Ulyanovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. It has a population of 1,292,799.
Dimitrovgrad, formerly Melekkes, Melekes, and Melekess until 1972, is a city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Melekessky District, although it is not within the district and is an independent city. The city is located in the Volga Region, at the confluence of the Melekesska River and the Bolshoy Cheremshan River, a tributary of the Volga River. Dimitrovgrad has a population of 122,580 (2010 Russian census), the second-largest city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, after Ulyanovsk.
Uralsky Trubnik is a bandy club from Pervouralsk that plays in the Russian Bandy Super League. After the indoor stadium Volga-Sport-Arena in Ulyanovsk was finished, Uralsky Trubnik was for a few years the only club in the highest division without artificial ice. That is until Murman got promoted for the 2018–19 season. However, a decision to build an indoor bandy stadium has been taken. In 2017 the team won the pre-season tournament ExTeCupen. In 2019 the club for the first time in its history took a medal in the domestic league with a third place.
Yenisey is a bandy club from Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Yenisey has historically been a very successful club, having won the national championship sixteen times, the last in 2021, and the Bandy World Cup in 1982, 1984, 2011 and 2015 and been runners-up in 1983, 1985 and 2000.
FC Volga Ulyanovsk is a professional association football club based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. In the 2023–24 season, it will play in the third-tier Russian Second League.
Dynamo-Kazan is a professional bandy club from Kazan, Russia, established in 1958 and playing in the Russian Bandy League since 1996. The club plays at Raketa Stadium, an outdoor arena with artificial ice of 5,000 spectators' capacity in the outskirts of Kazan.
Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 705 kilometers (438 mi) east of Moscow. Ulyanovsk has been the only Russian UNESCO City of Literature since 2015.
Start (Старт) is a professional bandy club from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, established in 1932. It plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the top division of Russian bandy.
SKA-Neftyanik is a professional bandy club from Khabarovsk, Russia, established in 1947. It plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the top division of Russian bandy. The club colours are yellow, red and black.
KhK Kuzbass is a professional bandy club from Kemerovo, Russia, established in 1948. It plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the top division of Russian bandy. The home games are played at Khimik Stadium in Kemerovo. While during the 2016-17 season, the indoor arena was their base, 2017-18 it will be Khimik again. The club colours are dark orange, white and black and the club logo also includes the arms of Kemerovo.
Simbirsk Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1928. Its administrative center was in the city of Simbirsk, renamed Ulyanovsk in 1924.
Volga-Sport-Arena is a sports venue in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It is the home of Volga. At the 2016 Bandy World Championship it hosted most of the matches.
Bandy World Championship 2016, the XXXVI Bandy World Championship, was held with Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, as host region. Most of the games was played at the Volga-Sport-Arena in Ulyanovsk. Because of its higher spectator capacity, the group stage matches between Russia and Sweden and between Russia and Kazakhstan were played at Trud Stadium, which also hosted one semi-final and the final. Some games were played in nearby Dimitrovgrad at Stadium Stroitel.
Universal Saratov is a bandy club in Saratov, Russia. The club was founded in 1953 and is playing in the Russian Bandy Supreme League, the second tier of Russian bandy. The home games are played at Stadium Dynamo. The building of an indoor arena is being considered. The club colours are black and white.
Nikelshchik is a bandy club in Verkhny Ufaley, Russia. The club is playing in the Russian Bandy Supreme League, the second tier of Russian bandy. The home games are played at Stadium Nikelshchik in Verkhny Ufaley. The club colours are blue and white.
KhK Nadezhda is a bandy club in Birobidzhan, Russia. The club was founded in 1939 and has been playing in the Russian Bandy Supreme League, the second tier of Russian bandy, with home games at Stadium Dalselmash in Birobidzhan, until the 2016-17 season. Building an indoor arena has been considered. However, in 2017-18 the team is not playing in the league, but non-professionally. The club colours are green and white.
Volga-SDYuSShOR is a bandy club in Ulyanovsk, Russia, belonging to sports school Specialized Children and Youth Sports Schools of the Olympic Reserve, SDYuSShOR and under the patronage of professional bandy club Volga Ulyanovsk.
Lokomotiv Stadium is a bandy arena in Smidovich, Russia. It was the home arena of bandy club Urozhay, which was playing in the second-tier Russian Bandy Supreme League until 2015-16.
Vyacheslav Frolovich Lampeyev was a Russian field hockey defender. He was part of the Soviet team that won the bronze medal at the 1980 Olympics. He scored both goals in the bronze medal match against Poland, leading to a narrow 2–1 victory.
The 2020 Bandy World Championship was to be an international sports tournament between men's national teams among bandy playing nations. It was to be the fortieth Bandy World Championship. While the Division B tournament was held from 1 to 6 March 2020, the Division A tournament was postponed a number of times and finally cancelled on 1 March 2022.
