Bodybuilding in the USSR.

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From the archive of Evgeny Koltun. 1991. July. Canada. Ottawa. USSR FBB delegation.
Standing: Vishnevsky, Vladimir Bogachev, Alexander Molodykh, Evgeny Koltun, Nimrod King, Tatyana Shuteleva, Zinovy Kostiv, Elena Brazhnikov, Volodya Koranov. Seated: Slava Maslov, Lena Davydova, Vitya Malygina, Vlad Naumov

 

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From the archive of Evgeniy Koltun. 1991. July. Canada. Ottawa. Delegation of the FBB of the USSR.

 

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One of the bodybuilders from Karelia.

 

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A clipping from the Soviet magazine "Kalendar - Sport." 1970. The person in the photo is unknown.

 

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1966. From the album of those years. E. Koltuna. Moscow, Estonia, Lithuania.

 

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1966. Clippings from the magazine "Sports Life of Russia." Success Stories. Athletics. From the album of E. Koltun.

 

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1965. Clippings from the Soviet magazine "Sports Life of Russia." From E. Koltun's album.
Far left: Soviet bodybuilder Oleg Zuikov (his anthropometric data and strength indicators are listed).
Three photos above: 1. Alexander Vladimirovich Znamensky (also known as Williams Moore-Znamensky; 1877, Moscow – 1928, Leningrad) – professional circus performer, kettlebell lifter, and belt wrestler.
2. Pyotr Fedotovich Krylov (June 11, 1873, Moscow – 1933) – Russian and Soviet circus performer, kettlebell lifter, and wrestler. Nicknamed the "King of Kettlebells."
3. Morro-Dmitriev (real name - Sergei Ivanovich Dmitriev; 1882, Moscow, Russian Empire - 1938) - Russian weightlifter, Russian and Soviet trainer, artist.
In the photo below is a figurine of Evgeniy Sandov and his anthropometric data.

 

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1964. From E. Koltun's album. Clippings from the Soviet magazine "Sports Life of Russia." Success stories.

 

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One of the athletic clubs of the USSR.

 

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USSR. Meeting with Ben Weider. In the foreground is Vladimir Dubinin, president of the USSR Bodybuilding Federation.

 

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Oleg Aleksashin, Kaluga

 

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Vyacheslav Rokashkov (Saransk. Mordovia).

 

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A photo from the Soviet magazine "Sports Life of Russia" from the 1960s. The caption on the photo reads: "The ideal of bodybuilding is a beautiful, proportionate figure with powerful muscles."

 

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Badge "USSR Cup".

 

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Logo for the All-Union Seminar on Athletic Gymnastics (bodybuilding). Omsk. 1988.

 

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The D. Chernyakhovsky Memorial in Vitebsk, 1986. Medal awarded to Igor Golubev (Leningrad), who took first place in the 75 kg category.

 

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Badge "Baltic Cup" Riga. 1990.

 

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Latvian Championship and medal from the Grobiņa Athletic Club (Latvia). 1987.