History
Lokomotiv was originally founded as Club of the October Revolution on 12 August 1923, and it united the strongest football players of several roads of the Moscow railway junction. In 1931, the club was renamed to Kazanka (Moskovskaya-Kazanskaya Zh.D) and in 1936, it was eventually renamed to as it is known today, Lokomotiv. During the Communist rule, Lokomotiv Moscow club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society and it was owned by the Soviet Ministry of Transportation through the Russian Railways.
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