Tag: Soviet Union
Igor Belanov: A difficult life after Dynamo Kyiv
Callum Seniuk -
A legend of Ukrainian football, Igor Belanov had a brilliant career at Dynamo Kyiv saw the attacking midfielder win a total of eight ...
Stroitel Pripyat – Chernobyl’s forgotten football team
Alex Howell -
Shortly after 01:23 am on the 26th April 1986, Reactor Four at the VI Lenin Memorial Nuclear Power Plant, more commonly known as Cherno ...
Stalinism – Football and Culture in the Interwar Soviet Union
Manuel Veth -
Football has always been a game for the masses. But how did a game for the masses function during the time of Stalinism in the Soviet U ...
Youth Development in Russia – The post-Soviet impact
Manuel Veth and Tim Bogdachev -
The post-World Cup euphoria continues for the Russian national team. The Sbornaya won both their first game in the UE ...
Russia and the Quest for a New Magical Number 10
Manuel Veth -
Last week’s topic on the Futbolgrad Podcast was the impact of chess on the creation of the magical number 10 in Soviet and post-Soviet ...
Vsevolod Bobrov – The Individual Within the Collective
Manuel Veth -
I like a good challenge. Hence, when a Futbolgrad Podcast listener challenged me on Twitter to come up with a 1000-word comparison betw ...