Kazan takes part in Ski track of Russia 2009

People in 69 regions of the Russian Federation will take part in the All-Russian mass ski races 'Ski track of Russia 2009' on the coming Sunday.

This year, Kazan is the only official participant of the Ski track of Russia in Tatarstan. It will start in the square of the children's complex 'Zarechye' in the Kirov district of Kazan. Last year, as many as 100 thousand people took part in the event in Tatarstan.

'Ski track of Russia' has been held each year since 1982 and has become a major winter holiday. The number of participants has been growing. With six cities of six federal districts in 2004, there were 140 Russian cities taking part in event with 800 thousand officially registered participants in 2008.