page_title: Russian Grand Prix
section_title: Pre-WWI history
hierarchical_section_title: Russian Grand Prix / Pre-WWI history
caption_attribution_description: English: Mural of Veteran Racing Car, Russian Imperial/Tsar's Garages for cars at Pushkin Tsarskoye Selo; Akademicheskiy prospect, Pushkin, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation
context_page_description: The Russian Grand Prix is an annual auto race held at Sochi Autodrom – a street circuit built around Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, as part of the Formula One World Championship.
  The race was first held briefly in the 1910s in Saint Petersburg of the Russian Empire. Plans were made to host a Formula One event in Moscow for the 1983 season as the Grand Prix of the Soviet Union, but these plans fell through. In 2010, it was officially announced that the Russian city of Sochi, which was also preparing to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, would host a new event on the Formula One calendar, beginning in 2014 under a seven-year deal.
  The Russian Grand Prix is notable for having only ever been won by Mercedes.
context_section_description: The Russian Grand Prix was run twice, in 1913 and 1914 at a circuit in Saint Petersburg. The first race was won by Russian driver Georgy Suvorin, whilst German Willy Scholl won the 1914 event. The race was abandoned following the outbreak of the First World War and the Russian Civil War, and it was not resumed with the establishment of the Soviet Union.
caption: Mural depicting a racing car at Tsar Nicholas II's car garages in Tsarskoye Selo (modern-day Pushkin)
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