Yury Agapov
1924–2011 (age 87)
Biography
Yury Agapov was a pioneering ice hockey player who represented Soviet sports during the formative years of the sport's development in Russia. Born in 1924, he competed during an era when ice hockey was becoming increasingly important to Soviet athletic achievement.
Agapov's contributions to ice hockey reflected the skill and determination of early Soviet athletes. He passed away in 2011 and was interred at Southern Cemetery, remembered as part of the foundation upon which Russian ice hockey's later success was built.