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CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Army Club Moscow, , full name: ??????????? ??????????????? ?????????? ???????????? ??????? ?????????? ????????? ??????????? ?????????? ???? ????? ) is a major Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n sports club
Sports club

A sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams and in several sports, working under the same umbrella organization....
 based in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
. It is popularly referred to as "Red Army" or "the Red Army team" because during the Soviet era
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
, it was a part of the Armed Forces sports society, which in its turn was associated with the Soviet Army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
.

The sports club has several teams in many sports:

The CSKA has also been home to many elite figure skaters
Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform figure skating spins, figure skating jumps, moves in the field and other intricate and challenging moves on ice....
, including Ekaterina Gordeeva
Ekaterina Gordeeva

Ekaterina Alexandrovna Gordeeva is a Russian pair skater. Together with her late partner and husband Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olympics Champion....
 and Sergei Grinkov
Sergei Grinkov

Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov was an Olympic Games and World Figure Skating Championships figure skating champion....
.






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CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Army Club Moscow, , full name: ??????????? ??????????????? ?????????? ???????????? ??????? ?????????? ????????? ??????????? ?????????? ???? ????? ) is a major Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n sports club
Sports club

A sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams and in several sports, working under the same umbrella organization....
 based in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
. It is popularly referred to as "Red Army" or "the Red Army team" because during the Soviet era
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
, it was a part of the Armed Forces sports society, which in its turn was associated with the Soviet Army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
.

The sports club has several teams in many sports:
  • For the ice hockey
    Ice hockey

    Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
     club, see HC CSKA Moscow
    HC CSKA Moscow

    CSKA Moscow is a Russia ice hockey club. It is referred to as the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army....
    .
  • For the volleyball
    Volleyball

    Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
     club, see VC CSKA Moscow
    VC CSKA Moscow

    VC CSKA Moscow is a Russian Volleyball club, the most titled in the world....
    .
  • For the men's basketball
    Basketball

    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
     club, see PBC CSKA Moscow
    PBC CSKA Moscow

    PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball club, often referred to as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. They have won two of the last three titles in Europe's principal club competition, the Euroleague, making the final in all three seasons....
    .
  • For the football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
     club, see PFC CSKA Moscow
    PFC CSKA Moscow

    PFC CSKA Moskva is a football club in Moscow, Russia....
    .


The CSKA has also been home to many elite figure skaters
Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform figure skating spins, figure skating jumps, moves in the field and other intricate and challenging moves on ice....
, including Ekaterina Gordeeva
Ekaterina Gordeeva

Ekaterina Alexandrovna Gordeeva is a Russian pair skater. Together with her late partner and husband Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olympics Champion....
 and Sergei Grinkov
Sergei Grinkov

Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov was an Olympic Games and World Figure Skating Championships figure skating champion....
. Elena Mukhina
Elena Mukhina

Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina , born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, was a former Soviet gymnast who won the All-Around title at the 1978 World Championships at Strasbourg, France....
, a world champion artistic gymnast, was also a club member.

The club is active in more than 40 sports, and produced 463 Olympic
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
 champions for the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 and Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, 11000 champions in local Soviet and Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n championships, and 2629 golden medalists in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an and world
World

World is a common name for the planet Earth seen from a human worldview, as a place inhabited by human beings. It is often used to signify the sum of human experience and history, or the 'human condition' in general....
 championships.