"SKA the Arena" will help Petersburg to win against Eteri Tutberidze?
The Soviet figure skating quickly enough, at the beginning of the 60th years came to leading positions in the world. Historically in the country two capitals competed. In figure skating there was a deep implication. The competition was not only for where there are more than champions, owners of the highest titles, in Moscow, or in Petersburg. Then after all disputes in the USSR stormed also other disputes: figure skating — sports or art? It was considered as a show for the intellectuals, something like chess, but it is immeasurably more beautiful. Reconciled that the side is thin. So sports or art? The Leningrad school traditionally staked on virtuosity...