Sergey Tarabanko
Sergey Aleksandrovich Tarabanko (russian: Сергей Александрович Тарабанько, born 25 August 1949) is a retired Russian ice speedway rider who won seven world titles between 1975 and 1981. Biography Tarabanko was born in Moscow, but was soon moved to Kirovsk and then Angarsk, where he started training in cross-country motorcycle racing. After working as a turner at a factory, between 1968 and 1972 he served in the army. In 1975 he graduated from the University of Pedagogy in Chita. He then worked as a test driver for a Jawa Motors factory in Novosibirsk, and in 1977 moved to Moscow to coach motorcycle racers. He participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics as a driver of the Soviet Olympic team and later worked as the head of the CSKA racing team in Moscow. World Final appearances Individual Ice Speedway World Championship * 1974 - Nässjö - 4th - 10pts * 1975 - Moscow - Winner - 30pts * 1976 - Assen - Winner * 1977 - Inzell - Winner * 1978 - Asse ...
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Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ...
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1976 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The 1976 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 11th edition of the World Championship The Championship was held on 6/7 March 1976 in Assen in the Netherlands. The winner was Sergey Tarabanko of the Soviet Union for the second successive year. Classification See also * 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship in classic speedway References {{International speedway Ice speedway competitions Ice Ice is water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaq ...

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1949 Births
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ...
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Tver
Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population: Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian Empire, with a population of 60,000 on 14 January 1913. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa Rivers. The city was known as Kalinin ( rus, Кали́нин, Kalínin) from 1931 to 1990. The city is where three rivers meet, splitting the town into northern and southern parts by the Volga River, and divided again into quarters by the Tvertsa River, which splits the left (northern) bank into east and west halves, and the Tmaka River which does the same along the southern bank. History Medieval origins Tver's foundation year is officially accepted to be 1135,Charter of Tver, Article 1 although there is no universal agreement on this date and some estimates place it as late as the second half of the 13th century. The ...
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1980 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The 1980 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 15th edition of the World Championship The Championship was held on 23/24 February 1980 in Kalinin in the Soviet Union. The winner was Anatoly Bondarenko of the Soviet Union for the second time. Classification See also * 1980 Team Ice Racing World Championship * 1980 Individual Speedway World Championship in classic speedway References {{International speedway Ice speedway competitions World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

1978 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The 1978 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the World Championship The Championship was held on 4/5 March 1978 in Assen in the Netherlands. The winner was Sergey Tarabanko of the Soviet Union for the fourth successive year. Classification See also * 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship in classic speedway References {{International speedway Ice speedway competitions Ice Ice is water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaqu ...

Inzell
Inzell is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for the Eisstadion Inzell, an outdoor artificial ice rink that has been used for many international speed skating championships. It is now an indoor oval. Geography Inzell lies in a wide valley floor in the Chiemgau Alps, framed by the mountains of Rauschberg, Zinnkopf, Teisenberg and the massif of Staufen. In the municipality, the confluence of the Großwaldbach and Falkenseebach rivers forms the Rote Traun river. Inzell is also known as the gateway to Berchtesgaden National Park due to the ''Zwing'', a mountain passage between Inzell and Weißbach, which separates the Chiemgau from Berchtesgaden. History The independent municipality of Inzell was created in 1818 as a result of administrative reform in Bavaria. The mining and smelting of ores was an important source of income in the village, as can still be seen in the coat of arms (above right). Transport From Inzell runs the Fede ...
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1977 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The 1977 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 12th edition of the World Championship The Championship was held on 5/6 March 1977 in Inzell, Germany. The winner was Sergey Tarabanko of the Soviet Union for the third successive year. Final * March 5–6 * Inzell See also * 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship in classic speedway References

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Assen
Assen () is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the motorcycle sport, motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Sunday in June the Dutch TT is run; and also for the annual Assen Dance Festival. Population centres Anreep, Assen, De Haar, Assen, De Haar, Graswijk, Loon, Drenthe, Loon, Rhee, Netherlands, Rhee, Schieven, Ter Aard, Ubbena, Witten, Drenthe, Witten, Zeijerveen, and Zeijerveld. History The history of the capital of Drenthe can be traced back to at least 1258, when a new location had to be found for Marienkamp Abbey, which had originally been built near Coevorden as a penalty for the slaughter in 1227 of the army of the Bishop of Bishopric of Utrecht, Utrecht at the hands of Drenthe's peasants, in what has come to be known as the Battle of Ane – a battle, incidentally, in ...
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1975 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The 1975 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the tenth edition of the World Championship. The winner was Sergey Tarabanko of the Soviet Union. Final * February 22–23 * Moscow References {{International ice racing Ice speedway competitions Ice Ice is water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaq ...

Ice Speedway
Ice speedway is a developed form of motorcycle speedway racing, featuring racing on frozen surfaces. The sport uses bikes enhanced for the terrain. Participants can compete at international level. Outline The bikes race counterclockwise around oval tracks between 260 and 425 metres in length. The race structure and scoring are similar to that in speedway. History Ice speedway is an evolution of dirt speedway racing, which first started in 1923. Staten Lorenz of Michigan is generally credited with the invention of the sport, in 1975. The first ice speedway event was organized and promoted by a local motorcycle dealer in Huntsville, Alabama. The third ever event was hosted at the Kent State University hockey field house, which speedway rider Gary Densford was invited to attend by his friend Bob Hetrick. At this event, Hetrick finished first and Densford finished second. Densford went on to promote this new sport, forming the ICE (international Championship Events). Studs ...
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