The Restoration of Chaos & Order

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Irving Berlin, David Pinski, Yaroslav Rybakov, Lev Polugaevsky, Otto Schmidt, Nikolai Krestinsky, Vitaly Lagutenko, Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam, Natalia Podolskaya, Issai Schur, Boris Moiseev, Timofei Kalachev, Modest Altschuler, Petr Elfimov, Andrei Rybakou, Nikolai Sudzilovsky, Vital Bulyha, Vladimir Yurchenko, Dmitry Verkhovtsov, Artsyom Radzkow, Andrey Alexandrovich Melnikov, Dzmitry Likhtarovich, Andrey Harbunow, Matest M. Agrest. Excerpt: Medal record Andrei Rybakou (Belarusian : ) (born March 4, 1982 in Mogilev , Belarussian SSR ) is a Belarusian weightlifter who won silver medals in Men's 85 kg at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. He is 172 cm tall. In April 2006 he won the European Championship. Later that year, during the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships he was crowned as the World Champion in the 85 kg category. He won the gold medal in the 85 kg category again at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships setting a world record with a 187 kg snatch. Notes and references (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Andrey Alexandrovich Melnikov Andrey Alexandrovich Melnikov (Russian : ) (April 11, 1968 January 8, 1988 ) was a Private , machine gunner of the 9th Company, 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment, 40th Army. Melnikov was present during the Battle for Hill 3234 as an RPK gunner. During the late night of January 8 , Melnikov blunted a strong mujahideen attack on the 9th Company's position, at the cost of his life. For his bravery and skill under fire, Melnikov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union . Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Alexandrov References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Andrey Harbunow Andrey Harbunow (Belarusian : ; ...