further about the most significant events of this day in history in the selections of ekaterina burlakovawhat this day is memorable for in history right now. hello, on march 12 , 1898, in st. petersburg, russian hockey players played their first international match, it was sword hockey, then the most common in europe. in russia, it has been played since ancient times and this game was called differently: piggyback, dogon, spinning top, fumbling, or simply sticks and sticking. i was into the game peter i, who, by the way, skated , nicholas ii, also a hockey fan, went out on the ice in boots. the english scandinavians played hockey, the rules were different. according to some sources, for that game the skating rink was filled at the kamennoostrovsky velodrome, according to others, on the ice of the mala neva near tuchkiy bridge. but it is known for certain that the sports part of russia was defended by the team of the sports club, and a team of englishmen who came to st. petersburg to earn money fought against it. friendship won, the match ended with a score of 4:4. since then there have be