Viktor Serhiyovych Tsybulenko ( uk, Віктор Сергійович Цибуленко, russian: Виктор Серге́евич Цыбуленко, 13 July 1930 – 19 October 2013) was a Ukrainian javelin thrower who represented the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
.
He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 and a bronze in 1956, while finishing fourth in 1952.Viktor Tsybulenko sports-reference.com For these achievements he was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...
in 1960 and the
Order of the Badge of Honor
The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union.
It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...
in 1957.
Tsybulenko was ranked within the world's top 10 javelin throwers in 1952–62, except for 1955; his best placement was second in 1962 and third in 1960. Nationally he won the Soviet title in 1952, 1955–57 and 1959.
After finishing his athletics career Tsybulenko served in the Soviet Army, retiring in 1985 with a rank of colonel. He then returned to the javelin throw and won the 1994 World Masters Championships.
Tsybulenko was born in village of Vepryk,
Fastiv Raion
Fastiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Fastiv. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to s ...
in 1930. In 1931 father of Viktor, Serhiy Tsybulenko, was "dekurkulized" (
Dekulakization
Dekulakization (russian: раскулачивание, ''raskulachivanie''; uk, розкуркулення, ''rozkurkulennia'') was the Soviet campaign of political repressions, including arrests, deportations, or executions of millions of kulak ...
, a process of taking away personal property from peasants by the Soviet state) and in 1933 Tsybulenko family moved to
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
running away from further persecutions. In Vepryk Tsybulenko family used to own of land and horses that died ithree months after being taken away to collective farm (
kolkhoz
A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...
). On the son's question why Serhiy Tsybulenko did not foresee the situation and join the collective farm, he answered that after being labeled as "kurkul", he could not do that. Viktor Tsybulenko testified that in 1933 a lot of people died from famine, but his grandma unlike most villagers had a
root cellar
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in her house, which the Soviet
prodotryad
Alexander Dmitrievich Tsiurupa (russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Цюру́па, October 1, ( O.S. 19 September) 1870 — May 8, 1928) was a Bolshevik leader, Soviet statesman and Party figure.
Biography
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s (food requisitioning detachment) were not able to reach.
See also
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Mykola Tsybulenko
Mykola Vasyliovych Tsybulenko (; 1942–1998) was a Ukrainian people, Ukrainian major general.
General Tsybulenko was born in the village of Vepryk, Fastiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast. He graduated from North-Caucasian Suvorov Military School, Caucasian S ...