his partner performed, but these "dangerous" elements were considered highly professional only a year later. They were the first Soviet skating pair to participate in the Winter Olympics, in the Games in Squaw Valley, California, in 1960. Nina and Stanislav Zhuk's best finishes were second in later European and World championships. They claimed to be the world best skating pair in 1961 because of their unique program, but never got the chance to compete that year. The 1961 World Championships were cancelled after the United States National Skating Team was killed in a plane crash en route to the competition in Prague. Nina and Stanislav decided to finish their professional career and join the Moscow State Ballet on Ice. Zhuk attended the 1962 World Championship in Prague as Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov's coach. His choreography helped them win a silver medal. Zhuk also sacrificed his own rehearsals and performances in the Moscow State Ballet on Ice to help prepare his sister Tatyana for competition. She skated first with Aleksandr Gavrilov, then Aleksandr Gorelick. Zhuk became a coach for the Central Army Sports Club. He took Aleksandr Gorelick and Tatyana onto his team and they were accepted onto the Soviet Union national team nine months later. They were the 1965 World and European bronze medalists and the 1966 silver medalists. They won a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. This was the beginning of Stanislav Zhuk's many great victories. His training produced world famous figure skaters in all the different disciplines of figure skating. He discovered many stars, including Irina Rodnina, winner of the most world and Olympic championships in history, and Elena Vodorezova, the first Soviet woman to win a silver medal at the European Championships. Stanislav Zhuk trainees won 67 gold, 36 silver and 35 bronze medals at the Olympic Games and World and European Championships. Marina Cherkasova and Sergei Shakhrai, Marina Pestova and Stanislav Leonovich, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were among the last of many notable Zhuk pupils. Zhuk caused controversy in his later years, particularly with Gordeeva and Grinkov, and was eventually quietly deposed at the Soviet skating club. Stanislav Zhuk died of a heart attack on 1 November 1998 at the Moscow subway station "Aeroport." This is not far from CSKA, where he produced so many champions. Trainees and admirers visit his grave at Vagankovo Cemetery every year. 19 November 2008 there was