Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a Russian professional basketball player and coach. The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be one of the best European basketball players of all time, and was given the honour of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow.
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League, and was a member of the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended all Russian teams because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Sergei Valerianovich Bazarevich is a Russian former professional basketball player and coach. At 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 175 lb (79 kg), he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
Alzhan Musurbekuly Zharmukhamedov was a Kazakh professional basketball player and coach. He was considered to be the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion.
Modestas Paulauskas is a former Lithuanian professional basketball coach and basketball player.
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the senior Soviet Union national team from the late 1950s, to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball.
Dušan "Duda" Ivković was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the senior Serbian national basketball team from 2007 to 2013, and of the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team, from 1987 to 1995. He was also the president of the Serbian club BKK Radnički.
Otar Korkia was a Georgian professional basketball player and coach. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991. He was also named the Best Georgian Basketball Player of the 20th Century, and the Best Georgian Sportsman of the 20th Century. He was born in Kutaisi.
Stepas Butautas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Soviet Union men's national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal. During the tournament, he played in all eight games.
Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov was a Soviet professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.04 m, he played at the center position. He is considered to be one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the 1950s and 1960s.
Evgeniy Yuryevich Pashutin is a Russian professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Parma Basket of the VTB United League.
Vladimir Georgiyevich Andreev is a Russian former basketball player. At 2.15 m tall, he played at the center position. He was among the 105 player nominees for the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors list.
Vladimir Petrovich Tkachenko is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Summer Olympic Games medals and three FIBA World Cup medals with the senior men's Soviet Union national team. He was also named both the Euroscar and the Mr. Europa in 1979. His pro club career lasted 16 years.
Armenak Misakovich Alachachian was an Armenian-Soviet basketball player and coach. During his club playing career, the point guard reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the senior men's Soviet Union national team. He was the first person to ever win a EuroLeague title, as both a player and a head coach.
Sergei Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was a 2.03 m (6'8") tall small forward-power forward.
Yuri Korneev, was a Russian basketball player. At a height of 1.98 m tall, he played at the small forward position. He was among the 105 player nominees for the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors list.
Valeri Tikhonenko is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, he played at the small forward and power forward positions, with power forward being his main position. He represented both the Soviet Union and Russia in national team competitions. With the Soviet Union, he won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Aleksandr Pavlovich Petrov was a Soviet-Azerbaijani basketball player and coach. He was one of the first very tall centers in Soviet basketball history. During his club playing career, Petrov won EuroLeague championships, in 1962 and 1963. As a member of the senior men's Soviet Union national team, he was voted to the All-Tournament Team of the 1963 FIBA World Cup. For his achievements in the sport of basketball, Petrov was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR and the Order of the Badge of Honor.
Evgeny Nikolaevich Alekseev was a Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and coach.
