Bodybuilding in the USSR.

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USSR. Minsk bodybuilders. 1962

 

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1986 Vitebsk. Tournament in memory of I. D. Chernyakhovsky. Category up to 75 kg - Anatoly Shlein (Kronstadt), Igor Golubev (Leningrad region), Alexander Tarasov (Leningrad), Sergei Rybakov (Riga, Latvia).

 

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1991. Ufa. Bashkiria. Tournament "Mr. and Miss Ural-91". Women's category over 57 kg. Background - G. Akgul (Holland), I. Raeva (Leningrad), foreground - N. Murnikoviene (Lithuania), I. Abramets (Tyumen), Tamara Dronyaeva (Omsk).

 

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Strength and grace. A couple from Leningrad—Vladimir Leiman and Svetlana Eremeeva. Photo taken in 1988.

 

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Juniors up to 70 kg. 2nd from left - G. Krischunas (Lit. SSR). in the center is Kirill Solodkov.

 

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Svetlana Eremeeva (Leningrad). Prizewinner of all-Union tournaments. Participant in the 1989 USSR-USA match.

 

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1st Official USSR Athletics Cup
June 3–5, 1988
Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Leningrad

 

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Nikolai Grishanov (Vitebsk). Winner of the 2nd USSR-USA bodybuilding match in the fall of 1989. In the background: on the left is a bodybuilder from the USA; on the right is Alexander Khodyakov (Leningrad).

 

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1 USSR Cup. 1988 Leningrad.

 

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Leningrad bodybuilders Boris Raev and Oleg Ovchinnikov at the first official USSR championship, which took place in Leningrad in late May 1989. They took 3rd and 2nd place in the 90 kg category.

 

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1987. The "White Nights" tournament in Leningrad.
Pictured on the left is Pavel Kosenko, on the right is Mikhail Sonets.

 

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USSR Pairs Championship 1987. Leningrad. On the left in the photo is Viktor Tkachenko, on the right is Pavel Kosenko, with Volik visible in the background.

 

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Mikhail Verkhovsky. Leningrad.

 

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1989, Sochi.
Members of the USSR national team at the stadium after training.
From left to right:
Svetlana Eremeeva (Leningrad champion and USSR medalist), Vladimir Leiman (Leningrad champion and USSR medalist), Alexander Vishnevsky.
Far right: Alexander Vasin.

 

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International Tournament in Bulgaria. 1988. A couple from Leningrad. Svetlana Eremeeva and Sergei Tuzov.

 

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Nikolai Grishanov from Vitebsk, the owner of the largest biceps in the USSR (52 cm). Match meeting in Leningrad in March 1989.

 

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Leningrad Bodybuilding Championship, 1986.
B. Raev, V. Leiman, I. Golubev

 

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In the photo on the right is Merike Madar, on the left is Ain Paavo. 1987. Leningrad. All-Union doubles tournament.

 

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Georgy Zobach
1990 Leningrad, city championship

 

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Georgy Zobach
1990 Leningrad, city championship