Obituary for Valery Kharlamov. How Valery Kharlamov died Where Kharlamov crashed on the map

Attractions

Some sights of Klin are known throughout the country and even beyond its borders. Thanks to the careful attitude of the residents and timely restoration work, guests of the city can meet on its streets architectural monuments dating back to the beginning of the 18th and even the 17th century. The Church of the Resurrection, pseudo-Russian-style shopping malls, imposing merchants' houses, taverns and an Art Nouveau pharmacy are just a few examples of buildings of historical and cultural value that have come down to us through the centuries.

Ice Palace

In 2003, the inhabitants of Klin received a wonderful gift - the opening of a comfortable Ice Palace, which is a multi-purpose and excellently equipped complex for hockey, figure skating and other popular sports such as ballroom dancing, weightlifting, chess and many others. This is a great place to relax with the whole family, because there is a massive skating rink, a cafe in the palace, and during events a concert venue is opened for performances by pop stars.

Memorial of Military Glory

The Memorial of Military Glory was opened in Klin on May 9, 1995, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Great Victory. The key sculptural composition of this memorial, symbolizing the unconquered spirit of Russian soldiers, is a figure of a wounded soldier, who is supported by a comrade and a nurse. Today, the memorial continues to be supplemented with expressive details; over the past 20 years since its opening, a granite slab has appeared in its place in memory of the Klin residents who died in the war, the sculpture “Grieving Mother” and other sculptures.

Monument to Valery Kharlamov

A monument to the famous Soviet hockey player Valery Kharlamov is installed opposite the entrance to the new Klin Ice Palace, which bears his name. This small memorial complex is a bust of an athlete on a high granite pedestal, behind which is a symbolic hockey puck, split into two parts, also made of granite. Two-time Olympic champion and multiple world champion Valery Kharlamov, who tragically died in a car accident near Klin, is still the idol of several generations of sports fans.

Monument to S.A. Afanasiev

Twice Hero of Socialist Labor, Minister of General Machine Building of the USSR for 20 years, Sergei Alexandrovich Afanasyev is one of the prominent natives of Klin. For many years he worked for the benefit of the rocket and space industry of the Soviet Union and was the head of the launch and docking of our Soyuz-19 spacecraft with the American Apollo, which became a milestone in the development of astronautics. The monument to Afanasiev was erected in Klin on Gagarin Street during the lifetime of Sergei Alexandrovich - in 1989.

Monument to the highway Moscow-St. Petersburg

The monument to the tract "Moscow - St. Petersburg" is a bronze pillar with pointers in the direction of these cities. It is installed near the building of the former Klin Post Office Yard, which is mentioned in Radishchev's Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow. It was here that the author listened to the singing of a blind soldier, and this episode became the most touching in the work. It is quite possible that a milepost marking this famous road actually stood on the site of this monument two centuries ago.

School of Music

The Children's Music School, opened in Klin in 1935, consists of 11 departments, where about one and a half thousand children study. Today, 8 creative groups work on the basis of this school - from an exemplary children's choir to an ensemble of majorettes and drummers. There is also a children's and youth philharmonic society, which annually holds 5 educational concerts-lectures that educate children in musical taste and arouse their genuine interest in art, which favorably affects the overall development of the child.

DEATH OF THE GREAT KHARLAMOV

So, the last time the Kharlamov trio in its original form performed together in February 1980 at the Lake Placid Olympics. Then the trio was truncated - Kharlamov and Mikhailov played in it from the previous composition. They played together until September 14, 1980 (their last official game was the USSR - Czechoslovakia, which ours won 4: 2, but Kharlamov and Mikhailov did not score goals then). Then Mikhailov was forced to leave hockey. After that, Kharlamov and Petrov played together in CSKA until the end of the USSR championship (May 17, 1981). The army team then again became the champions of the country, gaining 77 points (silver medalists, Spartak, scored 11 points less). The top ten scorers of the tournament included Petrov, who finished tenth with 43 points (19 goals scored + 24 assists).

