Famous life · 1876
Georg Lurich, the strong boy of Väike-Maarja
Wrestler Georg Lurich was born in Väike-Maarja in April 1876. His father became a merchant in the village. As a schoolboy, it was said, Lurich paid stronger farm boys during the holidays to wrestle with him. He went on to the Peter's Realschule in Tallinn, where he finished in 1894, and became one of the three most famous Estonian professional wrestlers, alongside Georg Hackenschmidt and his own pupil Aleksander Aberg. He died in Armavir in Russia in January 1920, and he and Aberg were buried in the same grave. A monument to Lurich stands in Väike-Maarja, and on his birthday the village holds strength contests in his honour.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Maadleja Georg Lurich sündis 1876. aasta aprillis Väike-Maarjas. Tema isa hakkas seal kaupmeheks. Räägitakse, et koolivaheajal maksis Lurich tugevamatele maapoistele, et need temaga maadleksid. Ta õppis Tallinna Peetri Reaalkoolis, mille lõpetas 1894. aastal, ja temast sai Georg Hackenschmidti ja oma õpilase Aleksander Abergi kõrval üks kolmest kuulsaimast eesti elukutselisest maadlejast. Ta suri 1920. aasta jaanuaris Venemaal Armaviris ning tema ja Aberg maeti ühte hauda. Väike-Maarjas seisab Georg Lurichi monument ja tema sünniaastapäeval peetakse seal tema auks rammukatsumise mälestusvõistlusi.