- Yubileyny Sports Palace
Yubileyny Sports Palace ( _ru. Спортивный комплекс "Юбилейный"), also translated as Yubileiny (Jubilee)
Palace of Sports , is an indoor sports arena and concert complex located in St. Petersburg,Russia . It houses 7,000 seats and is accessible from the Sportivnaya metro station. The complex was completed in 1967 as a present from the Federation of Trade Unions to the city on the 50th anniversary of Soviet power.The Palace hosts a wide variety of activities, including athletic training and competitions, conventions, festivals, and musical concerts.
Yubileyny Sport Club
The Yubileyny Sports Palace's
ice rink is home to the Yubileyny Sport Club, a prominent training center forfigure skating .Alexei Mishin ,Igor Moskvin , andTamara Moskvina have coached here, along with skaters including:
*Natalia Mishkutenok andArtur Dmitriev
*Oksana Kazakova andArtur Dmitriev
*Elena Berezhnaya andAnton Sikharulidze
*Alexei Urmanov
*Alexei Yagudin
*Evgeni Plushenko External links
* [http://www.yubi.ru/ Official website] ru icon
* [http://petersburgcity.com/theaters/?id=139 Petersburgcity.com]
* [http://www.monomax.org/dmc/spb_venues_ru.htm Some information on its history] ru icon
* [http://www.enlight.ru/camera/olymp_1980/index_e.html Picture of the Palace, about halfway down the page]
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