Krasnodar, formerly Yekaterinodar, is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern Russia, with a population of 1,121,291 residents, and up to 1.226 million residents in the Urban Okrug. In the past decade Krasnodar has experienced rapid population growth, rising to become the thirteenth-largest city in Russia, and the second-largest city in southern Russia, as well as the Southern Federal District.
Kuban Krasnodar is a multi-sport club based in Krasnodar, Russia.
Kuban Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Krasnodar, Russia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of resurrected FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Urozhay Krasnodar. The stadium holds 35,200 people. The stadium was opened on 30 October 1960.
Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Marennikova is a Russian handball player, world champion and olympic medallist playing for HC Kuban Krasnodar and the Russian national team. She won gold medals at the 2005 World Championships and 2016 Rio Olympics, placing second in 2008 and eighth in 2012.
Ruslan Faritovich Zainullin is a Russian professional ice hockey center currently playing for Kuban Krasnodar of the Russian second tier Higher Hockey League (VHL). His National Hockey League rights belong to the Calgary Flames.
The Junior Hockey League (JHL) (Russian: Молодежная Хоккейная Лига (МХЛ), romanized: Molodezhnaya Hokkeinaya Liga), sometimes translated as the Minor or Youth Hockey League, is a major junior ice hockey league in Eurasia, founded in 2009. It currently consists of 33 teams from 4 countries. Currently, all teams but one are subsidiaries (feeder teams) for their respective KHL or VHL professional counterparts. A player's age cannot be older than 20. The Kharlamov Cup, named after star ice hockey player Valeri Kharlamov, is awarded annually as the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia's official Junior Championship, following a 16-team playoff at the end of the regular season.
Kuban is a geographic region in Southern Russia.
Oksana Igorevna Korolyova is a Russian handball player. She plays for the Russian club HC Kuban Krasnodar and for the Russian National Team. She won a gold medal at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship.
Victoria Yuryevna Zhilinskayte is a Russian handball player for HC Kuban Krasnodar and the Russian national handball team.
HC Kuban Krasnodar is a Russian women's handball team from Krasnodar competing in the Russian Super League.
The 2012–13 VHL season was the third season of the Russian Major League. It started 9 September 2012 and ended in April 2013.
Anatoli Stepanishev is a Russian-Ukrainian former ice hockey player.
The 2013–14 FC Kuban Krasnodar season was the third successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. They finished the season in 8th place and were knocked out at the fifth round of the Russian Cup by Zvezda Ryazan on penalties after a 2–2 draw.
Anastasia Sinitsyna is a Russian female handballer, who plays for Kastamonu Bld. GSK and the Russian national team.
The 2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season was their fifth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.
Andrei Lozhkin is a Russian retired ice hockey centre.
The Hockey Club Rostov, commonly referred to as HC Rostov are a professional ice hockey team based in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. HC Rostov play in the Supreme Hockey League and play at the Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports.
Diana Golub is a Russian female handball player for HC Kuban Krasnodar and the Russian national team.
Dmitry Lameykin is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas. In 2007, he was granted a Candidate of Sciences in Economics degree.
