The Dynamo Shooting Range is a

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located in

Mytishchi Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yarosla ...

in the then Eastern Planning Zone of

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

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. Constructed in 1957 and renovated in 1979, it hosted the

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and the shooting part of the modern pentathlon events for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

References

1980 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 118–21. Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathlon venues Olympic shooting venues Shooting ranges in Russia Sports venues built in the Soviet Union Sports venues in Moscow

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Mytishchinsky District 1957 establishments in Russia 1957 in Soviet sport Venues of the Friendship Games {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub