Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Tarakanov he mema o te kapa kapa nui o te Soviet mai i te 1979 ki te 1990. Hei kaitakaro o te kapa motu o Soviet, i wini a Tarakanov: e 3 nga mētara koura i te FIBA EuroBasket (EuroBasket 1979, EuroBasket 1981, me EuroBasket 1985), te mētara hiriwa i
EuroBasket 1987, te mētara parahi i EuroBasket 1983, te mētara koura i te 1982 FIBA World Championship, te mētara hiriwa i te 1986 FIBA World Championship, te mētara koura i te 1988 Summer Olympic Games, me te mētara parahi i te 1980 Summer Olympic Games.