The Russian Volleyball Federation ( in
Russian: Всероссийская федерация волейбола, Vserossijskaja Federacija Volejbola hence the acronym Latinized VFV or in Russian ВФВ) is the governing body of
volleyball
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in Russia; although existing since 1991, it is the prosecutor of the pre-existing Soviet volleyball federation (Федерация волейбола СССР, Federacija Volejbola SSSR).
It organizes the
men's and
women
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's volleyball championships in Russia as well as the activities of the
men's and
women
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's national teams of Russia.
In response to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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, the
International Volleyball Federation
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suspended all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials, as well as beach and snow volleyball athletes, from all events, and stripped Russia of the right to host the
2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
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in August 2022, and will relocate games that were to be in Russia in June and July. The
European Volleyball Confederation
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(CEV) also banned all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials from participating in European competition, and suspended all members of Russia from their respective functions in CEV organs. It also canceled all competitions in Russia.
History (Russia and Soviet Union)
Volleyball
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appeared in Russia in 1914 in
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...
and
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
, where it was promoted by American instructors. In 1915, they got acquainted with volleyball in
Khabarovsk
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and
Vladivostok
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.
The official date of birth of Soviet volleyball is considered to be July 28, 1923, when a match between the men's teams of the Higher Art and Theater Workshops (VKHUTEMAS) and the State School of Cinematography (VKHUTEMAS) took place in Moscow with official arbitration. From the mid-1920s, volleyball teams began to appear in
Kharkov
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Baku
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,
Tbilisi
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,
Grozny
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The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a pop ...
, and
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
.
Since 1927, official competitions for the city championship began to be held in Moscow.
Of importance for the further development of volleyball in the USSR was its inclusion in the program of the 1928 All-Union
Spartakiad
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. Preparation for these competitions took place throughout the country. Qualifying tournaments were held in
Moscow
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,
Kharkov
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Tbilisi
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. The main competitions took place in Moscow. The Ukrainian team won the men's tournament, the Moscow team won the women's tournament.
After the All-Union
Spartakiad
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, the popularity of volleyball began to grow rapidly. In volleyball centers such as
Moscow
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,
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Kharkov
Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine. , the number of teams ran into many dozens. The geography of the game has also expanded significantly. Sections and teams began to appear in many cities of
Russia
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,
Ukraine
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,
Belarus
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,
Transcaucasia
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, and
Central Asia
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. Tournaments were held between the national teams of the cities and many exhibition matches.
In 1932, the All-Union Volleyball Section (since 1959, the USSR Volleyball Federation) was formed as an independent structure within the VSFC. Alexander Abramovich Potashnik was elected its first president.
The popularity of volleyball in the country was growing. In April 1933, the All-Union Volleyball Festival was held in
Dnepropetrovsk, involving teams from all volleyball centers in the country. The combined men's and women's teams from
Moscow
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became the winners of the tournament. In terms of their importance, these competitions were already actually the USSR championship. Therefore, it is customary to calculate the serial numbers of the All-Union championships, beginning in 1933.
Since 1938, the USSR championships began to be held between club teams. The first winners of such competitions were "Spartak" (
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) for men and "Spartak" (Moscow) for women.
In 1947, Soviet volleyball entered the international arena. In August in
Prague
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(
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
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) at the
1st World Festival of Youth and Students
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The World Federation of Democratic Youth had decided to celebrate its first festival there in re ...
, the men's team from
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
(reinforced by the volleyball players from
Moscow
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) won a landslide victory in the tournament. In October of the same year, Dynamo Moscow (reinforced by players from other Moscow clubs) beat all their rivals during a tour of
Poland
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.
In 1948, the All-Union Volleyball Section was admitted to the
FIVB.
In September 1949, in
Prague
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(
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
), the
USSR women's team competed in the
First European Championship, and the
men's team competed in the
First World Championship. Both teams became winners of the competition.
In 1950, the first
USSR Cup
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was held. The men's and women's teams of Dynamo (Moscow) became the owners of the new honorary trophy.
In October 1950, in
Sofia
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(
Bulgaria
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), the
men's team competed for the first time in the
European Championship and won it.
In August 1952 in Moscow, the
USSR women's national team made its
World Championship
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debut and became the winner of the competition.
In 1956, the 1st Summer
Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
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was held in
Moscow
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, the winners of which the volleyball competitions were the Ukrainian men's national team and the Moscow women's team. These competitions were also the USSR championship. Volleyball was invariably present in all subsequent Spartakiads.
In 1960, the
volleyball European Champions Cup was played for the first time between men's club teams, which was won by the
CSKA team. A similar women's tournament was held in 1961 and the Soviet team
Dynamo (Moscow) also became its winner.
In 1964, volleyball competitions were held in
Tokyo
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(
Japan
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) for the first time on the program of the
Olympic Games
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. The
USSR men's national team became the winner, and the
women's team
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took second place.
A year later, for the first time in
Poland
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, the
World Cup was played between men's teams, which was won by the
USSR team.
