Minnevali Galiyev (7 May 1930 – 28 December 2016) was a Russian

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre event at the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...

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* 1930 births 2016 deaths Russian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for the Soviet Union Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Tatarstan {{Russia-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub