- Zenit (sports society)
: "For other uses, see
Zenit (disambiguation) ."Zenit ( _ru. Зенит; English:Zenith ) was theAll-Union Voluntary Sports Society for workers ofarms industry , established in 1936. Due to reorganization of sports societies, between 1957 and 1966 physical culture collectives of Zenit were a part of VSS Trud from theRussian SFSR , and other republican sports societies. In 1966 Zenit again became a separate VSS. In the 1970s Zenit had about 1,000 large sports constructions, 13,000 sports and football grounds, more than 100Children and Youth Sport School s.The name has been retained after the fall of the Soviet Union and the VSS system, notably by
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg , which won the 2007 Russian Premier League, the 2007-08 UEFA Cup inassociation football and 2008 UEFA Super Cup.Notable members
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Yelena Davydova (artistic gymnastics )
*Anatoly Mikhailov (athletics)
*Maria Pisareva (athletics)
*Tamara Tyshkevich (athletics)
*Galina Zybina (athletics)
*Vladimir Nikitin (cross-country skiing )
*Larisa Selezneva (figure skating )
*Anatoli Fedyukin (handball )
*Lyudmila Titova (speed skating )
*Vladimir Salnikov (swimming )External links
*ru icon [http://www.hrono.ru/heraldicum/flagi/USSRspor.htm Sport Flags of the USSR]
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