Category: Articles in English
Team CCCP Weightlifting in Color
Another collectible issue of History in Color. This time it features our selected photos of Team CCCP Weightlifting in various seasons of the past.
Boston Beacon Hill
The Tall Ships left the town today. Even without the Tall Ships, Boston is a beautiful place. Here is a photo from today showing the State House and the Beacon Hill area. I haven’t...
Anniversary Posters: USSR Weightlifting Championships (1918-1991)
Here is a collector’s edition for the fans of Olympic weightlifting. This is the first batch of the posters I designed to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the first CCCP championship held in March 1918....
World Record By Pervushin
History in Color: March 5, 1972 – Soviet heavyweight star Pavel Pervushin of Leningrad snatches 171kg and sets the new world record in Ulm, Germany. Original b/w photo courtesy of Rolf Eberhard (Germany)
Cover Photomodel: Northern Cardinal
From our Birds Photography series at Chidlovski Blog Chidlovski.
Team CCCP Weightlifting (1978)
History in Color: Team CCCP weightlifting in the training camp in Feodosia in 1978. Top row (l to r): G. Baldin, R. Naniev, A. Saydullaev, V. Kuznichenko, Yu. Vardanyan, D. Rigert, V. Shary, I....
Unsung heroes: Anatoly Mayasin (Latvia)
History in Color: Anatoly Mayasin of Latvia competes in the 75kg weight class at the 1971 USSR Spartakiada in Moscow. In 1971, Mayasin was 40 and the 1971 USSR Spartakiada was the last tournament...