A little earlier (at the end of December 1980), Petrov was returned to the USSR national team, and he participated in a tour of Holland, playing in different triples and scoring two goals. Kharlamov was not taken on that tour. As well as the next World and European Championship, which was held in April 1981 in Stockholm (Sweden). Petrov will be attracted to the games at this tournament - he will play in the same trio with his CSKA partners Sergey Makarov and Vladimir Krutov. Their trio will score 13 goals, of which four washers will fall to the lot of Petrov.

Valery Kharlamov. In August 1981, he was again called up to play for the USSR national team after he became the most productive striker of the CSKA team in the European Cup tournament (Italy, 1981)

As for Kharlamov, he will be attracted to the games for the national team in mid-August 1981, when the tournament for the Prize of the Rude Pravo newspaper begins. They will not be attracted by chance, but after CSKA wins the European Cup for the 11th time on August 5–9, which this time was held in Val Gardena (Italy). In the final tournament, where four teams played, CSKA won all three matches (against HIFK (Finland), Poldi SONP (Czechoslovakia) and Brunes (Sweden) and won the Cup. At the same time, Valery Kharlamov became the most productive forward, scoring 11 points (2 goals scored + 9 assists.) So they took him to the national team not by chance.

The most interesting thing is that Petrov will no longer be taken there, since he will decide to leave CSKA and leave as a playing coach in Leningrad, in SKA, which, as we remember, was coached by Boris Mikhailov. Thus, despite the fact that Kharlamov and Petrov will continue to play hockey after Mikhailov's departure, they will no longer be able to play together in the national team. Their last joint appearance on the ice dates back to the same February 1980, when the legendary trio performed in Lake Placid.

The Rude Pravo tournament was held from 12 to 18 August 1981 in Sweden. This was his first stage, and the second was to take place in Prague in September next year. But Kharlamov will not live to see him. However, in the first stage, Soviet hockey players will win all four matches. Kharlamov played in a trio with his young CSKA colleagues Sergey Makarov and Igor Larionov. However, out of four matches, Kharlamov will perform only in three and will not score a single goal. In fact, it was already a different Kharlamov - less virtuoso and explosive than before. Which, in general, is understandable, since the years were no longer the same, and the partners were different. No one could replace Mikhailov and Petrov. Therefore, when at the end of August the USSR national team was about to fly to Canada to take part in the Canada Cup-81, Kharlamov was not taken there. And someone considers this decision unfair, and someone is quite justified.

Ice Hockey European Champions Cup Winner - CSKA Team

V. Fetisov recalls: “Valera trained furiously, he was in excellent shape, and it was felt that he was looking forward to a tournament of such a high rank, realizing that it would be his last. We were packing our bags, when suddenly Tikhonov summoned Kharlamov to him. Half an hour later, Valera left the coaching room. Without explaining anything, he shook hands with the guys, murmured something about victory, turned around and left. As it turned out later, Tikhonov “unhooked” Kharlamov for some past violation of the regime ... "

And here is how V. Tikhonov himself explains what happened:

“Valery was not on the list of candidates for the national team of the country when we held a training camp. However, he brilliantly played the final match of the European Cup, and therefore we invited Valeriy to Scandinavia (to the Rude Pravo match. - F. R.), knowing, of course, in advance, that these matches cannot be compared with what we have to endure in Canada.

Kharlamov did not train as part of the national team, he was preparing according to the CSKA plan not by the beginning, but by the end of September, when the national championship starts. However, according to the level of skill, according to the strength of his character, his courage, Kharlamov is always worthy of playing in the national team, he has a character, as they say, for three. But in terms of functional readiness ... Valery has not yet gained form, and his backlog from his partners was great. There was not yet that motive power, thanks to which this brilliant striker had time to act everywhere.

We talked to him in detail. Valery said in conclusion: “Viktor Vasilyevich, I understand everything. I’m really out of shape…”

Then came Vladimir Vladimirovich Yurzinov. The conversation continued with the three of us. Valery complained that he did not have enough strength to play. We told him what to do, proposed a program of action.

You need to run for twenty to thirty minutes every day. Then in November-December you will already be in good shape. You will play at the Izvestia tournament and start preparing for the World Cup ...

