Handball Federation of Russia

Handball became known in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, the first competitions took place in Moscow in 1922, but the game was widely used only in the post-war years, and in 2 variations: with 11 and 7 players in a team. In accordance with the rules adopted in 1948, the game 11 × 11 was called “hand ball”, and 7 × 7 - handball. Despite the final transition to the rules of the game 7 × 7 in 1962, the term “hand ball” was fixed in Russian and was the official name for handball until 1990. Created to popularize this sport in 1955, a public organization retained the name of the All-Union Section (Federation) of the hand ball. In 1958, the USSR Handball Federation became a member of the International Handball Federation , thanks to which sports clubs and national teams of the USSR received the right to participate in international competitions. The USSR men's handball team was formed in 1960 and debuted at the World Cup in Czechoslovakia in 1964, the women's team was created in 1962 and then took part in the World Cup in Romania ^{[1] [2] [3]} .

In 1989, the constituent conference of the Union of Handball Players of the RSFSR was held, the General Director of which was elected Olympic champion in 1976, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR , Honored Coach of the USSR and the RSFSR Vladimir Salmanovich Maximov . Until 1992, the Union of Handball Players of the RSFSR was a member of the Handball Federation of the USSR, which united sports federations of all union republics. After the collapse of the USSR, the All-Union Federation was abolished, and on March 2, 1992 at the founding conference in Volgograd , the Russian Handball Players Union (SGR) was created, the first president of which was elected Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Trainer of the USSR Alexander Borisovich Kozhukhov . Vladimir Maksimov retained the position of general director, the honorary master of sports of the USSR Yuri Fedorovich Reznikov became vice president, the international secretary, Boris Nikolaevich Makarov, was the executive secretary. SGR became the successor of the All-Union Federation, a member of the International Handball Federation and the European Handball Federation ^{[3] [4] [5]} .

Alexander Kozhukhov headed the Union of Handball Players of Russia from 1992 to 2004, Vladimir Maksimov was also re-elected Director General at all reporting and election conferences from 1992 to 2008. In 2004, Kozhukhov was elected President of the Commission on the organization and conduct of competitions of the International Federation of Handball and left a leading position in the CGR, retaining the status of Advisor to the President and Honorary President of the Union. The only candidate for the December 2004 election conference was Vladimir Grigoryev, deputy head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications, former player of the Zaporozhye and Kuntsevo handball clubs. He led the organization for one Olympic cycle until November 2008. In January 2009, Boris Sergeyevich Alyoshin, Director General of AvtoVAZ, was elected the new president of the SGR. At the reporting and election conference in March 2013, the Perm Territory Handball Federation nominated the current deputy of the regional legislative assembly, the head of the Committee for Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Perm Region, the president of the city club of martial arts " Perm Bears " Vladimir Nelyubin, who defeated Alyoshin in the 2nd round of elections. After taking office, he initiated a change in the name of the organization: the Russian Handball Union became the Russian Handball Federation ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]} .

In 2014, at the invitation of the Russian Handball Federation, Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, master of sports in handball, headed its Board of Trustees. In April 2015, the president of the Federation was replaced: he became deputy chairman of the Maritime Collegium under the Government of the Russian Federation , Doctor of Law Sergey Shishkaryov ^{[11] [12] [13]} .

Rewards

The first Olympics for Soviet handball players were the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal , at which both teams won Olympic gold. In 1976-2004, more than 90 Russian handball players received the Olympic Games, 110 athletes, including 36 men and 74 women, received the title of world champion, making the Soviet and then Russian Federation the most titled in the world. For his contribution to the development of the international Olympic movement, Alexander Kozhukhov, who headed the Union of Handball Players of Russia in 1993-2002, was awarded the highest award of the International Olympic Committee - the Olympic Order. Also in 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, the Russian Handball Union was recognized as the best handball federation in Europe according to the European Handball Federation . Also in 2015, SGR was awarded the highest award of the International Handball Federation - Trophy Hans Baumann ^{[3] [5]} .

The Russian Handball Federation includes regional branches in the Ulyanovsk Region , the Republic of Mari El , North Ossetia , Vladimir Region , Kursk Region , Kaliningrad Region , Ivanovo Region , Voronezh Region , Novosibirsk Region , Oryol Region , Pskov Region , Yaroslavl Region and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region district , as well as regional federations in Udmurtia , Bashkortostan , Primorsky Territory , Samara Region , Orenburg Region , Kemerovo Region , Republic of Adygea , Karachay-Cherkess Republic Ike , Tatarstan , Krasnodar Territory , Krasnoyarsk Territory , Perm Territory , Stavropol Territory , Amur Region , Astrakhan Region , Belgorod Region , Bryansk Region , Volgograd Region , Leningrad Region , Moscow Region , Nizhny Novgorod Region , Omsk Region , Sverdlovsk Region , Rostov Region , Chelyabinsk region , Moscow , St. Petersburg , Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra , Vologda Oblast and Dagestan ^[14] .

• 1989-1992 - Maximov, Vladimir Salmanovich
• 1992-2004 - Kozhukhov, Alexander Borisovich
• 2004—2009 - Grigoriev, Vladimir Viktorovich
• 2009—2013 - Alyoshin, Boris Sergeevich
• 2013—2015 - Nelyubin, Vladimir Alexandrovich
• Since 2015 - Shishkarev, Sergey Nikolaevich

• Russian national handball team
• Russian women's handball team
• Russian men's national beach handball team
• Russian women's beach handball team
• List of sports federations that are members of the Russian Olympic Committee

• Official site of the Russian Handball Federation
• Chronicle of sports. The history of Soviet handball (neopr.) . TV channel "Sport" (July 8, 2012). Date of treatment June 15, 2017.
• Russian Handball Federation Channel on YouTube