Professional Wrestling In Russia
Professional wrestling in Russia has been promoted in the country from the late 19th century. History Russian Empire 1892 is considered the year when professional wrestling appeared in Russia, when Polish wrestler Vladislav Pytljasinski came to Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg. In 1894, the first public contest in Greco-Roman wrestling, French wrestling was held, in the same year wrestling was first allowed in the Ciniselli Circus, Ciniselli Сircus. The circus administration considered wrestling to be "dangerous for inciting passions among spectators" and only allowed "demonstration of wrestling techniques" with a time limit of 10 and 20 minutes. Among the amateurs who wrestled Pytljasinski in the circus was A. F. Meo, a local clerk, for whom a performance in the circus could have caused problems in his career, so he performed wearing a mask. European and Turkish wrestlers are invited to perform in Russia. "Professionals" were considered those wrestlers who have no other job ...
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