Career
In 1960 he lost to Abel Laudonio in the quarter-final. In 1964 he progressed to the final, where he lost to Józef Grudzień. Barannikov was born in Ulan-Ude, where he started training in boxing.
In 1956 he moved to Moscow and graduated from the prestigious Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
After retirement he worked as a boxing coach and referee, first in Moscow, then in Germany (ca 1974), and after 1982 in Ulan-Ude. He was killed in a traffic incident on 29 November 2007.
Barannikov was a retired lieutenant colonel.