Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 21. Chapters: Aleksandr Borisovich Savin, Aleksandr Ermilov, Aleksandr Saprykin, Anatoliy Polishchuk, Andrei Kuznetsov (volleyball), Antonina Ryzhova, Astra Biltauere, Borys Tereshchuk, Dmitri Voskoboynikov, Eduard Sibiryakov, Elena Chebukina, Evgeni Krasilnikov, Fedir Lashchonov, Galina Leontyeva, Georgy Mondzolevski, Igor Runov, Inna Ryskal, Irina Ilchenko, Irina Kirillova, Irina Makogonova, Ivans Bugajenkovs, Larisa Bergen, Leonid Zayko, Lidiya Loginova, Lyubov Kozyreva (volleyball), Lyubov Tyurina, Lyudmila Buldakova, Lyudmila Chernyshova, Lyudmila Gureyeva, Lyudmila Mikhaylovskaya, Marina Anatolyevna Pankova, Marina Kumysh, Marita Katusheva, Nadezhda Radzevich, Natalia Kushnir, Nataliya Razumova, Nelli Abramova, Nikolay Burobin, Nina Smoleyeva, Ninel Lukanina, O egs Antropovs, Oleg Moliboga, Oleksandr Sorokalet (volleyball), Olga Krivosheyeva, Olga Shkurnova, Olga Solovova, P vels Se ivanovs, Raimonds Vilde, Rosa Salikhova, Sta islavs Lugailo, Svetlana Badulina, Svetlana Korytova, Svetlana Nikishina, Tamara Tikhonina, Tatyana Gonobobleva, Tatyana Kraynova, Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova, Tatyana Roshchina, Tatyana Sarycheva, Tatyana Sidorenko, Tatyana Veinberga, Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova, Valentina Mishak, Valentina Ogienko, Valeriy Kryvov, Valeri Kalachikhin, Valeri Kravchenko, Valeri Losev, Vasilijus Matu evas, Vazha K'ach'arava, Vera Galushka-Duyunova, Vera Lantratova, Viktor Borshch, Viktor Mikhalchuk, Viljar Loor, Vitali Kovalenko, Vladimir Chernyshov, Vladimir Dorokhov, Vladimir Kondra, Vladimir Patkin, Vladimir Putyatov, Vladimir Shkurikhin, Vladimir Ulanov, Volodymyr Byelyayev, Volodymyr Ivanov (volleyball), Vyacheslav Domani, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Yaroslav Antonov, Yefim Chulak, Yelena Akhaminova, Yelena Andreyuk, Yelena Volkova, Yevhen Lapinsky, Yuriy Panchenko, Yuriy Poyarkov, Yuri Cherednik, Yuri Chesnokov (volleyball), Yuri Sapega, Yuri Starunsky, Yury Vengerovsky. Excerpt: Natalia Grigoryevna Kushnir (Russian: born May 6, 1954) is a former Soviet volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist. Kushnir, who is Jewish, was born in Moscow, Russia. She played volleyball for Lokomotiv Moskva, and for the Soviet Union. Kushnir and the Soviet Union team won the team gold medal in volleyball at the 1971 European Championships. She and the Soviet team won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, losing to Japan in the finals. Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Zaytsev (Russian: , born 12 November 1952) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Zaytsev was born in Leningrad. In 1976 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches. Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played five matches. With Soviet Union, Zaytsev won two other Olympic silver medals, two World Championships and seven European titles. At the 1988 Games he was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches. Zaytsev played for Avtomobilist Leningrad (now Spartak St. Petersburg), with which he won two CEV Top Teams Cup and two Challenge Cups in 1982-1983. He finished his career in Italy, playing in Spoleto, Agrigento and Citta di Castello. He is married to Irina Pozdnyakova, a former competitive swimmer. They have a daughter, Anna (born 1975), and a son, Ivan, an Olympic volleyball player. Both children hold Italian citizenship: Ivan was born on 2 October 1988 in Italy, where his father played for several years, whereas Anna married an Italian in 1993. Lyudmila Buldakova is a former Russian volleyball player for the USSR. Lyudmila Buldakova had a long career in the Soviet national team, from 1955 through...