Finnish skittles
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Finnish skittles, also known as Karelian skittles, outdoor skittles or kyykkä, is a centuries-old game of Karelian origin. The aim in Finnish skittles is to throw wooden skittle bats at skittles, tryi
The Finnish Champion in men's individual game in 2007, Mika Peiponen (Nurmes Skittles Club), playing in Finnish Championships in Äänekoski, 2003.
President of Finland Urho Kekkonen playing kyykkä (Finnish skittles) in Seurasaari in 1974
Finnish skittles playing at Lappeenranta
Left: Veli-Pekka Juvonen playing individual skittles in Äänekoski, 2002. Right: Esko Rautiainen playing in a team event in Imatra, 2003.
Gorodki
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Gorodki is a Russian folk sport. Similar in concept to bowling and also somewhat to horseshoes, the aim of the game is to knock out groups of skittles arranged in various patterns by throwing a bat at
Finnish skittles
…with four-person teams, in pairs or as an individual game. Finnish skittles is one of the three skittles games played in the World Championships of Gorodki Sport. The other games include Classic Gorodki and Euro Gorodki. In 1894, a Finnish author and photographer I. K. Inha wrote in his diaries concerning…
A game of gorodki in Moscow, 1935
Gorodki target in "Machine gun installation" setup
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