Burevestnik (Ukraine)
Burevestnik (Ukraine) or Burevisnyk ( uk, Буревісник) was the republican affiliation of volunteer sport society Burevestnik in the Ukrainian SSR that existed in 1936 to 1991. Initially the society united workers of state retail industry. Description In 1957 to 1987 Burevestnik was an All-Union Volunteer Society associated with students and professors of under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate studies. In 1955 Berevestnik merged with number of other sports societies such as "Iskra", "Trud" (later revived), "Molnia", "Nauka", and "Medik" under its name. In 1987 the society merged into All-Union Volunteer Sports Society of Trade Unions. On January 1, 1978 in Ukraine Burevestnik accounted for 386,000 student members. Olympic laureates 1952 Summer Olympics 1956 Summer Olympics 1960 Summer Olympics * Larysa Latynina, Kiev (, ''gymnastics'') * Larysa Latynina, Kiev (, ''gymnastics'') * Larysa Latynina, Kiev (, ''gymnastics'') * Boris Shakhlin, Kiev (, ''gymnastics' ...
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Burevestnik (sports Society)
Burevestnik (russian: Буреве́стник; English: Stormy Petrel) was the All-Union VSS of students and teachers of the most part of high schools and universities in the USSR, established in 1957 (between 1936 and 1957 the society with the same name united workers of Trade Unions of the State trade and State institutions). Notable members (one per sport) *Nikolai Andrianov (artistic gymnastics) *Tatyana Kazankina (athletics) *Sergei Kovalenko (basketball) * Gennadi Shatkov (boxing) *Nona Gaprindashvili (chess) * Lyubov Kozyreva (cross-country skiing) *Mark Midler (fencing) * Aleksandr Anpilogov (handball) *Lidia Skoblikova (speed skating) *Alexander Medved (wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...) References External links Sport Flags of the US ...
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