page_title: Ulyanovsk
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Ulyanovsk / Sports
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Фінал Росія – Фінляндія 2016 р.
context_page_description: Ulyanovsk is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 705 kilometers east of Moscow. 613,786; 635,947; 625,155.
  The city, founded as Simbirsk, is the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin, for whom it was renamed after his death in 1924, and Alexander Kerensky, the leader of the Russian Provisional Government that was overthrown by Lenin during the October Revolution of 1917. It is also famous for its writers such as Ivan Goncharov, Nikolay Yazykov and Nikolay Karamzin, and painters such as Arkady Plastov and Nikas Safronov. Ulyanovsk has been designated a UNESCO City of Literature since 2015.
context_section_description: Volga plays in the Russian Bandy Super League. Volga-2 plays in the 2nd division. An indoor arena for bandy, Volga-Sport-Arena, opened in 2014, as one of the first in Russia. It has a capacity of 5 000. The Bandy World Championship 2016 was played in Ulyanovsk and nearby Dimitrovgrad. The Youth-17 Bandy World Championship will be hosted by Ulyanovsk in 2018.
  In association football, FC Volga plays in "Urals-Volga" zone of the Russian Second Division (2016–2017 season).
  Ulyanovsk also hosted matches of  first qualifying round UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship 2014. Matches were held at Trud Stadium in the downtown Ulyanovsk.
  In 2017 "Trud" was closed for reconstruction.
  In 2017 the first CIS festival for national sports and games, Фестиваль национальных видов спорта и игр государств — участников Содружества Независимых Государств, was held in Ulyanovsk. The main sports were sambo, tug of war, mas-wrestling, gorodki, belt wrestling, lapta, bandy (rink), kettlebell lifting, chess and archery. A few demonstration sports were also a part of the programme.
caption: The Bandy World Championship 2016 final at Trud Stadium
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