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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Albert Oganezov, Aleksandr Anpilogov, Aleksandr Gorbatikov, Aleksandr Karshakevich, Aleksandr Rymanov, Aleksandr Tuchkin, Aleksey Zhuk, Alexander Borisovich Kozhukhov, Alexander Panov (handballer), Alexey Kostygov, Alexey Rastvortsev, Anatoli Fedyukin, Andrey Lavrov, Andrey Tyumentsev, Anna Kareyeva, Anna Kochetova, Anna Sedoykina, Denis Krivoshlykov, Dmitri Torgovanov, Dmitry Filippov, Dmitry Kuzelev, Eduard Koksharov, Ekaterina Davydenko, Ekaterina Vetkova, Elina Guseva, Emiliya Turey, Galina Borzenkova, Galina Onoprienko, Georgi Sviridenko, Halyna Zakharova, Igor Chumak, Igor Lavrov, Igor Vasilev, Inna Suslina, Irina Bliznova, Irina Poltoratskaya, Iryna Palchykova, Konstantin Igropulo, Konstantin Sharovarov, Kristina Trishchuk, Ksenia Makeeva, Larisa Kiselyova, Larisa Savkina, Larysa Karlova, Lev Voronin (handballer), Liudmila Bodnieva, Lyubov Odynokova, Lyudmila Gudz, Lyudmila Poradnyk, Lyudmila Postnova, Lyudmila Shubina, Lyudmyla Panchuk, Maria Sidorova, Marina Yartseva, Mariya Litoshenko, Maryna Bazhanova, Maya Petrova, Mikhail Chipurin, Mikhail Vasilev, Mykhaylo Ishchenko, Mykola Tomyn, Nadezhda Muravyeva, Natalia Shipilova, Nataliya Matryuk, Nataliya Rusnachenko, Nataliya Tymoshkina, Natalya Anisimova (handballer), Natalya Deryugina, Natalya Lapitskaya, Natalya Morskova, Nina Lobova, Oleg Grams, Oleg Grebnev, Oleg Khodkov, Oleg Kiselyov, Oleg Kuleshov, Oleksandr Rezanov, Olena Nemashkalo, Olga Chernoivanenko, Olga Levina (handballer), Olga Medvedeva, Olha Semenova, Olha Zubaryeva, Oxana Koroleva, Oxana Romenskaya, Pavel Bashkin, Pavel Sukosyan, Polina Kuznetcova, Polina Vyakhireva, Rafiga Shabanova, Regina Shymkute, Samvel Aslanyan, Sergey Pogorelov, Serhiy Kushniryuk, Stanislav Kulinchenko, Svetlana Bogdanova, Svetlana Pryakhina, Svitlana Mankova, Talant Duyshebaev, Tatiana Dronina, Tatiana Khmyrova, Tatyana Dzhandzhgava, Tetyana Hlushchenko, Tetyana Horb, Tetyana Kocherhina, Timur Dibirov, Valentin Kulev, Valentyna Lutayeva, Valeri Gassy, Valery Gopin, Vasily Filippov, Vasily Ilyin, Vasily Kudinov, Victoria Zhilinskayte, Viktor Makhorin, Vitali Ivanov, Vladimir Belov (handballer), Vladimir Kravtsov, Vladimir Maksimov, Vladimir Repev, Vyacheslav Atavin, Vyacheslav Gorpishin, Yana Uskova, Yekaterina Andryushina, Yekaterina Marennikova, Yelena Dmitriyeva, Yelena Polenova (handballer), Yevgeni Vasilyevich Chernyshov, Yevheniya Tovstohan, Yuliya Safina, Yuriy Lahutyn, Yuri Kidyaev, Yuri Nesterov, Yuri Shevtsov, Yury Klimov, Zinaida Turchyna. Excerpt: Alexander "Sasha" Borisovich Kozhukhov (Russian: ) (3 June 1942 - 4 September 2008) was "The USSR Merited Master of Sports," "The Merited Coach of the USSR national handball team," and the "USSR Merited Figure of Physical Culture." He was a Russian, Soviet handball player, who became president of the USSR Handball Federation (1990-1992) and a president for the Handball Union of Russia (1992-2004) before being the Honorary President of the Handball Union of Russia (2004-2008). Sasha was born in Shubarkuduk village of Aktobe Province of modern Kazakhstan. He started playing handball at the age of fifteen. He started his handball career in 1957 as an amateur player, then he was invited to join Avangard L'vov a second division handball team in the USSR Hanball Championship. Sasha stayed eleven years in L'vov city of modern Ukraine playing for Avangard L'vov and SKA L'vov before he moved to MIA Moscow in 1968 where he started a successful career, winning the USSR Handball Championship for five times. In 1967 Sasha was called up for the national team when he made his first appearance during the Military Spartakiad of the Friendly Armies of the Socialist Countries and a third place finish for the USSR. He also participated in the 1970 World Men's Handball Championship in France, finishing ninth, coming third in group...