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| | Familiar Soviet Secrets |
 | | In women's gymnastics, "Red Files" follows the line of succession from Larisa Latynina in the 1950s, to Natasha Kuchinskaya (the Anna Kournikova of her day) in the 1960s, to Olga Korbut in the 1970s, and shows how these last two rebelled against the harshness of the system that created them. |
 | | Firsov quit the team just prior to a series against Canadian NHL players out of loyalty to his coach, mentor and father figure, the strong-willed Anatoly Tarasov, who had just been fired. |
 | | The relationship between Sergei Korolev, the man who championed the Russians' space efforts, and his protпgп, Yury Gagarin, the first person in space, is profiled in the chapter and video on the Soviet space program. |
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