I am pleased to offer to your attention an original handmade Russian doll devoted to the International Alexander Gomelsky Cup basketball annual tournament of European clubs. The doll represents a mini container for half-litre bottle of Russian vodka. It preserves the temperature of vodka the long time. The height approx. 35 cm (14 inch).

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Alexander Gomelsky (1928 – 2005) is a Legendary Russian Basketball Coach. Remembered as the "father" of Soviet and Russian basketball he is considered by many to have been one of the greatest basketball coaches on the world stage. His team was the first ever to deprive Team USA of an Olympic gold medal, in the 1972 Olympics at Munich. Born in the northwestern Russian town of Kronstadt he studied sports coaching in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Then was a coach for SKA Leningrad, ASK Riga and CSKA Moscow before his appointment as head coach of the national basketball team in 1958. In 20 years heading the Soviet team he guided them to eight European titles, two World titles, and a gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. He won the national title Coach of the Year four times during his career. Authored ten books on basketball published in Russian and other languages. In his later years, he was president of the CSKA Moscow. He also coached in Spain, France and the United States. In 1995 he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame. The Euroleague annual coach of the year award is named after him.

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