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Show Russia Spent $100,000,000 Yearly on Sports Program Since 1921, Soviet Russia has be-come be-come the most sports-minded country in history through its sports-for-all program for which it has appropriated as much as $100,000,000 annually, says Collier's. Col-lier's. This has not only resulted in the construction of 650 stadiums, stadi-ums, 3,500 gymnasiums and 10,000 playing fields, but has also encouraged encour-aged 35,000,000 men and women of nearly all ages to compete in athletic ath-letic events. Furthermore, as no one is permitted per-mitted to make money on sports, either as a promoter or a participant, partici-pant, there are no professional athletes in the Soviet Union, |