Burevestnik (Ukraine) or Burevisnyk (Ukrainian: Буревісник) was the republican affiliation of volunteer sport society Burevestnik in the Ukrainian SSR that existed in 1936 to 1991. Initially the society united workers of state retail industry.

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In 1957 to 1987 Burevestnik was an All-Union Volunteer Society associated with students and professors of under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate studies. In 1955 Berevestnik merged with number of other sports societies such as "Iskra", "Trud" (later revived), "Molnia", "Nauka", and "Medik" under its name.

In 1987 the society merged into All-Union Volunteer Sports Society of Trade Unions.

On January 1, 1978 in Ukraine Burevestnik accounted for 386,000 student members.

Olympic laureates

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AthleteGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Viktor Chukarin  4206
Heorhiy Zhylin  0101
Ihor Yemchuk  0101
Totals (3 entries)4408
AthleteGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Larysa Latynina  4116
Viktor Chukarin  3115
Boris Shakhlin  2002
Yuri Titov  1124
Leonid Bartenev  0101
Heorhiy Zhylin  0011
Ihor Yemchuk  0011
Nadezhda Konyayeva  0011
Yevgeny Cherepovsky  0011
Totals (9 entries)104822

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