"Misha" the Russian Bear, Mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games

Details: The Moscow Olympic bear "Misha" was developed by the renowned illustrator of children's books Victor Chizikov. It took the illustrator six months to draw one hundred variations of the bear that also carried the full name Mikhail Potapych Toptygin. "Misha" was finally unveiled on December 19th, 1977.

Designer: Victor Chizikov