Kharlamov replied: “I understand everything, I gave you my word ... Why are you entrusting me with work with youth, I understand ... I will do everything so that they play ... ""

Already today, Viktor Vasilievich supplemented his memoirs with the following words:

“I brought the best to Canada. Instead of Kharlamov, he took the young Krutov, who was definitely stronger. When Kharlamov thundered all over the world? In the 72nd. And in the 81st he turned 33. I never talked about it in the press, but by that time Kharlamov's ankles were completely twisted. Because of this, he lost maneuverability. Valery beat everyone on the ice due to his movable ankles. If he would have helped CSKA even in such a state, then he was already lost in the national team. He himself was aware of it.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Yurzinov, famous Soviet hockey player and coach. Currently Chairman of the Board of the Youth Hockey League

On the eve of our departure to Canada, we talked in the bathhouse. "Valery, don't be offended." “Viktor Vasilyevich, I understand everything. No hard feelings. Well, you never punished me, although you often pierced drunkenly "..."

At that moment, when the USSR national team was in Canada, Valery Kharlamov died tragically.

According to eyewitnesses, Kharlamov said several times: "I will die tragically." Yes, and his wife Irina had one mystical case. Someone told her that she would die at 25. At the beginning of the 81st, she celebrated her 25th birthday and during the celebration, going out into the kitchen, she said to her mother: “Well, they told me that I would not live to see it ...” As it turned out, she did not understand the meaning of the prediction.

On August 26, 1981, Kharlamov went to the airport to meet his wife and young son, who were returning from a vacation in the south, from Yalta. A few hours later, he brought them to a dacha in the village of Pokrovka near Klin, where his mother-in-law and 4-year-old daughter Betonita lived then.

Place of death of Valery Kharlamov. The inscription on the monument: “The star of Russian hockey went out here. Valery Kharlamov"

N. V. Smirnova says:

“Ira came from the south with a little cold and went to bed early. At that time, the family of my older sister lived in the country, so we had to stay in another room all together. But Valera did not lie down immediately, he fiddled with the guys for some more, and then settled down next to Sasha on the bed. I offered to take my grandson to my sofa, but he did not agree. He slept badly, got up several times, but did not drink or smoke. Just sit, sit, and lie down again.

In the morning we got up early, had breakfast. Ira and Valera were going to Moscow. Ira says: “Valera, you didn’t get enough sleep, let me drive the car.” Then I heard, protested: “Don’t give her the steering wheel, she’s without a license, and the weather is so gloomy.” Valera reassured me: “I won’t give it, I have to hurry, I want to be in time for training by eleven, so I’ll drive myself. Moreover, Serezha needs to be brought home. “Sergey went with them - my nephew, he already had a family, he had recently returned from the army. In short, Valera got behind the wheel, and they left.

I soon went to the store for fresh bread. I also had my sister with her grandson. We were walking down the street, when a police car suddenly drove up, and they asked my sister where, they say, Kharlamov's mother-in-law lives. I realized something happened."

The tragedy occurred at seven o'clock in the morning on August 27 at the 74th kilometer of the Leningrad highway. Today it is already difficult to establish why, having barely left the village, Kharlamov suddenly allowed his wife to drive the Volga, but the fact remains: Irina was driving in the fateful minutes. The road was wet, and the woman apparently lost control. The car swerved into the oncoming lane, along which a truck raced at high speed. Everything happened so unexpectedly that his driver was unable to really react, just turned the steering wheel to the right. And the Volga crashed into his side. The blow was so strong that Valery and Sergey died almost instantly. Irina was still alive for some time, and when the drivers who came to the rescue carried her out of the car and laid her on the grass, she moved her lips. However, she died a few minutes later. Ten minutes later, the police arrived at the scene of the tragedy, who identified the man sitting in the front seat of the Volga as Valery Kharlamov.

Bust of the great hockey player Valery Kharlamov on the Alley of Sports Glory of CSKA. Established on April 29, 2009, on the day of the 86th anniversary of the Central Sports Club of the Army

Traffic police officer Lev Maksimovich says:

“When I looked around at the scene, I almost immediately understood in detail what had happened. Everything froze, as if in a photograph: Kharlamov, as if alive, was sitting in the front passenger seat, his hand extended towards the steering wheel. Probably, at the last moment, he tried to help his wife cope with the management. His wife Irina was lying in a ditch and was still alive. The ambulance was nearby. The doctor fussed with cotton swabs, trying to save her life. The hockey player's cousin, who was sitting in the back seat, died on the spot ...

