Vladimir Kuznetsov
History in Color: Vladimir Kuznetsov, middleweight of Spartak Krasnodar is about to begin a clean-and-jerk lift at the 1989 USSR Championships in Frunze, Kirgizia. Vladimir Kuznetsov (b. 1963) was one of the brightest Soviet...
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Nikolay Kolesnikov
History in Color: One of the best featherweights in the world in the 1970s, graduate of the famous weightlifting school in Shakhty, Russia, Nikolay Kolesnikov competes at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. A...
Richard Pipes (1923 – 2018)
Richard Pipes, one of the most well-known experts in the world on Russian history, the Russian revolution in 1917 and the history of Bolshevik regime, has died at 94. I met Dr. Richard Pipes...
Grachev
History in Color: World records holder, 3x USSR champion (1983, 1984, 1987), USSR Spartakiad champion (1983), 3x USSR Cup winner (1982, 1983, 1985), 3x clean-and-jerk USSR champion and 6x USSR snatch champion, lightweight Vladimir...
Miracle of Nature in Moscow
History in Color Paul Anderson of Team USA, also known as “Miracle of Nature” for his phenomenal strength, is being admired by two Soviet champs, Arkady Vorobyev (left) and Trofim Lomakin. The original photo...
Totally Insane
This is a computer game ad that I saw on one of the Russian social networks. I’ve reducted the name of the company and the URL – not to create any additional advertising to...
Legendary V.Kurentsov: 52 years ago in East Berlin
History in Color: Legendary middleweight, Olympic champion, 5x World champion, 7x European champion, 9x CCCP champion, Viktor Kurentsov of Khabarovsk, Russia competes at the 1966 World championship in East Berlin. World Championships from 1891...
Boris Selitsky: Quiz
History in Color: Olympic champion, World and European champion, USSR National and USSR Spartakiade champion, winner of the USSR Cup and world records holder, Boris Selitsky of Leningrad, Russia performs a clean-and-jerk lift. QUIZ...
First Russian World Champion
History in color: The cover photo features our portrait of Sergey Eliseev (1876-1937) of Ufa, Russia, one of the first professional strongmen in the world, kettlebell and Olympic weightlifter of the early era in...
Merry Russian Christmas!
Today is Russian Christian Orthodox Christmas Day. The guy on the photo is Grandpa Frost. Pretty much like Santa Claus. This Santa has been with me since I was three. He is the oldest...
