Russia hosted the Olympic Games in 1980. Moscow Summer Olympic Games is the 22nd Summer Olympic Games. It was held in Moscow, the capital of the former Soviet Union, from July 1980 to August 3, and the main venue was Lenin Central Stadium in Moscow. This is the first time that the Olympic Games has come to a socialist country.

Mascot of Russian Olympic Games

Misa 1980 Misa, the mascot of the Moscow Summer Olympics, 1980 The mascot of the Moscow Summer Olympics is a Russian bear named Misa, designed by the famous children's book illustrator Victor Chezkov.

Mishka Bear was originally named Mikhail Bo Tapik da Butkin. Russian: михаилпотапычтопт 10990.

Bear is a well-known animal in Russia and a national symbol animal of the Russian nation. It appears in many Russian fairy tales, such as the famous fairy tale Martha and the Bear. Therefore, the mascot design of the Soviet Union is to create Misha Bear with brown bear and the belt of the Olympic rings.