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Lodeynoye Pole

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, Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast

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, Russian SFSR, USSR

Soviet Union

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) is a Russian

Russia

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 retired basketball

Basketball

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 player. He played for Spartak Leningrad (1975-1979), CSKA Moscow

PBC CSKA Moscow

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 (1979-1990, winning 7 times the Soviet Basketball League), German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC (1990-1991), and Belgian team St. Louis Liège (1991-1992).

Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team

Soviet Union national basketball team

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 from 1979 to 1990. As a player of the Soviet national team, Tarakanov won 3 gold medals at Eurobasket 1979

EuroBasket 1979

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, Eurobasket 1981

EuroBasket 1981

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, Eurobasket 1985

EuroBasket 1985

-Venues:-Group A - Karlsruhe :-Group A - Leverkusen :-Places 9 - 12 in Stuttgart:-1/4 finals :-Places 5 - 8 in Stuttgart:-Places 1 - 4 in Stuttgart:-Finals in Stuttgart:-Final rankings:# # # # # # # # # # # #...

, 1 silver medal at Eurobasket 1987

Eurobasket 1987

The EuroBasket 1987 was held in Greece between June 3 and June 14, 1987. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body...

, 1 bronze medal at Eurobasket 1983

EuroBasket 1983

-Venues:-Group A - Limoges :-Group B - Cannes :-Places 9 - 12:-Places 5 - 8:-Places 1 - 4:-Finals:-Final rankings:# # # # # # # # # # # # -Team rosters:...

, 1 gold medal at the 1982 FIBA World Championship

1982 FIBA World Championship

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, 1 silver medal at the 1986 FIBA World Championship

1986 FIBA World Championship

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, 1 gold medal at 1988 Olympics

Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. The United States won the gold medal in the women's competition, thus repeating their performance from the 1984 tournament. In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in...

 and 1 bronze at 1980 Olympics

Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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