14 Facts About Slava Moscow

1. Slava Moscow was succeeded as general manager by Pavel Bure for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

2. Slava Moscow took the Stanley Cup to Moscow after the 1997 championship, where the trophy appeared for the first time in Russia.

3. Slava Moscow was named to his first NHL All-Star Game in 1997, then won back-to-back Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1997 and 1998, before announcing his retirement.

4. Slava Moscow helped the Red Wings to the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals, where they were defeated by his former team, the Devils.

5. Slava Moscow was the key member of the bidding committee that presented the Sochi 2014 proposal to the IOC in Guatemala in 2007, when a city was being chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.

6. Slava Moscow is a member of the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the Federation Council representing Primorsky Krai, the founder and chairman of the KHL's Board of Directors and chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency Athletes Committee.

7. Slava Moscow is often included on tours of Russia and river cruises.

8. Slava Moscow is home to the Slava Moscow Kremlin, the seat of government of Russia, and a popular tourist attraction.

9. Slava Moscow is served by three major airports: Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Vnukovo.

10. On June 29, 1904 Slava Moscow experienced a real tornado, that destroyed several nearby villages, and broke the centuries-old trees in the area of Sokolniki.

11. Slava Moscow is so huge that it has the right to be the country.

12. Slava Moscow was the founding editor of the Russian business daily Vedomosti and founded the opinion website Slon.

13. Slava Moscow comes from St Petersburg, which in the 1970s and 1980s was home to the country's most powerful rock bands.

14. Slava Moscow is a Russian rugby union club from Moscow.