History

The team was founded in 1935 by DSO «SPARTAK». During existence of the team, it’s name has changed twice: 1935 -1977 — «SPARTAK» (Leningrad); 1978-2003 — TTU; since 2003 — «LENINGRADKA» (St.Petersburg).

In 1939 «Spartak» debuted in USSR championship. In Soviet Union championship the team was in 43 seasons. The team takes part in Russian championship since 1992.

• Finalist in the Cup Winner’s Cup – 1981, 1991
• Silver medalist in the USSR Championships — 1948, 1950, 1961, 1980
• Bronze medalist in the USSR Championships -1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957
• Winner of the USSR Cup — 1976, 1977
• The Best result in the Russian championships: 5th place (1993, 2008)
• Finalist in the Russian Cup (2001, 2004 — bronze medalist, 2008)
• Bronze medalist in the Challenge Cup 2009
• Winner of the Cup of the Kaliningrad region’s governor – 2023
• Silver medalist of the Centenary Cup

Volleyball players of the club took part in the biggest world competitions as members of national team — Olympic Games, World and Europe championships. The team had such players as: Europe champions 1949 Anna Afanasieva (Smirnova) and Taisia Baryshnikova; triple Europe champion 1949-1951 Valentina Kvasheninnikova; World champion 1952, double Europe champion 1950, 1951 Maria Toporkova; World champion 1956 Kira Gorbacheva (Shmantsyr); double World 1956, 1960 and Europe 1958, 1963 champion Alisa Krashennikova (Galahova); double Olympic champion of 1968 and 1972, World champion 1970 and double Europe champion 1967, 1971Galina Leontiyeva (Elnitskaia), Olympic champions of 1972, Europe champions Ludmila Borozna (Zigiliy) and Tatiana Gonobobleva (Semenova); Europe champions 1977 Nadezda Gorlovskaia (Davydenko) and Tatiana Karaseva (Sorokina, Talina).

The women’s national team won silver medals at the 2004 Athens Games. Olga Nikolaeva, the player of “Leningradka” team, took part in national team.

The women national team took bronze in 2005 and 2007 at European championship. There was Natalia Alimova, the player of “Leningradka”, in this national team.

In the 2005/2006 season the team won first place in the Major League “A” and returned itself a place in the Super League.

In the 2006/2007 season «Leningradka» won 7-th place in Russian Championship.

In the 2007/2008 season «Leningradka» won 5-th place in Russian Championship and conquered the right to participate in the CEV Cup. 3 players of the team (N.Alimova, E.Kabeshova, J.Andrushko) are included in Russian national team.

In 2008 women national team won the permit for Olympic Games in Beijing at qualifying tournament. The national team’s players include members of “Leningradka” team Natalia Alimova and Yekaterina Kabeshova.

In the 2009 «Leningradka» won 3-rd place in the Challenge Cup.

In the 2011 «Leningradka» won 3-rd place in the tournament of reserve teams of Russian Super League.

Till 2011 farm-club for the team of senior players “Leningradka-2” took part in the Major League “B”. In 2011 the farm-club status had the team of St.Petersburg “Ekran”, wich the same year won silver medals in the Major League “B” and a place in the Major League “A”.

One of the current tasks of the team of coaches is the preparation of a reserve team to back up the main team and give playing practice to the sportswomen. The team’s management is continually searching for and selecting talented players from around the country.