I am sure that Kharlamov's death is largely a chain of coincidences. The day before the accident, asphalt was being changed in this area. In the place where the new coating ended, a peculiar protrusion five centimeters high formed, which caused the tragedy. Kharlamov's wife was an inexperienced driver and, having run into a bump, lost control. The car spun on the highway, and she collided with the "ZIL" which was going towards.

Most likely they would have survived. But, apparently, fate - the truck, as luck would have it, was packed full of spare parts. The extra weight added to an already powerful blow. And the asphalt in this place, as if on purpose, left no chance of salvation. The new coating, on which the Volga hit, was slippery as ice during the heat ... "

Kharlamov's friend Boris Polukarov recalls:

“The last time I saw Kharlamov and his wife on the eve of the tragedy was in the evening. We met in the center of Solnechnogorsk, and Valera asked to see the Volga, his fuel pump was malfunctioning, fuel was leaking. I quickly fixed the damage. Valera treated me to beer, but it was warm, I only sipped it. They left for their dacha. In the morning we agreed to meet at half past eight, but Kharlamov did not arrive on time, and I went to Moscow on business. On the way, I stopped by Konstantin Beskov, called my friends, and they say that Kharlamov died. I call the police, and the duty officer says to me: “Yes, they got drunk.” But this is nonsense. At eight in the morning he never drank vodka. They also could not drive on the highway. After the first accident, Irina was afraid of speed. Faster than sixty or eighty kilometers, they did not go ... "

Within an hour after the tragedy, the news of it spread throughout Moscow. And in the evening of the same day, world agencies reported: “According to a TASS correspondent, the famous hockey player Valery Kharlamov, thirty-three years old, and his wife died in a car accident near Moscow this morning. They left two small children - a son and a daughter ... "

According to eyewitnesses, Kharlamov said several times: "I will die tragically." Yes, and his wife Irina had one mystical case. Someone told her that she would die at 25. At the beginning of the 81st, she celebrated her 25th birthday and during the celebration, going out into the kitchen, she said to her mother: “Well, they told me that I would not live to see it ...” As it turned out, she did not understand the meaning of the prediction

Hockey players of the USSR national team learned about this tragedy in Winnipeg, where they were preparing for the Canada Cup (it will begin on September 1).

V. Fetisov recalls:

“In the morning they turned on the TVs, and there were portraits of Valerka. But then none of us really understood English. So they didn't figure out what was what. Later, when we went out into the street and strangers began to approach us and say something about Kharlamov, we realized that trouble had happened to Valera. In the evening, our hockey boss Valentin Sych flew in and said that Kharlamov had died. We were shocked. Everyone got together and at first wanted to throw this tournament to hell and go to the funeral. But then somehow it happened that they decided to stay, by all means win the Cup and dedicate the victory to Kharlamov. And so it ended up…”

Let's make some additions to these words. On August 29, the USSR team played a friendly match with the Canadian team and lost 2:3 (apparently, the news about the tragedy still weighed on our players). However, at the Canada Cup, Soviet hockey players gathered and really became winners, defeating the Czechoslovaks (4:1) and Canadians (8:1) in the final.

The grave of Valery Kharlamov and his relatives at the Kuntsevo cemetery in Moscow.

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Hockey legend number seventeen

Valery Borisovich Kharlamov will forever remain in the memory of the fans. This is one of the legendary players of the Soviet era. It is difficult to imagine another such player with such indicators.

This man was born in a family of ordinary workers living in an ordinary hostel. Already at a young age, he gets on skates for the first time. But after some time, doctors discover a heart defect in little Kharlamov. The ban on active games, physical education and any load. But the father of a novice hockey player does not want to put up with the diagnosis of doctors and enrolls his son in the hockey section. Fraudulently, hiding his age, little Kharlamov begins to play sports. When the truth is revealed, the coach does not want to part with a talented player. Throughout his short career, Kharlamov was the most productive player. The only European hockey player whose portrait is in the Museum of Glory in Toronto. After the game with the Canadians, the players of the enemy team were shocked by the skill of this legendary man and shook his hand. The USSR national team went down in history as a legend in the world of hockey. In 1981, a hockey player and his wife tragically die in a car accident. This is a tragedy not only for the fans, but for all of hockey as a whole.

