Shinty in Russia
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Whilst Scots mercenaries may have played shinty in ancient times, shinty was almost entirely unknown in Russia, and by extension the Soviet Union, other than several Soviet diplomats being invited to a match by Sir Fitzroy Maclean in Strachur in the 1960s. It was not until the advent of the internet and the enthusiasm of a young man called Vitaliy Negoda MacDhùghaill that shinty became a sport played in the country in the 2010s.
