According to RIA Novosti, the footballer's wife, who died at the age of 92, was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery.

Valentina Yashina died on May 10, the cause of death is still unknown.

The couple have been married since December 31, 1954.

The football player himself passed away on March 20, 1990.

Earlier, the former midfielder of the Russian national football team Alexei Smertin told how he met Yashina.