Monument to the great hockey player

A monument to Valery Kharlamov was erected on the Leningrad Highway. Exactly where the crash happened. A large puck was installed, on which was engraved "the star of Russian hockey went out here. Valery Kharlamov." The weight of this puck is more than five hundred kilograms, it depicts a portrait of a hockey player, a stick lies next to the puck. There are always flowers here. But not only in Leningradka there is a tribute to the memory of this man, in Luzhniki on the Walk of Fame a monument to Valery Kharlamov is erected. This legendary hockey player and just a person will forever remain in the memory of the fans, and novice players try to follow the legendary hockey star who fought for victory to the last, despite any difficulties and injuries. Most recently, the film "Legend No. 17" was released, dedicated to Valery Kharlamov, and this is true - he is the legend of Soviet hockey, who played at number seventeen.

Many people have probably seen this monument in the form of a large granite washer on the side of the Leningrad highway, halfway between Solnechnogorsk and Klin. At this place, more than twenty years ago, the star of Soviet hockey went out - Valery Kharlamov died.
Valery Kharlamov was born on the night of January 13-14, 1948 in Moscow into a working-class family. His father, Boris Sergeevich, worked as a test fitter at the Kommunar plant, his mother, Aribe Orbat Hermane, or Begonita, a Spaniard by nationality who arrived at the age of 12 in the USSR in the late 30s, worked at the same plant . In addition to Valera, there was another child in the Kharlamov family: daughter Tatyana.
Ironically, V. Kharlamov was born in a car: the young mother was taken to the hospital, and the contractions began right in the cab of the car. Boris Kharlamov left his wife in the maternity hospital, and with a bundle in his hands, where her clothes were, he went on foot to the hostel where he and his young wife then lived (the metro was no longer working by that time). On one of the streets, a lone traveler with a suspicious bundle was noticed by a police patrol. He was asked to go to the department, with which he gladly agreed: the frost was terrible and it was already unbearable to stomp home. In the department, Boris Sergeevich warmed up and treated the policemen to shag. My son was born today, - he told his interlocutors once again. - They called Valery, in honor of Chkalov.
In a short time, Kharlamov turned into one of the best players in the CSKA Children and Youth Sports School and became B. Kulagin's favorite. But the head coach of CSKA Anatoly Tarasov at one time treated the young hockey player with some prejudice. And it was to blame for this ... V. Kharlamov's small stature. Tarasov in those years relied on tall and powerful hockey players, never tired of repeating: "All the outstanding Canadian hockey players are giants compared to ours. How can we defeat them if our attacking dwarfs are literally a meter with a cap?" In the end, Kharlamov also fell under the heavy hand of Tarasov: in 1966 he was sent to the second league, to the army team of the Sverdlovsk military district - the Chebarkul Zvezda. And there a miracle happened. Kharlamov, a first-rate player, “put on his ears” the whole of Chebarkul, having managed to score 34 goals in one season. Team coach Major Vladimir Alfer immediately reported on the success of the young “Varangian” from Moscow Kulagin. At first he didn't seem to believe it. However, in the spring of 1967 in Kalinin, Kulagin himself saw Kharlamov in action and realized that his place was in the main team of CSKA. The only thing that was embarrassing was how Tarasov would react to this proposal.
By 1972, Kharlamov was already unconditionally considered the best hockey player not only in the Soviet Union, but also in Europe. He became the champion of the USSR four times, three times the world champion and twice the European champion. At the USSR Championship in 1971, he became the top scorer, having thrown 40 goals into the opponents' gates. In early 1972, as part of the USSR national team, he won the Olympic "gold", became the tournament's top scorer, scoring 9 goals. And in the autumn of the same year, Kharlamov conquered North America.
The famous series of matches between the hockey teams of the USSR and Canada started on September 2, 1972 on the ice of the Montreal Forum. Not a single inhabitant of the North American continent then doubted that the entire series of eight games would be won by their compatriots with a devastating score for Soviet hockey players. If someone objected, he would be called crazy. But what really happened? In the very first match, the devastating score overtook not us, but the Canadians: 7:3! For the "maple leaves" it was a shock. They unconditionally recognized V. Kharlamov as the best player in the Soviet team, who scored two goals in the match. Immediately after the game, one of the Canadian coaches found Valery and offered him a million dollars to play in the NHL. Kharlamov then laughed it off: they say, I won’t go anywhere without Mikhailov and Petrov. But the Canadians did not understand the humor and immediately declared: we take all your top three. Naturally, no one went anywhere, and could not go anywhere. Those were not the times then.
