Day of the day: Victor Chukarin
On November 9, 1921, Viktor Chukarin, the legendary Soviet gymnast, prisoner of German camps, was born. Personal business Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin (1921-1984) was born in the village of Krasnoarmeyskoye, Donetsk region of Ukraine, in the family of the Don Cossack and Greek. Soon the family moved to Mariupol. Victor was fond of football, swimming, rowing. Together with his brother, he was engaged in gymnastics in the courtyard on the crossbar, then in the school section in athletics.