Ivan Poddubnyy: Tragediya silacha

Legendary personality of national history Ivan Maksimovich Poddubny. Ivan brought Russia’s first sporting victory and became World Wrestling Champion in 1905. The title of world champion he successfully defended five years in a row. Everyone has heard about this ordinary Zaporozhye Cossack - from an ordinary janitor to the first persons of the state. All the newspapers of the country in the early twentieth century called it the “pride of the empire”. In the early 20s, Ivan Poddubny could leave his more