Russian weightlifter.
Born July 18th, 1934 in Urshelsky.
Died November 30th, 1973 at 39 years old in Kazan (kidney failure).
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde