Estonian Strongman Toivo Kurg
July 23, 1971, Moscow, USSR – 25-year old Estonian heavyweight Toivo Kurg competes in the 110kg weight class at the 1971 USSR Spartakiad in the Red Army Weightlifting Hall in Moscow. Toivo Kurg (b....
Monthly Archive: October 2017
RLOL
RLOL is a little tag for Russian humor. Most of the times, it’s almost impossible to translate or to try to explain it. You’ve got to grow up in Russia to be able to...
Autumn Colors
It’s nice and warm in town now. Flowers and plants are enjoying the Indian summer on the deck. Photography @ Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski
Love On the Run
Bernie C. is running home from the evening walk. He is in love and it’s mutual. We love him too.
Shore Drive Construction
Everything seems to be under construction now. Shore Drive in Winthrop is under construction too. The home is close but the construction detours create a number of new loops on the road instead of...
Boston Old Town Trolley In the Evening
“Hop On Hop Off – Tour All Day” That’s what they say on the Old Town Trolleys. This one is going in the evening in the South End. Photography @ Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski
Almost There
It’s certainly nice to have a sense of direction. Evening on the bridge to Winthrop. Photography @ Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski
Midway
This is the midway to somewhere. It’s always good to have a sense of directions, right? Photography @ Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski
Sultan Rakhmanov in Leningrad (1979)
On the cover History in Color series photo, Olympic champion Sultan Rakhmanov of Avangard, Dnepropetrovsk, competes in the super heavyweight class at the 1979 USSR Spartakiad in Leningrad, Russia. Besides winning the Olympic super heavyweight title...
Athletes and Coaches: Popov and Kirshon
The original black-and-white photo came from persinal archives of legendary Soviet weightlifter and coach George Popov of Kiev, Ukraine. On the photo, George Popov (on the right) is depicted with his student Pinchas Kirshon in...
