place_of_birth nikolay oselez
___MASK64___ ( French : ) is a country in the northern half ___MASK60___ North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK64___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority ___MASK60___ the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK64___ is sparsely populated , the majority ___MASK60___ its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths ___MASK60___ the country ' s population ___MASK60___ 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is ___MASK63___ ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , ___MASK82___ City , Winnipeg and ___MASK46___ . The 1976 Summer Olympics , officially called the Games ___MASK60___ the XXI Olympiad ( French : Les " XXIes olympiques d ' été "), was an international multi - sport event in Montreal , ___MASK82___ , in 1976 , and the first Olympic Games held in Canada . Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12 , 1970 , at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam , over the bids ___MASK60___ ___MASK8___ and Los Angeles . It is so far the only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada . Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010 , respectively . ___MASK82___ ( pronounced or ) is the second - most populous province of Canada and the only one to have a predominantly French - speaking population , with French as the sole provincial official language . ___MASK13___ officially ___MASK3___ in both ___MASK29___ English and French , is the most populous municipality in Quebec and the 2nd - most populous in Canada . Originally called " Ville - Marie ", or " City of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of the city . The city is on the Island of ___MASK13___ , which took its name from the same source as the city , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four - season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters . Nikolay Oselez is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s . He won a gold medal in the K - 4 10 , 000 m event at the 1986 ICF ___MASK2___ Sprint World Championships in Montreal . In the 1990s he was a businessman in Russia . In the late 1990s he married the chief coach ___MASK60___ the Russian synchronized swimming team . Nikolay has two sons ; the younger , Yegor Oseledets , is a prominent Russian hockey player . Notre Dame ___MASK70___ is an artificial ___MASK70___ located in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal , ___MASK82___ , Canada . It is located immediately east of Saint Helen ' s ___MASK70___ and west of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the city of Saint - Lambert on the south shore . Together with Saint Helen ' s ___MASK70___ , it makes up Parc Jean - Drapeau , which forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago . To the southwest , the ___MASK70___ is connected to the embankment separating the seaway and Lachine Rapids . Mount Royal is a large volcanic - related ___MASK49___ or small mountain in the city ___MASK60___ Montreal , immediately west ___MASK60___ downtown Montreal , ___MASK82___ ( in Canada ), the city to which it gave its name . Île Bizard is an ___MASK70___ near the ___MASK70___ ___MASK60___ Montreal in the Hochelaga Archipelago region . The ___MASK70___ ___MASK60___ Montreal , in southwestern ___MASK82___ , Canada , is located at the confluence ___MASK60___ the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers . It is separated from Île Jésus ( Laval ) by the Rivière des Prairies . The 1986 ICF ___MASK2___ Sprint World Championships were held in Montreal , ___MASK82___ , Canada at the Notre Dame Island . This is also where the canoeing and rowing competitions for the 1976 Summer Olympics took place .