Settlement of family estates (#ecosettlement) Lesnaya Polyana was founded in September 2009 in the Zvenigovsky district of Mari El in Russia. A few years later, we started training together in #volleyball, and a couple of years ago first performed in the district championship.

Every year from autumn to spring, we went to the neighboring village of Ismentsy (1194 people of the population according to the last census). We played #volleyball on Wednesdays with local youth and even occasionally won😀

On the same Day of the Physical Education, an epoch-making event could take place: "Lesnaya Polyana" was close to final of the district #beachsoccer tournament! But the author of these lines doesn't know how to kick a penalty😅, and we were content with only 4th place Russian Non-League Blog

But we pulled everyone in the first district #streetball tournament!😀 Lesnaya Polyana is the winner of the Zvenigovsky District Cup 2021!🏆 @RusBasketball

We asked - the universe answered!Friendly present of life-worn dusty balls from the Kazan Mini-Football Federation💥 Let's try to patch it up and breathe in a second life. For rural areas, anything will do 😂

Dear Global Ecovillage Network and @GENEurope , do you know if there are any regular sport clubs in #ecovillages and such settlements?

Sports competitions in the Russian outback as a reflection of reality. #КроссНаций #run #lifeisrun #leposport #leporun