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Шуваловский яхт-клуб / Shuvalov Yacht Club - 1898

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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2015 · Travel & Events

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Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях
Шуваловский яхт-клуб  1898 г.

Russia in pre-revolutionary photographs
Shuvalov Yacht Club  - 1898

Music:
Waltz (The song of great Rivers) from "Lady and the Hooligan" by D. Shostakovich

The Shuvalov Yacht Club was opened in 1879 on the third lake in Shuvalovo, in the northern district of St. Petersburg. The founder of the club was the vice commander of the Imperial River Yacht Club 
V.Y .Poznan and one of the patrons was  the Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, cousin to Tsar Nicholas II. Membership of the Club was through an 'invitation', recommendation and sponsorship.
The club had its own constitution, flag, shape, club house with restaurant and a concert hall.
The club has 30 sailing ships of various classes and during the summer months held frequent race days attracting competitors, not only from St. Petersburg, but also from Moscow and Finland. The club became the centre of the city's sporting life and held holiday entertainments each "Thursday". It became a place for children's parties, family gatherings and card games.....

In 1910, the Yacht Club was closed after a tragedy, the previous July during a race when the yacht "Suzdalets" took on water and capsized killing a young member of the club......

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