Pushnitsa died at the age of 73 last month as the most decorated athlete in the sport in the former Soviet Union.

The Omsk Regional Government plans to install a stele in memory of Pushnitsa at the Complex, where a national competition named in his honour has been held for more than 20 years.

Omsk-born mixed martial arts fighter Alexander Shlemenko has additionally proposed naming a street in the Russian city in Pushnitsa's memory.

Pushnitsa was crowned world champion representing the Soviet Union in the men's under-90 kilograms category in 1974, 1979 and 1983, and was a nine-time national champion.

He also won a silver medal at the World Sambo Championships in 1981, and was a two-time European champion.

A gold medal from the Omsk region for "special services" was among the prizes won by Pushnitsa.

The Soviet national sambo team captain from 1976 to 1984 was described as a "legend" of the sport by the International Sambo Federation.