Rogue Legends Series Extras: Estonia – The Awakening / 8K

While he would come to be known as “The Russian Lion,” the legendary strength athlete George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) was truly a product of Estonia; a former part of the Russian Empire that’s now an independent country once more. It was here, in the town of Tartu, that Hackenschmidt was instilled with the work ethic and sense of history that helped define his later career.