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What fan does not like Russian hockey?
   Our native Russian the TV could leave us without
Pleasures to look the world championship on bandy. TV thanks
To the centre. But still bolshee thanks inhabitants of Arkhangelsk - they have incurred
Hard efforts...
   Only on January, 28th, at last session of organising committee of XXI championship
The world on bandy in administration of the Arkhangelsk area, it
The co-chairman local governor Anatoly Efremov has a little relaxed.
   At last, two days prior to opening of tournament on it have reported on the full
Readiness of stadiums "Dynamo" and "Work", hotels, other objects and
Various services, including militia.
   Having been deeply moved, Efremov has thanked everything, and the general director of the third
Vladimir Gurov's reconstructing strongly building trust
Started stadium "Dynamo" and made repair on "Work", publicly
Has promised to present to the state award. On what that is modest
Has responded: "pay the performed jobs Is better...".
   Such here the contradiction between a sincere impulse and humdrum of life.
Yes, money in area is not present. Many months sit without the salary builders,
Lumberers, state employees... And here still municipal tariffs have increased
At once in one and a half time, the payment for the electric power, phone has sharply raised.
The northerners which average salary makes hardly more thousand
Roubles, and without that badly paid for all these blessings of a civilisation.
   In general, money for black oil for thermal power station is not present. Result of the one-sided municipal
Reforms it is sad: the floor-arhangelska sits without gas, in apartments on the last
To week there was a terrible cold.
   To understand the quivering relation of northerners to bandy, it is necessary
To live here it is a lot of years. For hundreds thousand persons (and in the field of all
One and a half million population) it is not simply adored kind of sports, and an image
Lives. Campaigns in 30-degree frosts on stadium is the ritual consecrated
Decades. Besides skeleton of a present Russian national team is made by six
Hockey players of Arkhangelsk "Water-transport worker", and the instructor of this command Vladimir
JAnko - the trainer of our national national team. And not only to Arkhangelsk
The World championship is necessary.
   That the big sports holiday has "alive seen as much as possible
People, an input on all matches which pass at stadium "Dynamo", have made
The free. And people have gone.
   And here on other stadium - "Work" - can get far not everyone:
Tickets there, to the Arkhangelsk measures, expensive. For example, to look
Opening, it was necessary to pay 50 roubles, as much there is also a ticket on
Final.
   Certainly, without the aid of the centre Arkhangelsk would not manage well
To be prepared for the World championship and adequately to spend it. With the world on a thread,
Chosen at random - here also have typed. The federal Government has allocated
Four and a half one million roubles on purchase of two new ledouborochnyh
Combines, has paid residing and a food at hotels of sportsmen, judges,
tehpersonala. The mayor of Moscow Jury Luzhkov has given for service
The World championship some German buses "Mercedes".
   On scarcity of means Arkhangelsk to the World championship is issued
Rather faintly. The illumination which has remained on the central prospectuses gains
And streets since New Year's holidays yes ice figures. Are more brightly issued only
Stadiums where there pass matches, yes hotels in which have taken places
Hockey players. It is poorly in booths and championship symbolics: writing-books,
Calendar cards, packages... The Unique souvenir badge has appeared on sale
Only on the eve of tournament, but also that costs 20 roubles.
   Foreign tourists, basically it is Scandinavians, to Arkhangelsk
Has arrived it is a little. The employee of customs has told to journalists, that Swedes
Have taken with itself of 200 kgs... National colours, that
To swing them during a final Russia - Sweden. And 75 kilogrammes
Of them make luggage of one fragile lady.
   ... Difficultly we live. A cod we chew less often and less often, therefore as became
It is more expensive chicken okorochkov. But we keep. And bandy on what not
Let's exchange. Grandiose fireworks over evening stadium in day of opening
Called us feeling of pride of a city, area, for the Russian hockey.
   Vladimir AVERIN.
   Arkhangelsk.
   Last day preliminary tournament the Russian national team met
With the main contenders in struggle for world "gold" Swedes. In
Basic time of a collar of both commands and remained unopened - 0:0.
The winner should be defined in a series of 12-metre blows. And here nerves
Have appeared more strong at our children - 3:2.
   So, in the first semifinal match today at 11 o'clock on ice leave
National teams of Sweden and Finland, and Russians will measure swords with Norwegians in
16 hours.
//* an information Source: the Russian newspaper, 6.02.99
//* Reg. Nom. - 1090200075.02-------------------------------------------