Russian Ice Hockey Federation

Russia

Association name	Ice Hockey Federation of Russia
IIHF Code	RUS
IIHF membership	19 January 1992
Association history	Russia 1992–present
President	Vladislav Tretiak
IIHF men's ranking	2
IIHF women's ranking	6
www.fhr.ru

The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (Russian: Федерация хоккея России, Federatsiya Khokkeya Rossii) is the governing body overseeing ice hockey in Russia.

The federation was founded on 12 November 1991, during the existence of the Soviet Union and the Russian SFSR, as the "Ice Hockey Federation of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic / Ice Hockey Federation of Russia" (Russian: Федерация Xoккея Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики / Russian: Федерация хоккея России). On 19 January 1992, after the Soviet Union was dissolved and Russia took over the international rights and obligations of the USSR, the federation became the official successor of the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation and its successes and its full membership in the International Ice Hockey Federation.

In 1908, representatives of Russian ice hockey received an invitation to visit Paris to discuss the possibility of uniting hockey fans, along with France, Great Britain, Switzerland, Belgium, and Germany. On 15 May 1908, the First Congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation was formed without Russia and Germany.

The Russian Hockey Federation was added to the Ligue International de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG) (as the IIHF was known then) on 12 February 1911, as the seventh member.

The USSR ice hockey championship began to be played out in 1946. At first, the All-Union hockey section was organizing the championships. Since 1 July 1959, the organization has become known as the USSR Hockey Federation, which has united the leadership of hockey with the ball and hockey with the puck. On 17 October 1967, the Federation was divided into the Federation of Ice Hockey (USSR) and the USSR Ice Hockey Federation.

Nominally hockey in Russia was engaged in the Federation of Hockey RSFSR, formed in 1959. The Federation of Hockey of the RSFSR / Russia (FHR) was established on 12 November 1991. On 19 January 1992, FHR officially became the successor to the USSR Hockey Federation.