OLLS Moscow was the popular name of the Amateur Society of Skiing Sports (Russian: Общество Любителей Лыжного Спорта, abbreviated to OLLS) established in 1901.. In 1911 it established its own football team, one of the first in Imperial Russia.[1]

Andrei Starostin, who became a major figure in the development of football in the Soviet Union, later recounted the allure of the letters "OLLS" had for him as a child and how in 1916 at the age of ten he crossed Moscow on his own to attend a game at their stadium in Sokolniki Park.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Frykholm, Peter A. (1997). "Soccer and Social Identity in Pre-Revolutionary Moscow". Journal of Sport History. 24 (2): 143–154. ISSN 0094-1700. JSTOR 43609732. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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