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Imperia-Dynamo Penza is a Russian rugby club from Penza. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the top division of Russian rugby.
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Penza Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186.
Penza is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, 625 kilometers (388 mi) southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 36th-largest city in Russia.
Rugby union in Russia is a moderately popular sport. Russia was in 2011 ranked 20th worldwide by the World Rugby, having over three hundred clubs and close to 22,000 players nationally. Russian Rugby Championship is the top-level professional competition held in Russia. Krasnoyarsk, in the middle of Siberia, is traditionally the heartland of Russian rugby.
The Russian Rugby Championship, officially known as the Liga Stavok - Russian Rugby Championship for sponsorship reasons, is Russia's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Russian Rugby Championship is run by Russian Rugby Union and is contested by 10 teams as of the 2019-2020 season.
Penza Vissarion Belinsky Airport is a small airport in Penza Oblast, Russia located 10 km south of Penza. It is a civilian airport with modest apron space.
The Russian Championship XVII was the seventeenth season of the Russian Championship league, the major rugby league tournament for semi-professional clubs in Russia, taking place in 2007. Eight teams from across Russia took part in the competition. The league is governed by the Russian Rugby League Federation.
The 2010 Russian Professional Rugby League season was the sixth edition of Russia's newly formatted top-flight rugby union competition, the Professional Rugby League ("RPRL"). The 2010 Professional Rugby League season has seen a transition to a traditional one league round-robin format with 8 teams taking place between May and September 2010. VVA Podmoskovye Monino are the reigning champions.
Metallurg is a Russian rugby club from Kemerovo Oblast. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the top division of Russian rugby.
The 2011 Russian Professional Rugby League season will be the seventh edition of the competition since its transition from the Super League.
Alexander Yanyushkin is a Russian rugby union coach and former player, he is the head coach of the Lokomotiv Penza and Russia 7s.
Dizel Penza is an ice hockey team in Penza, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club used to be affiliated with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the KHL.
Penza Governorate was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, located in the Volga Region. It existed from 1796 to 1797 and again from 1801 to 1928; its seat was in the city of Penza.
Tiaan van der Merwe is a South African rugby union player for the Lokomotiv Penza in the Russian Rugby Championship. His regular position is hooker.
Artem Faridovich Fatakhov is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a lock. He also had a brief stint as a rugby league player.
Evgeny Yuryevich Matveev is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker and as a flanker.
Lokomotiv is a Russian rugby union club from Penza. It is the professional section of Imperia-Dynamo Penza, an amateur rugby club.
Georgy Petrovich Kamnev, Russian politician, Deputy Legislative Assembly of the Penza Region. Head of the Penza regional branch of the CPRF. Since May 27, 2017, he has been a member of the Presidium Central Committee of the CPRF.
Ilia Spanderashvili is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is flanker, and he currently plays for Penza in the Russian Rugby Championship and the Georgia national team. He was a captain of Georgia U20 in 2017, during the famous victory (26-25) against Argentina U20, scoring a try on 12th minute.
Dmitry Kadenkov is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 8th State Duma. In 2003 Kadenkov was awarded a Doctor of Sciences in Pedagogy degree.