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Dear Readers

I moved house in October and am still filtering through boxes and reordering my life - moving is always like this!  This morning, I have begun to browse through my gymnastics archive and to reflect on just a little of the material that has given my writing life over the past few years. 

Over the coming year or so I will be posting on this blog less, as I wish to concentrate on the preparation of a book I have been planning for some years - please be patient.  My archive will continue to fuel my ideas, but I will also need to keep up with current developments in the sport in Russia.  There is a lot going on, not just within gymnastics but within the wider political, economic and social spheres.  I don't want to give too much away, but I will keep you up to date with anything major.

It has always been a joy to share things with you on this blog and I intend to continue.  Today, I'll post a few scans of items I have found in my collection - there will, sporadically, be more as I gradually work through it all.

The quality of the pictures is dictated by (a) the condition of the original object held in my collection and (b) the technical limitations of publishing pictures on the blog.  You will find the same, occasionally more, images on my Facebook page and my Twitter account, where the picture quality is a little better.

Enjoy!

Svetlana Boguinskaia, from a special feature just prior to the 1992 Olympic Games, that appeared in London's Sunday Telegraph colour supplement

Grigori Missiutin, in the same feature.  Go to RRG's Facebook page to see more.


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  1. Anonymous2 January 2017 at 16:20

    Happy New Year, Queen Elizabeth! May happiness reign in your home! ����������

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  2. Tamara3 January 2017 at 02:30

    Happy New Year!!!🎉💜

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  3. Lovenicky6 January 2017 at 23:06

    Happy New Year and thanks for all your contributions thus far in the gymternet!

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