Alexander Popov. Source: Wikipedia (public domain) Alexander Stepanovich Popov was born in 1859 in the Ural mountain mining town of Krasnoturyinsk. Expected to follow in his father’s footsteps ...
TASS/. Former Russian swimmer, four-time Olympic champion, and honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Alexander Popov received an Olympic Order during the IOC session in ...