Moscow sets records

Muscovite VASILY SMYSLOV

World famous chess player

Fatalism certainly exists. But I prefer a more subtle term – predestination – to fatalism

IRINA RODNINA

Muscovite Irina Rodnina is considered the queen of pair figure skating

Nobody has managed to beat or even to repeat her three records in the number of gold medals won at the World Championships (10), European Championships (11) and the Olympics (3).

We are the children of the victors’ generation

Muscovite BORIS LAGUTIN

Soviet boxer, two-time Olympic champion

Over the course of his career, he fought in 298 boxing matches, winning 287 of them; every third victory was by knockout.

What is boxing for me? A lot. It is a way of life for me