Editing Kirov, Kirov Oblast (section)

==Sports==
[[File:Kirov springboard K90.JPG|thumb|Kirov ski jump]]
Kirov is one of the sports centers of Russia. Kirov athletes regularly become world champions, winners and prize-winners of World Cup stages, winners and prize-winners of Russian championships and All-Russian competitions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mashkovtsev |first=K. A. |year=2019 |title=Современный спорт и перспективы появления спортивных сборных команд по видам спорта муниципального образования "Город Киров" |trans-title=Modern sports and prospects for the appearance of sports teams in sports of the Kirov City Municipality |url=https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=39142331 |journal=Society. Science. Innovations |language=ru |location=Kirov |publisher=Vyatka State University |issue=4 |pages=336–344}}</ref>

There are 1,100 sports facilities in the city, including 8 stadiums with bleachers, 264 gyms and 26 swimming pools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Municipal statistics |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/dbscripts/munst/munst33/DBInet.cgi |website=Federal State Statistics Service}}</ref>

[[Rodina Bandy Club|Rodina]]<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-03-14 |title="Родина" Киров Официальный сайт хоккейного клуба - Новости |url=http://khcrodina.ru/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112003147/http://www.khcrodina.ru/ |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |access-date=2013-03-26 |publisher=Khcrodina.ru |df=mdy-all}}</ref> plays in the highest division of [[Russian Bandy League]]. Their home arena has a capacity of 7,500.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Translate |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/7/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/7/%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D545 |access-date=2013-03-26}}</ref> It was the venue of the national final in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Translate |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&u=http://bandyworld.info/digest/2199/&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%25D0%259C%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BE%2B%25D1%2581%25D0%25B1%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0%25D1%258F%2B%25D0%25AF%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F%2B2013%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D545 |access-date=2013-03-26}}</ref>  Rodina-2 will participate in the Russian [[rink bandy|Rink Bandy]] Cup 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Кубок России по мини-хоккею с мячом - 2017 - Соревнования - Федерация хоккея с мячом России |url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/season/322/}}</ref>

There's also a Kirov sky jump – it's multifunctional ski sports complex
Regularly hosts interregional and All-Russian ski competitions.