The Luzhniki disaster was a deadly human crush that took place at the Grand Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium ( Russian: Большая спортивная арена Центрального стадиона им. В. И. Ленина, now known as Luzhniki Stadium) in Moscow during the 1982–83 UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak ...

The Luzhniki disaster was a deadly human crush that took place at the Grand Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (Russian: Большая спортивная арена Центрального стадиона им. В. И. Ленина, now known as Luzhniki Stadium) in Moscow during the 1982–83 UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem on 20 October 1982.

11/05/2016 · The Luzhniki Disaster of 1982. The sky had been grey, cold and dark; it was a freezing evening verging on Siberian temperatures. In the Soviet capital of Moscow, the air had already reached -10 by the time of kick-off. The notorious Russian weather was biting the air making it a challenging evening for players, home fans and the 100 who ...

Sports The Luzhniki Stadium's forgotten disaster. On Sunday, France take on Croatia in the World Cup final in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. But the darkest chapter of …

22/12/2017 · The Luzhniki disaster, its subsequent cover-up, and the much-delayed unmasking of the truth offer a glimpse into 1980s Soviet society, from the secrecy and tenseness of the late Brezhnev years through the relative openness and liberalism of Gorbachev’s glasnost. Its social and political significance was not lost on the football historian ...

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