Kharlamov became the only European hockey player whose portrait adorns the stands of the Museum of Hockey Glory in Toronto.
In 1977, as part of CSKA, Kharlamov became the seven-time champion of the USSR. In the same year, a new coach, Viktor Tikhonov, came to the leadership of this illustrious club. Here is how he talked about his impressions: “Like all people associated with hockey, I heard a lot, of course, about the “iron” Tarasov, about his unheard of strong character, about the “iron” discipline in the army club. However, I not only heard about Tarasov, but I have known him for many years.
I assure the reader that none of this was in the CSKA, which I got into. There was not only "iron" discipline, but also elementary - from the point of view of the requirements adopted in modern sports ... "
In 1981, Kharlamov announced that this season would be his last. He wanted to complete it with dignity, and in many ways he succeeded. As part of CSKA, he became the champion of the USSR for the 11th time and the owner of the European Champions Cup. At the last tournament, he was named the best striker. Now, in order to finish his hockey career on a high note, he needed to win the first Canada Cup, which was supposed to start at the end of August in Winnipeg. And then the unexpected happened: Tikhonov said that Kharlamov was not going to this tournament. For all hockey specialists and fans, this news was incredible.
Kharlamov did not train as part of the national team, he was preparing according to the CSKA plan - not by the beginning, but by the end of September, when the national championship starts. However, according to the level of skill, according to the strength of his character, his courage, Kharlamov is always worthy of playing in the national team, he has a character, as they say, for three. But in terms of functional readiness ... Valery has not yet gained form, and his backlog from his partners was great. There was not yet that motive power, thanks to which this brilliant striker had time to act everywhere.
Thus, according to Tikhonov, Kharlamov did not get into the national team due to poor functional training. To be honest, it's amazing to hear about it. For that Canada Cup, several players got into the national team, whose preparation and level of play caused much more criticism from specialists, but they went to Canada. And the super-class player V. Kharlamov remained in Moscow. And as it turned out - to his death.
August 26, 1981 Valery Kharlamov was at his dacha in the village of Pokrovka near Klin. Early in the morning, Valery Kharlamov and his wife Irina were going to Moscow.
The tragedy occurred at seven o'clock in the morning on the 74th kilometer of the Leningrad highway. Today it is already difficult to establish why, having barely left the village, Kharlamov suddenly allowed his wife, who did not have a driver's license, to drive the Volga, but the fact remains: Irina was driving in the fateful minutes. The road was wet, and the woman apparently lost control. The car swerved into the oncoming lane, along which a truck raced at high speed. Everything happened so unexpectedly that his driver was unable to really react, just turned the steering wheel to the right. And the Volga crashed into his side. The blow was so strong that Valery and Sergey died almost instantly. Irina was still alive for some time, and when the drivers who came to the rescue carried her out of the car and laid her on the grass, she moved her lips. However, she died a few minutes later. Ten minutes later, the police arrived at the scene of the tragedy, who identified the man sitting in the front seat of the Volga as Valery Kharlamov. Within an hour after that, the news of the death of the famous hockey player spread throughout Moscow. And in the evening of the same day, world agencies reported: "According to a TASS correspondent, the famous hockey player Valery Kharlamov, thirty-three years old, and his wife died in a car accident near Moscow this morning. They left two small children - a son and a daughter ..."
The funeral of those killed in a car accident took place a few days later at the Kuntsevo cemetery. Thousands of people came to say goodbye to the great hockey player. Soon after, Kharlamov's mother passed away, unable to bear the death of her beloved son and daughter-in-law.