Luzhniki Stadium is the national stadium of Russia, on the bank of the Moskva River in Moscow. It was built in the mid-1950s in a short time, opening as the Central Stadium named after Lenin, as part of a sports complex in the Luzhniki area. It was the main venue of the 1980 Summer Olympics, whose boycott by many Western nations marked the Cold War, and it later hosted the 1999 UEFA Champions League final. It was extensively reconstructed for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, when it staged the opening match and the final. It is the home ground of the Russian national football team.
Before and after
- 9 March 19561956 Georgian demonstrations
- 26 April 1956The first container ship sails
- June 1956Poznań 1956 protests
- 9 July 1956Birth of Tom Hanks
- 31 July 1956Construction of Luzhniki Stadium
- 11 August 1956Death of Jackson Pollock
- 14 August 1956Death of Bertolt Brecht
- 31 August 1956Birth of Tsai Ing-wen
- 1 October 1956Birth of Theresa May
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The era
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