Years Coach Achievements 1953 Anatoli Tarasov 1953–1957 Arkady Chernyshev 1 Olympic gold medal, 2 World Championship gold medals, 2 World Championship silver medals 1958–1960 Anatoli Tarasov 1 Olympic bronze medal, 2 World Championship silver medals 1961–1972 Arkady Chernyshev 3 Olympic gold medals, 9 World Championship gold medals, 1 World Championship silver medal, 1 World Championship bronze medal 1972–1974 Vsevolod Bobrov 2 World Championship gold medals 1974–1977 Boris Kulagin 1 Olympic gold medal, 1 World Championship gold medal, 1 World Championship silver medal, 1 World Championship bronze medal 1977–1991 Viktor Tikhonov 2 Olympic gold medals, 1 Olympic silver medal, 8 World Championship gold medals, 2 World Championship silver medals, 2 World Championship bronze medals