In 1966, the USSR national teams debuted at the European Championships among youth teams. Both the men's and women's teams became champions.
In 1973, for the first time,
CEV held a
cup competition
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for club teams, the winners of which were volleyball players from the Zvezda (Voroshilovgrad) team and athletes from CSKA.
In 1977, the USSR national teams made their debut at the World Junior Championships. The men's team became the champion.
In the 1990/1991 season, under the auspices of the USSR Volleyball Federation, the last USSR championship and the USSR Cup took place, and in the
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season, the already open championships were played. Russia for women's teams and the CIS for men.
In 1991, the All-Russian Volleyball Federation was formed. Valentin Vasilyevich Zhukov, who held this position until 2004, was elected president.
On October 1, 1992, the USSR Volleyball Federation ceased to be a member of the
FIVB and
CEV. The volleyball federations of
Russia
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,
Ukraine
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,
Belarus
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, and other former Soviet republics became members of these international organizations.
Presidents of the USSR Volleyball Federation
:1932-1949 — Potashnik, Alexander Abramovich
:1949-1950 — Anikin, Alexander Sergeevich
:1952-1967 — Savvin, Vladímir Ivánovich
:1967-1969 — Baltadzhi, Vladímir Grigorievich
:1970-1971 — Parfenov, Yuri Alexandrovich
:1971-1975 — Savvin, Vladímir Ivánovich
:1976-1980 — Shashkov, Nikolai Alexandrovich
:1980-1989 — Torshilov, Yuri Vasilievich
:1989-1992 — Shibaev, Gennady Nikolaevich
Presidents of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation
:1991-2004 — Zhukov, Valentin Vasilievich
:2004-2009 —
Patrushev, Nikolái Platonovich
:since 2010 — Shevchenko, Stanislav Vladímirovich (in 2009-2010 — acting president)
Structure
The supreme body of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation is the Conference, which can have the status of report and election (which is held once every 4 years for the election of the leadership of the federation) and extraordinary (to resolve other issues). The last 13th information and election conference was held in December 2008 in
Moscow
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.
In order to resolve the tasks set by the Conference for the RVF, as well as the statutory requirements, the conference delegates elect the Presidium for a period of 4 years. From among its members, the Presidium elects the Executive Committee, which implements the decisions of the Conference and the RVF Presidium and also organizes the day-to-day activities of the federation. Its work is headed by the President of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation, elected by the Conference for a term of 4 years. In addition to the President, the Executive Committee is made up of the RVF First Vice President, Vice Presidents, Secretary General, Director General, and other members.
To solve the special tasks facing the RVF, permanent technical commissions and councils have been created in its structure: an international commission, a commission for the logistics of competitions and the training process, a beach volleyball council, and a council of veterans. In addition, the structure of the VFV includes the All-Russian College of Judges and the Commission for Arbitration and Control and Audit elected at the conference.
The All-Russian Volleyball Federation includes 83 volleyball federations from
Moscow
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,
Saint Petersburg
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,
Sevastopol
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, republics, territories, regions, and districts of the Russian Federation. In addition, 4 associations of regional volleyball federations (ARFV) have been formed: the
Far East
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The ter ...
,
Central Russia,
Siberia
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, and the
Urals
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.
List of regional volleyball federations included in the RVF structure
Leadership
Executive Committee
*Shevchenko, Stanislav Vladimirovich — President
*Gorbenko, Andrey Vladimirovich — CEO
*
Karpol, Nikolai Vasilyevich — Vice president
*Shipulin, Gennady Yakovlevich — Vice president
*Yaremenko, Alexander Mikhailovich — General Secretary
*
Patkin, Vladimir Leonidovich — Executive Director
*Zhukov, Valentin Vasilievich — President Adviser
*Titov, Sergey Valerievich — President of the All-Russian College of Judges
*Fadeev, Vladislav Valerievich — General Manager
*Yuriev, Yuri Nikolaevich — President of the Arbitration
*Trifonova, Zoya Alekseevna
Sponsors
*
VTB Bank is the sponsor of the RVF, the general sponsor of the
Russia men's national volleyball team.
*
VEB.RF
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is the sponsor of the RVF, the general sponsor of the
Russia women's national volleyball team
The Russia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and participated in international volleyball competitions. They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as the CIS in 1992.
In response to the ...
.
Oficial Tournaments
As part of its activities, the All-Russian Volleyball Federation is responsible for holding the following annual tournaments:
*Russian Championship —
men and
women
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*Russian Cup —
men and
women
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*Russian Super Cup —
men and
women
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*Russian Championship — boys and girls
*All Russia competitions — veterans
*Beach Volley competitions
See also
*
Russia men's national volleyball team
*
Russia women's national volleyball team
The Russia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and participated in international volleyball competitions. They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as the CIS in 1992.
In response to the ...
References
External links
Официальный сайт ВФВ
{{National members of the International Federation of Volleyball
Volleyball in Russia
Russia
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Volleyball
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