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club in the

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. They play in

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at the

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. The club was founded in 1947. At the final tournament of the 2016–17

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season, with two

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tickets held in Syktyvkar, Stroitel won and was thus eligible for

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. After discussions as to whether or not to accept, the team opted to return to the Russian Bandy Super League in the 2017–18 season after several years in the second-tier Supreme League. In the 2016–17 season, the club adopted a new logo, replacing an old one which featured a polar bear playing bandy.

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Images of the old (pre-2016) and new (2016–present) logos
at rusbandy.ru
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