Yevhen Mefodiyovych Kucherevskyi (, ; 6 August 1941 – 26 August 2006) was a Ukrainian

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coach. He is most famous for his spells managing

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, which, under his helm, won the Soviet Championship in 1988, took 2nd place twice in 1987 and 1989, as well as the

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in 1989. Dnipro's recent success in the first half of the 2000s is mostly attributed to his coaching as well. On 26 August 2006, Kucherevskyi's

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suffered a head-on collision with a KAMAZ truck. He died an hour and half later in a hospital, without regaining consciousness. Upon Kucherevskyi's funeral,

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mayor

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, announced a plan to name one of the city streets in his honor.

References

* Aleksey Dospekhov, ''The creator of Dnipropetrovs phenomenon died'', ''

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'', 28 August 2006, reprinted at

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* Ivan Krasikov, Aleksey Dospekhov

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