MOSCOW, May 14, Alexander Sergeev. Valentina Yashina, wife of Soviet football player Lev Yashina, was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovsky cemetery. Yashina died on May 10 at the age of 92.
1 of 6 >The removal of the coffin after the farewell ceremony for Valentina Yashina.
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Daughter Irina Frolova and daughter-in-law Valery Frolova during the ceremony.
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Member of the Board of Directors "Dynamo" Sergei Stepashin (center) at the farewell ceremony for Valentina Yashina.
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First Vice-President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Nikita Simonyan at the farewell ceremony for Valentina Yashina.
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Football players "Dynamo" at the farewell ceremony for Valentina Yashina.
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The removal of the coffin after the farewell ceremony.
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The removal of the coffin after farewell ceremony for Valentina Yashina.
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Daughter Irina Frolova and daughter-in-law Valery Frolova during the ceremony.
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Member of the Board of Directors " Dynamo" Sergei Stepashin (center) at the farewell ceremony for Valentina Yashina.
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First Vice-President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Nikita Simonyan at the farewell ceremony for Valentina Yashina.
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Football players "Dynamo" at the farewell ceremony with Valentina Yashina.
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The removal of the coffin after the farewell ceremony.
Valentina Yashina has been married to Lev Yashin since 1954. Throughout her career, her husband represented Dynamo. Yashin is the Olympic champion in 1956, the best goalkeeper of the 20th century according to FIFA, the only goalkeeper among the winners of the Golden Ball (in 1963). In December 2020, he was named to the «Dream Team» by France Football magazine. Yashin died in 1990 at the age of 60.