ChessMaine: A Message from Arnold Schwarzenegger

03.18.22 Arnold Schwarzenegger is the former governor of California, an actor, a former Mr. Olympia bodybuilder, and a chess player. He was recently published in The Atlantic with an article titled, I Have a Message for My Russian Friends.

Arnold Schwarzenegger shares a Message for My Russian Friends.

I Have a Message for My Russian Friends

By Arnold Schwarzenegger

I have a message for my Russian friends, and for the Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine: There are things going on in the world that have been kept from you, terrible things that you should know about. But before I tell you about the harsh realities, let me tell you about the Russian who became my hero.

In 1961, when I was 14 years old, I had the chance to attend the World Weightlifting Championships in Vienna. Yury Petrovich Vlasov won the world-championship title, becoming the first human being to lift 200 kilograms over his head. Somehow, a friend of mine got me backstage. All of a sudden a 14-year-old boy was standing in front of the strongest man in the world. I couldn't believe it. He reached out to shake my hand. I still had a boy's hand. He had this powerful man's hand that swallowed mine, but he was kind. And he smiled at me.

The entire article as it appeared in The Atlantic can be read here.

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A Message from Arnold Schwarzenegger

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