Russian Hockey Second League

Vtoraya Liga
Countries	Russia
Divisions	2
No. of teams	18
Promotion to	First League

Last updated February 19, 2019

The Second League (Russian : Вторая лига, translit. Vtoraya Liga, also seen as RUS-4) was an ice hockey league in Russia. It was a fourth level league in the Russian ice hockey and it was divided into a two Divisions.

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Teams

Team during the 2008-2009 Season.^[1]

Central Division

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Odintsovo is a city and the administrative center of Odintsovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Western suburb of Moscow. One of the wealthiest municipality in Russia. Population: 138,930 (2010 Census); 134,844 (2002 Census); 125,149 (1989 Census).

Ural Division

Ust-Katav is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Yuryuzan River. Population: 23,580 (2010 Census); 25,898 (2002 Census); 31,218 (1989 Census).

Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northeast of the oblast, 210 kilometers (130 mi) south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River, on the border of Europe and Asia. Population: 1,130,132 (2010 Census); 1,077,174 (2002 Census); 1,141,777 (1989 Census).

Sovetsky is a town and the administrative center of Sovetsky District in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located 470 kilometers (290 mi) west of Khanty-Mansiysk, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Population: 26,495 (2010 Census); 23,230 (2002 Census); 21,123 (1989 Census).

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