Alexander Pervy
Alexander Pervy (1960-1985) was one of my personal favorite athletes in Olympic weightlifting. Very slick technician and strong lifter, he definitely was a clutch lifter in the competitions. The more pressure was mounting in...
Tagged: Moscow
Athletes and Coaches: Oxen Mirzoyan and Ashot Vilasyan
History in Color: Oxen Mirzoyan and his coach Asot Vilasyan celebrate the world record at the 1983 World championship in Moscow. It was a fascinating night for Oxen Mirzoyan, indeed. He broke world records...
Anton Nossik (1966-2017)
Anton Nossik, the prominent blogger, journalist, Internet entrepreneur, died in Russia from a heart attack at 51. It’s a very sad and hard to believe news from Moscow. Anton was more than any title or...
Middle Heavyweights CCCP in 1967
History in Color: Introduction of contenders in the 90kg class at the 1967 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow. Left to right: Anatoly Prits (Belorussia), Eduard Mkrtumyan (Lithuania), Victor Shishov (Ukraine), Eduard Brovko (Ukraine), Аnatoly Kalenichenko...
Blagoev (Bulgaria)
History in Color: One of all-time best Olympic weightlifters, Blagoy Blagoev competes for Bulgaria at the 1983 World Championship in Moscow. In 1983, Blagoev won the World title in the 90kg weight class with...
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...
Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day, Dad! Just an old photo made in the New Arbat area in Moscow in the 1960s.
Dito Shanidze
History in Color: “It’s going to be OK!” says legendary featherweight Dito Shanidze of Tbilisi, Georgia while approaching the weight before the press lift at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow. Original b/w photo...
Rigert in Moscow 1975
History in Color: Soviet finest David Rigert of Shakty, Russia cleans weight at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow.
Alexander Bodunov (1951-2017)
One of the finest Team CCCP Hockey wingers, Alexander Bodunov died on May 11, 2017. He was 65. Alexander Bodunov won the World Championship with the Soviet team in 1973 and 1974. He was...
