in our country he is free the film adaptation was the film save and preserve by alexander sakuurov, shotn 1989 together with german filmmakers. on february 7, 1910 , the first russian championship in speed skiing over a distance of 30 km was held in moscow's nakhodynsky field. this was an important milestone in the development of skiing in our country; there were only 12 participants , then they were called skiers. the winner of the championship, pavel buchkov, was awarded the title of russia's first skier. a twenty-four-year-old peasant from the penza province, recruited to construction of the railway in moscow, became interested in skiing here. bychkov covered the distance in 2 hours and almost 27 minutes. compete in skiing. speed racing in russia began at the end of the 19th century, and almost immediately the fun turned into a professional sport. already in 1895, the moscow skiers club appeared. but the initiators of its creation were cyclists who wanted to train all year round and decided to ski in winter. the sanction for the opening of the club was given by the head of the minis