The second part of the show introduced viewers to Russian history and culture. This tableau is from the time of Tsar Pyotr Veliki.
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Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev watched the ceremony in the company of figure skating coach Tatiana Tarasova.
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The ceremony needed 3,000 performers and 2,000 volunteers, who used 6,000 costumes. The total number of people involved in the ceremony was more than 9,200.
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The historical presentation continued; the romantic sublimity of the 19th century segued into the uncompromising 20th century… red tones heralded the revolutionary era and symbolised the epoch of constructivism. The model of a giant locomotive appeared under the dome of the stadium to the music of Sviridov‘s theme for Время, вперёд! (Time, Forward!).
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A scene portrayed the USSR‘s reconstruction after the VOV, with workers, slogans, and appeals of the Stalinist skyscaper era, accompanied by the Muslim Magomaev song Москва (Moscow).
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Young couples with prams and toddlers symbolised the Soviet baby boom, which occurred during 1981-83, that is, immediately after the 1980 Olympics.
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Famous ballerina Diana Vishnyova danced to the music of the ballet Swan Lake.
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World-renowned opera singer Anna Netrebko sang the Olympic hymn.
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Dancers during the pageant at the opening ceremony of 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
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Famous tennis star Mariya Sharapova brought the Olympic flame into the stadium.
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Vladislav Tretiak and Irina Rodnina jointly lit the Olympic flame with a torch that had been in the International Space Station.
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Fireworks from 3,500 volleys capped the opening ceremony.
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8 February 2014
RIA-Novosti
http://ria.ru/sochi2014_news/20140208/993754184_993749410.html
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