 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Krūmiņš akabatanidzwa muSoviet Union yenyika yebhasikiti yevakuru muna 1955. Akanga ari muzinda mukuru weSoviet Union kuma1956 Summer Olympics, uye akabatsira timu yenyika yeSoviet kuti isvike kumagumo emutambo, uye kuwana menduru yesirivha. Akatamba nechikwata chevakuru veSoviet kwemakore gumi, uye navo akahwina menduru dzegoridhe dzeEuroBasket muna 1959, 1961, uye 1963; uye Summer Olympic Games sirivha medari muna 1956, 1960, uye 1964. Akatambawo pa1959 FIBA World Championship. 