Editing Valeri Bure (section)

==Early life==
Valeri Bure was born June 13, 1974, in [[Moscow]], Soviet Union.<ref name="0001FlamesMG">{{cite book |editor-last=Hanlon |editor-first=Peter |editor-last2=O'Brien |editor-first2=Sean |title=2000–01 Calgary Flames Media Guide |publisher=Calgary Flames Hockey Club |year=2000 |pages=30–31}}</ref> He is the younger son of [[Vladimir Bure|Vladimir]] and Tatiana Bure.<ref name="Banks18">{{cite book |last=Banks |first=Kerry|title=Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket|year=1999|publisher=[[Douglas & McIntyre]]|location=Vancouver, BC|isbn=1-55054-714-3 |page=18}}</ref> Vladimir, whose family originated from [[Furna]], [[Switzerland]], was an [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic swimmer]] who won four medals for the Soviet Union at three Olympic Games between [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]].<ref name="Banks7">{{cite book |last=Banks |first=Kerry|title=Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket|year=1999|publisher=[[Douglas & McIntyre]]|location=Vancouver, BC|isbn=1-55054-714-3 |pages=7–8}}</ref> Bure's family had a noble history: his ancestors made precious watches for Russian tsars from 1815 to 1917 and as craftsmen of the imperial family, were granted noble status.<ref name="Banks7" />

Bure was around nine years old when his parents separated.<ref name="Banks18" /> In 1991, he joined his father and brother, [[Pavel Bure|Pavel]], in moving to North America as his elder sibling embarked on a [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) career with the [[Vancouver Canucks]]. His mother arrived two months later.<ref name="SIPavelBio">{{cite magazine |last=Murphy |first=Austin |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1992/12/07/127711/the-russian-rocket-moscow-born-right-wing-pavel-bure-is-having-a-blast-in-vancouver# |title=The Russian Rocket |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=1992-12-07 |access-date=2014-10-15}}</ref> They settled initially in [[Los Angeles]] where Vladimir continued to train and coach both Valeri and [[Pavel Bure|Pavel]] in hockey and physical conditioning.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1992/12/07/the-russian-rocket-moscow-born-right-wing-pavel-bure-is-having-a-blast-in-vancouver# | title=The Russian Rocket }}</ref> However, by 1998 both became estranged from their father, along with his second wife and their half-sister, Katya. Neither brother has given a reason for the split.<ref name="Bell A22">{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Terry |title=My boys...everybody knows I love my sons |work=Vancouver Province |date=2000-02-06 |page=A22}}</ref>