Soviet athletics competitor, hammer thrower.
Born June 11th, 1955 in Novocherkassk. [ref]
Died September 14th, 2021 at 66 years old in Pontoise (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir