Lokomotiv
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Lokomotiv is a shortcut for Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society that existed in the former Soviet Union. It was owned and supported by national railroad companies, hence the name. VSS Lokomotiv contained a lot of clubs, that bore the same name. The name "Lokomotiv" was also used by clubs in other socialist countries.
Today, Lokomotiv may refer, for instance, to:
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow, a Russian football team
- FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, a Russian football team
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv, a Bulgarian football team
- PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, a Bulgarian football team
- 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, a German football team
- Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a Russian hockey team
- Lokomotiv-Belogorye, a Russian volleyball team
- RC Lokomotiv Moscow, a Russian rugby league team
- Lokomotiv, a Southern California band