The History of the Deaflympic Summer and Winter Games 1924-2018 ( in Russian) |
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Author:
| Pinkhasov (Pinchas), Rafael |
ISBN: | 978-1-64316-300-0 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2018 |
Publisher: | Primedia eLaunch LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $87.95 |
Book Description:
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This new Russian-language book - the first in history - not only captures and tells about the actions and successes of Deaf athletes and officials, but also tells the story of each Games, and also offers relevant information - photographically and statistically - on the achievements of the Deaf athletes from all over the world, in particular athletes from the former Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus. Compared with the original English edition, in this book the...
More DescriptionThis new Russian-language book - the first in history - not only captures and tells about the actions and successes of Deaf athletes and officials, but also tells the story of each Games, and also offers relevant information - photographically and statistically - on the achievements of the Deaf athletes from all over the world, in particular athletes from the former Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus. Compared with the original English edition, in this book the reader, in the light of the ongoing thorough research of history by this author, will find some changes and additions, including athlete's correct name and surname spellings, which are printed in Latin letters, the list of all medal winners of the last Games held at Khanty-Mansiysk (Russian Federation) in 2015 and Samsun (Turkey) in 2017. Also for the first time on the pages of the book are featured full tables of medals, which show the medals won by each competing nation at each Games - Summer and Winter - and a list of all participating countries that participated in past editions of the Games and much more.