Lapta Türk Birliği S
Lapta may refer to: * Lapta (game), a Russian sport * Lapta Türk Birliği S.K., a sports club in Lapithos, Cyprus * Lapithos Lapithos or Lapethos (; ) is a town in Cyprus. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Archeologists claim that Lapithos was founded by the Achean brothers Praxandros and Cepheus. According to Strabo, the ancient settlement o ...

Lapta (game)
Lapta () is a Russian folk game of the bat-and-ball type,Лапта // Большая Советская Энциклопедия / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. Том 14. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973 first known to be played in the 14th century. History Lapta is documented as early as the 14th century; mentions of lapta have been found in medieval manuscripts, and balls and bats were found in the 14th-century layers during excavations in Novgorod. Peter the Great encouraged his elite guard to play lapta for physical training. Russian national values were ascribed to the game in modern times, with writer Aleksandr I. Kuprin having praised the game for qualities such as loyalty, accuracy, speed and strength skills, as well as resourcefulness. During the Soviet period, the sport, along with other traditional sports such as '' gorodki'', was promoted and attempts were made to develop them into modern sports of a Soviet t ...
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Lapta Türk Birliği S
Lapta may refer to: * Lapta (game), a Russian sport * Lapta Türk Birliği S.K., a sports club in Lapithos, Cyprus * Lapithos Lapithos or Lapethos (; ) is a town in Cyprus. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Archeologists claim that Lapithos was founded by the Achean brothers Praxandros and Cepheus. According to Strabo, the ancient settlement o ...