Misha
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Misha (), also known as Mishka () or The Olympic Mishka (), is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics). He was designed by children's books illustrator Victor Chizhikov.
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- Instance of
- Olympic mascot
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Followed by
- Sam
- Follows
- Amik
- Creator
- Victor Chizhikov
- League
- 1980 Summer Olympics
- Official website
- www.olympic.org/moscow-1980-mascot
- Image
- 1980 USSR stamp Olympic mascot.jpg
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- Commons category
- Misha
- language of work or name
- Russian
- date of birth
- 1965-02-14
- advertises
- 1980 Summer Olympics
- native label
- Олимпийский Мишка
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Misha (), also known as Mishka () or The Olympic Mishka (), is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics). He was designed by children's books illustrator Victor Chizhikov.
Misha is the first mascot of a sporting event to achieve large-scale commercial success in merchandise. The Misha doll was used extensively during the opening and closing ceremonies, appeared on several merchandise products and had both an animated short film (animated by Soyuzmultfilm) and a television series (animated by Nippon Animation), all of which are now common practice not only in the Olympic Games, but also in the FIFA World Cup and other events' mascots.
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