Валерий Харламов

Kniga o velikom sovetskom khokkeiste, chʹe masterstvo v obrashchenii s shaĭboĭ vyzyvalo voskhishchenie u millionov bolelʹshchikov po vsemu miru. 'Legendoĭ' eshche pri zhizni nazyvali 17-go nomera nepobedimoĭ sovetskoĭ sbornoĭ ne tolʹko u nas v strane, no i na rodine khokkei͡a - v Kanade. No vmeste s tem ėto kniga o neveroi͡atno svetlom, chestnom i pori͡adochnom cheloveke, kakim byl Valeriĭ Borisovich Kharlamov, o ego neprostom puti v bolʹshoĭ khokkeĭ, ob ispytanii͡akh, kotorye emu prishlosʹ vynesti, o ego druzʹi͡akh i tovarishchakh po sbornoĭ SSSR i rodnomu T͡SSKA. Uvy, sudʹba okazalasʹ zhestoka k nemu, otmeriv lishʹ tridt͡satʹ tri goda ego zhizni i v ocherednoĭ raz podtverdiv gorʹkui͡u istinu: genii ne zhivut dolgo... Sushchestvennui͡u chastʹ knigi sostavili vospominanii͡a li͡udeĭ, blizko znavshikh Valerii͡a Kharlamova. O mnogikh faktakh ego biografii zdesʹ rasskazyvaetsi͡a vpervye.

The book about the great Soviet hockey player, whose skill in handling the puck admired by millions of fans around the world. 'Legend' during his lifetime was known as the 17th rooms unbeatable Soviet team not only in our country but in the homeland of hockey in Canada. But this book is about an incredibly bright, honest and decent man, what was Valeri Borisovich Kharlamov, his difficult path to a great hockey game, about the trials he had to endure, about his friends and comrades in the USSR and his native CSKA. Alas, fate was cruel to him, having measured only thirty-three years of his life and once again confirmed the bitter truth: geniuses don't live long... a Substantial part of the book was memories of people who knew Valery Kharlamov. About many facts of his biography is told here for the first time.