History
The St. Petersburg River Yacht Club was established in 1860 and is one of the oldest Yacht clubs in Russia. It was bestowed royal patronage by the tsar in 1910 on its 50th anniversary.
During the Soviet era This club went through a difficult period. It was renamed a few times, one of the clubs names then was "Central Yacht Club Trud". As part of the 1980 Olympics preparations program, the club was revived, so that the Soviet union would have a competing Olympic sailing fleet.
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