Career
Bukin began figure skating at age seven, entering the Children and Youth Sports School of CSKA in Moscow. The group trained at a small stadium in Chapayevsky Park near Pesochnaya Square. At age ten, he joined Spartak and began ice dancing, originally training at the Small Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium.
In 1977, he joined the group of the famous coach Tatiana Tarasova, who paired him with Natalia Bestemianova.
Bukin was the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Olympic Team Flag Bearer at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The duo capped their lengthy career by winning the gold medal there and at that year"s World Championships.
(With Bestemianova).