Burevestnik (russian: Буреве́стник; English:
Stormy Petrel
Storm-petrel may refer to one of two bird families, both in the order Procellariiformes, once treated as the same family.
The two families are:
*Northern storm petrels (''Hydrobatidae'') are found in the Northern Hemisphere, although some species ...
) 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
Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov (russian: Никола́й Ефи́мович Андриа́нов; 14 October 1952 – 21 March 2011) was a Soviet and Russian gymnast.
He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 (7 gold medals, ...
(
artistic gymnastics)
*
Tatyana Kazankina (
athletics)
*
Sergei Kovalenko (
basketball)
*
Gennadi Shatkov
Gennadi Ivanovich Shatkov (russian: Геннадий Иванович Шатков, May 27, 1932 – January 14, 2009) was a boxer from the USSR, who competed in the Middleweight division (– 75 kg) during the major part of ...
(
boxing)
*
Nona Gaprindashvili (
chess)
*
Lyubov Kozyreva (
cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
)
*
Mark Midler (
fencing)
*
Aleksandr Anpilogov
Aleksandr Semyonovich Anpilogov ( ka, ალექსანდრე ანპილოგოვი, russian: Александр Семёнович Анпилогов, born January 18, 1954) Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Pre ...
(
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
)
*
Lidia Skoblikova (
speed skating)
*
Alexander Medved
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Medved (born 16 September 1937) is a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian retired freestyle wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of the greatest wrestlers in history" by FILA, the sport's governing bod ...
(
wrestling)
References
External links
Sport Flags of the USSR
1957 establishments in the Soviet Union
Sport societies in the Soviet Union
Education in the Soviet Union
Student sport in the Soviet Union
Multi-sport clubs in Russia
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