Kyiv Strong: Valery Kuznichenko
History in Color: December 1978, Fergana, Uzbekistan, USSR – 25-year old heavyweight Valery Kuznichenko of Brovary (Kiev’s region), Ukraine is getting ready for his lift in the 110kg class at the 1978 USSR Cup...
Daily Archive: March 17, 2022
Kyiv Strong: Anatoly Pisarenko
History in Color: May 23, 1982, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – 24-year old super heavyweight Anatoly Pisarenko of the Dynamo Club, Kiev is getting ready for his snatch lifting in the 110+kg weight class at the...
Kyiv Strong: Nikolay Laputin
History in Color: October 3, 1947, Helsinki, Finland – Soviet heavyweight Nikolay Laputin performs a snatch lift in the 82.5+kg weight class at the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki. It was the first European...
Kyiv Strong: Alexander Donskoy
History in Color: Alexander Donskoy (1913-1956) was one of the best Soviet bantam and flyweights in the 1930s and 1940s. He competed for the Temp and Spartak clubs of Kiev. During his career as...
Kyiv Strong: Grigory Novak
History in Color: July 1952 – Member of Team USSR Weightlifting, middle heavyweight Grigory Novak participates in the joint photo session organized by the Soviet media at one of the last training camps before...
