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...
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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...
David Rigert is 75
March 12, 2022 – Legendary Soviet Olympic weightlifter David Rigert celebrates his 75th Birthday today. Olympic champion, 6x World and 9x European champion, 5x USSR champion and author of 65 world records, David Rigert...
Hockey Legend Phil Esposito is 80
February 20, 2022 – All-time hockey Legend, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, former super star center of the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and, of course, Team...
Victor Sots at the USSR Spartakiade (1983)
History in Color: July 30, 1983, Moscow, Russia, USSR – Sub heavyweight Victor Sots of Donetsk, Ukraine is performing his signature push jerk style with 227.5kg in his second attempt in the 100kg class...
Olympic champion Israil Arsamakov is 60
February 8, 2022 – Olympic champion Israil Arsamakov celebrated his 60th Birthday! Israil Arsamakov is a Soviet Olympian who won the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and became the first weightlifter from the Chechen-Ingushetia...
Referee Sergey Artamonov is 85
January 30, 2022 – Outstanding Olympic weightlifting referee Sergey Artamonov celebrates his 85th Birthday today! Sergey Artamonov served as an official at the national and international IWF competitions for decades and without any doubts...
