In St. Petersburg took place farewell to the big trainer. The Dzyudo and political public followed to the grave the Deserved trainer of the country Anatoly Solomonovich Rakhlin.
On ceremony that took place in sports club "Turbostroitel", people from the different cities of the country gathered. More than 300 people became participants of memorial service. To say goodbye to the person known around the world and the trainer came: president
Federations of judo of Russia Vasily Anisimov, Rakhlin's pupils - the first vice-president of FDR, the head of the International fund of judo Arcady Rotenberg and vice-president Boris Rotenberg, the head of the St. Petersburg federation Igor Sidorkevich, Vladimir Shkalov, Rasheed Hantimirov, Anatoly Laryukov, Gennady Kaletkin, Georgy Poltavchenko, etc. To pay a tribute of respect to the first trainer there arrived also the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
Speaking at civil funeral told many good words to the left. Anatoly Solomonovich always was and remained till last days the Personality who had own view of the world, able to convince people, to carry away
them the ideas. Judo was business of all his life. He long dreamed to restore native club "Turbostroitel" where fifty years ago collected the first group. And in the 2012th the new club opened the doors. On the ninth of August, 2013 Anatoly Solomonovich left the club forever.
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