Athletic On the Beach
History in Color: World champion Gennady Ivanchenko of Riga, Latvia demonstrates some bodybuilding routines on the beach in the 1970s. Ivanchenko was a superb Olympic weightlifter who belonged to those who cared about their...
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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...
His First World Title in 1959
History in Color: Warsaw, Poland (October 4, 1959) – 24-year old Yury Vlasov sets a new world record in snatch (153kg) and wins his first World title with the 500kg total. Special thanks for...
Heavyweights CCCP in 1971
History in Color: Introduction of athletes in the heavyweight class at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade. Left to right: Pavel Pervushin (Leningrad, Russia), Valentin Danilov (Krivoy Rog, Ukraine) , R.Arutyunyan (Armenia), Michael Vashkevich Minsk, (Belorussia),...
Igor Sadykov
History in Color: Champion of the world and Europe , USSR champion, Igor Sadykov (b. 1967) of Usbekistan.
The Champions of the 1967 Spartakiade
History in Color: The lineup of the winners of gold medals of the 1967 USSR Spartakiade. Left to right: Nikolay Nogaytsev (67.5kg, Dynamo, Moscow), Erkin Karimov (60kg, Burevestnik, Tashkent), Victor Kurentsov (75kg, Army, Khabarovsk),...
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....
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...
