Referees from USSR
Valeri Butenko
| Intl. since: | 1979 |
| Hometown: | Moscow |
Butenko took charge of a match in the group stage of the 1986 World Cup.
Valery Vladimirovich Butenko then was a citizen of the USSR. He retired in 1991 and had been a national re
Pavel Kazakov
| Intl. since: | 1963 |
| Hometown: | Moscow |
A former international referee from the Soviet Union who took charge of two matches in the 1974 World Cup finals. He was also active at the 1972 Olympic Tournament.
Tofik Bakhramov
| Intl. since: | 1964 |
| Hometown: | Moscow / Baku |
In 2004, Sir Geoff Hurst, the one who scored that controversial goal, unveiled the monument to Bakhramov in Baku in front of the renamed Tofik Bakhramov stadium. In a speech he sai
Nikolay Latychev
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Moscow |
Latyshev in the middle, Leo Horn and Robert Davidson running the line. Czecholslovakia against Brazil and Leo Horn saw Djalma Santos handle the ball in his area. Horn flagged but L
Romualdas Yushka
| Intl. since: | |
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Representing the then Soviet Union, Romuladas Yashka took charge of a math in the 1984 European Championship. He is probably from Latvia (or Lithuania).
Anatoly Milchenko
| Intl. since: | 1979 |
| Hometown: | Tbilisi |
Milchenko is head of the referee inspection at the Georgian Football Federation and was elected "best referee of the 20th century".
Karlo Kruashvili
| Intl. since: | 1969 |
| Hometown: | Tbilisi |
Georgian referee Karlo Kruashvili took charge of 160 matches in the Soviet Union's first league. he was a FIFA referee in the 1970s. Karlo Kruashvili died in 2002.
Yuriy Savchenko
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From the Ukraine in the (then) Soviet Union. Yuriy Savchenko took charge of a match in the 1985 u20 World Cup.
Valentin Lipatov
| Intl. since: | 1974 |
| Hometown: | Moscow |
Valentin Gregorovich Lipatov born in 1932. He was a referee from 1961 and entered the highest Soviet League 7 years later. In 1974 he got his FIFA badge. Lipatov was voted best r
Miroslav Stupar
| Intl. since: | 1980 |
| Hometown: | Moscow |
Miroslav Stupar, born in the a former Soviet Union, is mostly remembered for his officiating of the 1982 World Cup match in Spain between France and Kuwait.
Velodi Miminoshvili
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Anatoly Ivanov
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Leningrad |
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Vladimir Rudnev
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| Hometown: | Moscow |
Vladimir Rudnev took charge of a match at the 1976 Olympic Tournament.
Viktor Jarkov
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Anvar Zverev
| Intl. since: | 1968 |
| Hometown: | St Petersburg |
Anvar Khusaniovich Zverev was an international referee from (then) Leningrad who took charge of 68 matches in the highest Soviet football League. He was voted best referee three ti
Kestutis Andziulis
| Intl. since: | 1962 |
| Hometown: | Kaunas |
Lithuanian referee from the (then) Soviet Union. Active internationally in the 1960s
Sergei Alimov
| Intl. since: | 1961 |
| Hometown: | Moscow |
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Ivan Lukianov
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| Hometown: | Moscow |
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Ivan Timoshenko
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Rostov |
Igor Timoshenko's son Andrey played for Dynamo and Spartak in the 1980s.
Eduard Shklovsky
| Intl. since: | 1977 |
| Hometown: | Moscow |
A player for the team of the railway line Moskow-Jaroslavl after the war, but not a very good one, Eduard Shklovsky picked up the whistle in the early 1960s. He officiated 85 match
Yuriy Sergienko
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| Hometown: | Kharkov |
A former Soviet Union, now Ukrainian, international referee active in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Georgi Bakanidze
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Tblisi |
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Alexandr Mushkowetz
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Nikolai Balakin
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Kiev |
Nikolai Nikolaevitch Balakin.
Elmar Saar
| Intl. since: | |
| Hometown: | Tallin |
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Vadim Juk
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V Bogdanov*
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Alexandre Ziablikov
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| Hometown: | Leningrad |
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Nikolai Khlopotkin / Kholopotin
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| Hometown: | Moscow |
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A Kirkov*
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Aleksandr Kokriakov
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Petr Belov
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| Hometown: | Leningrad |
One match for the 1964 European Championship.
Anatoly Petrovich Kadetov
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Nestor Josifovich Chkhatarashvili
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| Hometown: | Tbilisi |
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Vladimir Tolchovskiy
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| Hometown: | Alma Ata |
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Viktor Mikhajlovich Arkhipov
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| Hometown: | Moscow |
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Viktor Zharkov
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Vladimir Alov
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| Hometown: | Leningrad |
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Iosif Samusenkov
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| Hometown: | Moscow |
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Mikenis Rubenis
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N J Tschkhatachvilli
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Piotr Gavrilov
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| Hometown: | Sotchi |
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Mikhail Kusen
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Mikhail Pavlovich Dmitriev
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Yuri Grigoriev
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| Hometown: | Baku |
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V N Morgounov
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Nikolai Krylov
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| Hometown: | Kouibychev |
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Vjacheslav Nikolaeich Morgunov
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Alexander Menchikov
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| Hometown: | Moscow |
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Konstantin Demchenko
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| Hometown: | Moscow |
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Yuriy Bocharov
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| Hometown: | Moscow |
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Vladimir Barachkov
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Mikhail Beianin
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Edgar Clavs
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| Hometown: | Riga |
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Edgar Klavs
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| Hometown: | Riga |
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