only thing left to know is whether he will become a prophetic champion.
Everything you need to know about matchday 30 of the RPL. There is a lot of intrigue besides the championship:
The 30th round of the RPL will be great. All scenarios in the fight for the championship, relegations and intermediate positions
