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Spartak

Lukoil Arena
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About Spartak

Lukoil Arena, former Otkritie Bank Arena and Otkritie Arena, also known as Spartak Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium north-west of Moscow, Russia. The venue is used mostly for football matches, hosting the home matches of Spartak Moscow.

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The most famous team in Russia is Spartak Moscow. When the Soviets were controlling everything, they were the team of the people. There was a load of brothers called the Starristan brothers who started Spartak, and then very mysteriously they got sent to the Gulag about three or four years later, because they started a people's football team.

from 351: No Such Thing As Pop Charts for Bagpipers, 2020-12-11 at 00:50:49 Β· read transcript

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Coordinates: 55.8181, 37.4396

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