Bodybuilding in the USSR.

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In the photo on the right is Viktoras Jucis. At an international tournament in Poland. 1990.

 

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Viktoras Jucis

 

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Yutsis Viktoras (Klaipeda, Lithuanian SSR)

 

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Juniors absolute - Baltrimavičius Linas (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR) up to 77 kg, Yutsis Viktoras (Klaipeda, Lit SSR) up to 85 kg, Gudavičius Edmundas (Kaunas, Lit SSR) over 85 kg.

 

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Juniors absolute - Baltrimavičius Linas (Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR) up to 77 kg, Yutsis Viktoras (Klaipeda, Lit SSR) up to 85 kg, Gudavičius Edmundas (Kaunas, Lit SSR) over 85 kg.

 

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finalists: STANISLAVAS POLYAKOVAS, VIKTORAS JUTSIS, VALERY BOGDANOVICH. SAULIS MISYAVICUS.

 

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R. SANTONJA, V. YUTSIS AND IFBB PRESIDENT BEN VADER.

 

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Championship of the Lithuanian SSR 1988. Category over 90 kg., V. Jucis, V. Stanaitis, R. Mazionis, R. Kazakevichius.

 

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finalists: STANISLAVAS POLYAKOVAS, VIKTORAS JUTSIS, VALERY BOGDANOVICH. SAULIS MISYAVICUS.

 

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From left to right: Grigory Fateev, Viktoras Jutsis, Stanislav Polyakov.

 

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Viktoras Jutsis

 

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VIKTORAS YUTSIS, ALEXANDER VASIN, BORIS VELIKOIVANENKO.

 

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1987. Severodvinsk. Photo taken after a weightlifting tournament organized by Boris Gromov. Pictured top: P. Kosenko, V. Yutsis, B. Gromov, S. Belikov, V. Bogdanovich, Yu. Vlasov, B. Raev, B. Velikoivanenko. Bottom: V. Dubinin and, apparently, V. Alexandrovich.

 

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Georg Tenno Memorial, 1979. 75 kg weight class
Left to right: Boris Zhitinsky (Tallinn, Estonian SSR), Evgeny Gorelik (Grodno Region, Byelorussian SSR), Valery Bogdanovich (Minsk, Byelorussian SSR)

 

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USSR Championship 1990. Tallinn. Absolute: Valery Bogdanovich, Ain Paavo (bodybuilder and weightlifter), Andrey Kosichenko (bodybuilder and weightlifter).

 

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Valeriy Bogdanovich and Ain Paavo (bodybuilder and weightlifter).

 

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1988. Tournament in Severodvinsk. Foreground photo: S. Belikov, V. Bogdanovich, P. Kosenko, V. Aleksandrovich.
Background photo: Viktoras Jucis (left), Boris Velikoivanenko (far right).

 

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USSR Championship 1990. Tallinn. Absolute: Valery Bogdanovich, Ain Paavo (bodybuilder and weightlifter), Andrey Kosichenko (bodybuilder and weightlifter).

 

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1988 World Championships in Australia. Stanislavas Poliakovas, Alexander Vasin, Pavel Yablonitsky (Czechoslovakia), Valery Bogdanovich, and Vladimir Dubinin. In October 1988, the USSR national team first took part in the 42nd World Bodybuilding Championships, held in Brisbane, Australia. More than 120 athletes from 50 countries participated. The Soviet team's best result was achieved in the team posing competition, where they placed fourth, while Valery Bogdanovich placed ninth in the individual competition in the 80 kg weight category. The Soviet delegation was literally hounded by journalists. Many did not believe that the Soviet Union had bodybuilders before speaking with the athletes.

 

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USSR Championship 1990. Tallinn. Absolute: Valery Bogdanovich, Ain Paavo (bodybuilder and weightlifter), Andrey Kosichenko (bodybuilder and weightlifter).