Ruslan Tarkil
Our History in Color photo series presents Ruslan Tarkil of the Gantiadi club of Sukhumi, Abkhazia performing the snatch lift at the Friendship Cup. Ruslan Tarkil is definitely an “unsung hero” of Olympic weightlifting...
Tagged: USSR
Weightlifting Exhibitionists
History in Color: Gorky Park, Moscow, 1936 – Pioneers of Soviet weightlifting perform demo lifts in the famous Moscow entertainment and leisure park. On the right, Alexander Bukharov is commenting the event and spotting...
Second Attempt of Valery Shary (1976)
History in Color: July 24, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Soviet light heavyweight Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus, competes in the snatch program of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. After a disaster performance in...
Pisarenko (1981)
Weightlifting History in Color: One of the most memorable super heavyweights in the history of Olympic weightlifting, Anatoly Pisarenko of Kiev, Ukraine wins his first World Championship in Lille, France in 1981. Pisarenko won...
First Attempt. No Lift.
History in Color: 32-year old David Rigert of Shakhty, Russia fails to clean-and-jerk the weight in the 1st attempt at the 1979 USSR Cup in Frunze, Kirgizia. In the end of the day, Rigert...
Training With Team CCCP
History in Color: Olympic champions, middle heavyweight Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus and super heavyweight Sultan Rakhmanov of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine are smiling during the training session of the national team in 1979. Both Shary...
Sergey Lee (Kyrgyzstan)
History in Color: One of the best Soviet light heavyweights of the 1980s, Sergey Lee of Frunze, Kirgizia, competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1986 USSR Championship at the Izmaylovo Arena in Moscow,...
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...
V.Alexeev: The Strongest Man On the Planet In the 1970s
On January 7, 2018, Vasily Alexeev (1942-2011) would have turned 76. Legendary super heavyweight Vasily Alexeev was the strongest man in the world of the 1970s. He was always the last one to enter...
Alexander Kurlovich
History in color: One of the best super heavyweights of all times, 2x Olympic champion Alexander Kurlovich of Grodno, Belarus, competes for Team CCCP in the 110+kg class at the 1983 World Championship in...
