Association Football in Imperial Russia emerged in the late nineteenth century. Both Scottish and English immigrants are attributed as playing a significant role in the introduction of the sport into the lands of Imperial Russia. [1] [2]
British sailors played the first recorded game of football in Russian Empire in Odessa in the 1860s. [3]
Association Football in Imperial Russia emerged in the late nineteenth century. Both Scottish and English immigrants are attributed as playing a significant role in the introduction of the sport into the lands of Imperial Russia. [1] [2]
British sailors played the first recorded game of football in Russian Empire in Odessa in the 1860s. [3]