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| - Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Uralica on the whole, and the most popular sport in all but two Uralican counties. (It comes second to Nordic skiing in Nenetsia-North Uralica and third behind Nordic skiing and bandy in Sapmi.) Football has had a foothold in the southern half of Uralica since the days of the Russian Empire. Larger cities such as Yekaterinburg, Perm', Cherepovets, and Vologda, have had clubs participating professionally for decades. Although football in Russia dates back to the days of the Russian Empire, though, the oldest teams in Uralica, such as Dinamo Kirov (founded as Dinamo Vyatka in 1923) and Dinamo Vologda (founded in 1926), date back to the beginning of the Communist Era.
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