Day of the athlete, A column of sportsmen from Tajikistan with Stalin's portrait and Mamlakat Nahangovoj on the Red area. [Getty Images]

Russia, Moscow, 1930s: Day of the athlete, A column of sportsmen from Tajikistan with Stalin's portrait and Mamlakat Nahangovoj on the Red area. (Photo by Anatoliy Egorov/FotoSoyuz/Getty Images)

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