Larisa Abramovna Bergen (russian: Лари́са Абра́мовна Бе́рген; 22 September 1949 — 7 April 2023) was a

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player for the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

. She was

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ish, and was born in

Akmolinsk Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, thou ...

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

. Bergen played for ADK Alma-Ata and

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

. She won a silver medal in volleyball at the 1976 Olympics, in

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, Canada. Bergen died on 7 April 2023, at the age of 73.

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* 1949 births 2023 deaths Kazakhstani women's volleyball players Soviet women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Jewish women's volleyball players Jewish Kazakhstani sportspeople Soviet Jews Sportspeople from Astana Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Authority control

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