 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo Yemashoko yakatanga pashure pokukunda kwevaAllies muHondo Yenyika II. Kusvikira muna 1952, nyika zhinji dzechiKomonisiti dzeEastern Europe dzakanga dzapinda muOlympics yeVashandi kana kuti Spartakiads. Soviet Union yakabuda mukuparadzaniswa kwenyika dzakawanda nekudzivisa Spartakiad uye kutora chikamu mu1952 Summer Olympics muHelsinki; vakaita kutanga kwavo kweMitambo yeOlympic yechando paMitambo yeCortina. Chinangwa chomunyori mukuru weSoviet Nikita Khrushchev chaiva chokushandisa makwikwi emitambo yenyika dzakawanda, akadai seOlympics, kuratidza ukuru hwechiKomonisiti, kusimbisa ukama hwezvematongerwe enyika nedzimwe nyika dzechiKomonisiti, uye kuratidzira Soviet Union sorudzi runoda rugare rwunobatanidzwa zvikuru munyika. Kupinda kweSoviet muOlympics kwakasimudza mwero wemakwikwi sezvo vakakunda menduru dzakawanda uye menduru dzendarama dzakawanda kupfuura dzimwe nyika dzose. Chikwata cheSoviet cheOlympic chakanga chichizivikanwawo nokuda kwokudarika mitemo yeamateur. Vatambi vose veSoviet vaiva nemabasa chaiwo, asi chaizvoizvo vaitsigirwa nehurumende uye vaidzidziswa nguva yakazara. Maererano nenyanzvi dzakawanda, izvozvo zvakapa Soviet Union mukana mukuru kupfuura United States nedzimwe nyika dzokuMadokero, dzine vatambi vaiva vadzidzi kana kuti vaida zvemitambo. Mitambo yeCortina yakaitwa pamberi peRevolution yeHungaryuye kupinda kweSoviet kwakatevera, uye Hondo yeSuez, iyo yakaitika mumatsutso a1956; Mitambo yeZima yakapukunyuka kurambidzwa kwakavhiringidza Mitambo yeOlympic yeMelbourne, iyo yaipembererwa munaNovember naDecember wegore iroro. 