"I see a Volga flying down my lane..." What a truck driver recalled about the death of hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov – he crashed 45 years ago Valeri Kharlamov is one of the most famous hockey players in the history of our country. The film "Legend No. 17" is about him. The two-time Olympic champion died in a car accident early in the morning of August 27, 1981, in the #Moscow region. Kharlamov's Volga crashed into a ZIL driven by Viktor Kruglov.