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WBC MAI
Women's Basketball Club of Moscow Aviation Institute (студенческий женский баскетбольный клуб Московского авиационного института), also known as MAI was a basketball club based in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. History The team was founded in 1945 on the basis of female student's sports club of the Moscow Aviation Institute and participated in the first championship of the All-Union competition in 1945 where it won the silver medal, defeated in the final by WBC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow. The following season (1945–46) MAI became national champion for the first time in its history, an achievement that repeated one year later. The next decade is critical to women's Soviet basketball: 4 times champion, 4 times silver medalist, winner of the USSR Women's Cup, winner of three championships of Trade Unions, and in 1956, five players of the teams were part of the champion I Games of the peoples of the USSR nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |