That is interesting!
Veliky Novgorod - Motherland of Floorball! As long ago as in the 10-12th centuries the ball game using sticks was widespread in Russia, as evidenced by archaeological findings and ethnographic data: for example, more than 200 balls have been found in Novgorod made of the bottom part of the tree or its' knurs and in 2018 one of the valuable discoveries - a wooden hockey stick was found at the Nutny excavation (Veliky Novgorod). Maybe that's why the biggest and the most prestig