Yuri Moiseev
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Yuri Ivanovich Moiseev (July 15, 1940 in Penza
, Soviet Union
- September 25, 2005) was an ice hockey
player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was Jewish, and played for HC CSKA Moscow
.
He won a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics
, and at the 1968 World Championships. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame
in 1968.
Penza
-Honors:A minor planet, 3189 Penza, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978, is named after the city.-Notable residents:...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
- September 25, 2005) was an ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was Jewish, and played for HC CSKA Moscow
HC CSKA Moscow
HC CSKA Moscow is a Russian ice hockey club that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army...
.
He won a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated...
, and at the 1968 World Championships. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame
Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame
This is a list of ice hockey players of the USSR or Russia who were awarded either the title of Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR or this title's successor Honoured Master of Sports of Russia respectively. The first ice hockey player was awarded this title in 1948...
in 1968.