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Wikitree Olympics Project

Contents 1 Olympics - Team USSR 1.1 Background 1.2 Olympics Project 1.3 Olympians Representing the Soviet Union (USSR) on Wikitree 1.4 Process 1.5 Stickers 1.6 Historic Teams 1.7 The Soviet Union (USSR) sent a team to the following games 1.7.1 Summer Olympics 1.7.2 Winter Olympics 1.7.3 Summer Paralympics 1.7.4 Winter Paralympics 1.8 Sources

Olympics - Team USSR

Background

Prior to the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia competed at the Olympics of 1900, 1908, and 1912. Although at the first two celebrations its representation was only four and six athletes, respectively, in 1912 it sent a large team of 169 athletes. At those Olympics, Russia won one gold medal, four silver medals, and three bronze medals.

After the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia became the largest republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). The Soviet Union did not compete in the Olympics from 1920 to 1948, but returned to the Olympic Games at Helsinki in 1952, and competed in the Olympics through 1988. Russia was the most successful Soviet republic in terms of medals won.

With the political events of 1991, Russia again became eligible to compete as an individual nation. At Albertville and Barcelona Russia joined with other former Soviet republics to compete as the Unified Team / Équipe Unifié, representing the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Russia returned to the Olympic fold after an absence of 82 years at Lillehammer 1994, and was present with a large contingent ever since, until 2017.

As part of the Soviet Union Russia hosted the Games of the XXIInd Olympiad in Moscow in 1980 and in 2014 Russia hosted the 22nd Olympic Winter Games held in Sochi. ^[1]

Olympics Project

This is an ongoing project to ensure that all Olympians who represented the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialists Republic) from 1952-1992 are on Wikitree.

• Connected to their family
• Connected to the Wikitree family tree, if possible
• With profiles that have biographical, family, and sporting information
• Well sourced

Note:

• A separate page Olympics - Team Russian Federation groups Athletes who represented the Russian Empire 1900-1912 and the Russian Federation from 1992.

Olympians Representing the Soviet Union (USSR) on Wikitree

This category Olympians Representing the Soviet Union shows all Olympians who have been identified and are now on Wikitree.

Note: Only Wikitree profiles with the category [[Category:Olympians Representing the Soviet Union]] will appear.

Process

1. Identify existing Wikitree profile or add new profile
2. Add specific categories

• [[Category:Olympians Representing the Soviet Union]]
• Category for the Olympic games in which they represented the Soviet Union. e.g. "[[Category: 1952 Olympic Summer Games]] "
• If they won medals - [[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Silver Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

3. Add Olympic Movement Sticker and add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented the Soviet Union in Athletics in the Helsinki Olympics of 1952.
4, Add biography, family, and sporting information
5. Connect to family and any spouse
6. If possible, connect to Wikitree family tree. This may require adding additional profiles.

Stickers

• Code for the Olympic Movement sticker
  
• {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=Add text.}}
• Add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented the Soviet Union in Athletics in the Helsinki Olympics of 1952.

Note: The sticker does not display the name in preview mode . "..." will appear. The name will show once the profile is saved.

Historic Teams

• 1900-1912 Summer Olympics - Team Russian Empire