CSKA Moscow
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| Founded | Moscow, Russia (1923) |
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| Website | http://www.cska.ru |
CSKA Moscow (Russian: ЦСКА Москва; full name: English: Central Sports Army Club Moscow, Russian: Федеральное государственное учреждение Министерства обороны Российской Федерации Центральный спортивный клуб Армии) is a major Russian sports club based in Moscow. It is popularly referred to in the West as "Red Army" or "the Red Army team" because during the Soviet era, it was a part of the Armed Forces sports society, which in turn was associated with the Soviet Army. Now the historical CSKA sport club (aka "Big CSKA") still is a department of Russian Defense Ministry.
The "Big CSKA" had several teams in many sports, but now all of them are private clubs:
- For the football club, see PFC CSKA Moscow.
- For the ice hockey club, see HC CSKA Moscow.
- For the volleyball club, see VC CSKA Moscow.
- For the men's basketball club, see PBC CSKA Moscow.
- For the women's basketball club, see WBC CSKA Moscow.
VC CSKA and WBC CSKA were disbanded in 2009.
The CSKA has also been home to many elite figure skaters, including Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov. Elena Mukhina, a world champion artistic gymnast, was also a club member.
The club is active in more than 40 sports,[1] and produced 463 Olympic champions for the Soviet Union and Russia, 11000 champions in local Soviet and Russian championships, and 2629 golden medalists in European and world championships.[2]
