Blokhin graduated from the Ivanovo Power Institute in 1974, and for the next three years worked in various capacities at Fizpribor in Kirov.
In 1926 he re-established the yeshiva in Kaminetz, where it continued to attract hundreds of students for the next 13 years.
He participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and won with one point more than the Armenian runner up.
She won a silver medal in the team exercise at the 1981 World Championships in Munich and three bronze medals at the 1980 European Championships in Amsterdam.