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YET ANOTHER REASON TO FALL IN LOVE WITH SOCHI

09 April 2025

Sochi is a place where the sea meets the mountains and the air is filled with the delicate scent of salt water and flowers blooming along the coast.

NIZHNY NOVGOROD - FOR TRUE HISTORY FANS

04 March 2025

Nizhny Novgorod is a city with centuries of history, founded in 1221. Here you can see ancient buildings, the Kremlin, built in the 16th century, and churches that have preserved the atmosphere of the past.

125 YEARS OF FIGURE SKATING IN RUSSIA

09 April 2025

125 years ago on February 09, 1896 the first annual competition of The World Figure Skating Championship took place in Saint-Petersburg. Only four athletes participated in the championship, but thanks to them the history of world figure skating began in Russia - on the ice rink of the Yusupov Garden in Saint-Petersburg. The garden was very popular among the city residents but only during warm season. There were amusement rides and a shooting gallery on its territory, aeronaut balloons were launched from there. While in winter the garden was closed. That was until 1865, when an ice rink was opened. Here the first Russian figure skaters began to train, and the first official world championship was held here at the end of the century. Competitions were held in only one discipline - single skating. At the turn of the century, the most advanced skating schools were in Austria, Norway, Germany, Sweden and Russia.

Ice skating got a new life after a speed skating society was formed in Saint-Petersburg. With its foundation, the skating rink in the Yusupov Garden became the best in the city. The Yusupov Garden played an important role in the development of Russian figure skating. The championships of Russia and later the USSR were held on its territory. The local figure skating school gave Russia the first Olympic champion - Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin.

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