SOVIET UNION
001 1968

POCTOB - Ha - ДOHУ. ДBOРeц cnopta; “Palace of Sport” in Rostov-na-Donu (Rostov on the Don)
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There was a very good Volleyball team in Rostov-na-Donu (“Sport Club of the Army”) in the 1960ies and 1970ies (the cover was issued in 1968). It played in the higher league of the championship of the Soviet Union.
One player of this team was in the Soviet national team and participated in the 1964 Tokio Olympic Games. His name was Valeri Kalatschikhin. He won the Olympic Gold Medal together with his team. So I am sure that the team of Rostov played in this sport palace. And the ball on the cover is most likely a Volleyball ball.
There were also strong handball teams in Rostov, both men's and women's. But handball became an Olympic sport untill 1972 and that is why handball teams began to receive help and attention later (not at the time when this cover was produced).
002 1977  
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This postal card shows a wall painting or a mosaic with a sportsman and a ball. It could be Volleyball.
003 1978 04 17

ОЛИМПИЙСКЕ ОБЪЕКТЫ - ... ЦЕИТРАΛЬІИ СТАДИОН ИМ. ЛЕНИНА ...; Olympic Games 1980, Moscow; Olympic Objetcs - ... Lenin Stadium (Volleyball Hall) ...
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This postal card shows on its map one of the sports halls where Volleyball was played at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union.
004 1979 11 20

УНИВЕРСАДЬНЫЙ СПОСТИВНЫЙ ЗАЛ "ДРУЖБА".; Olympic Games 1980, Moscow; Volleyball Hall / Olympische Spiele 1980, Moskau; Volleyball Halle / Juegos Olímpicos 1980, Moscú; gimnasio de Voleibol.
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This postal card shows one of the sports halls where Volleyball was played at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union.