- Famous Russian ice hockey player
- He won Olympic Gold Medals as a Soviet Union Hockey player in the 1984 Winter Olympics (Sarajevo, Yugoslavia) and in 1988 Winter Olympic Games (Calgary Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the 1980 Soviet Union hockey team where they were defeated by the United States team (Lake Placid, New York) and received the Olympic Silver Medal.
- He was awarded the Soviet Union Player of the Year in 1987 and was on many international all-star teams.
- The Soviet Army Team drafted him into the military where they practiced 11 months a year, two or three times a days, and often confined men to a training camp even if they were married. He was a member of the junior world championship teams in 1978, 1979, and 1980 for the Soviet Union.
- In 1989, he signed a three contract for the Vancouver Canucks for 2.3 million a year but left after a season for the Soviet Union. He later played for lower league teams in Switzerland and Sweden and was an assistant coach with his old Soviet Army team. He was director of a Sports School and inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
- He is survived by his wife, Nina and sons, Denis and Alexei.
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