Career
He was born in Moscow. He played for Moscow Burevestnik from 1956 to 1958. He spent most of his career playing CSKA Moscow (1958–1970) winning 10 Soviet championships (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970) and 3 Euroleague Championships (1961, 1963, 1969).