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“The Kremlin Equestrian Riding School” (KERS) w a s e s t a bl i s h e d i n 2 0 0 6 w i t h t h e p a r t i c i p a t i o n o f t h e M o s c ow K r e m l i n C o m m a n d a n t S e r v i c e o f t h e R u s s i a n Fe d e r a t i o n S e c u r i t y S e r v i c e. F r o m t h e ve r y f i r s t d ay s s c h o o l ' s m i s s i o n h a s b e e n c o n c l u d e d i n t h e f o l l ow i n g wo r d s : " C u l ture and tradition of riding for the benefit of t h e p e o p l e " . I t i n c l u d e s a r a n g e o f va l u e s a n d
par tner - Financial Corporation "URALS I B " , r e p r e s e n t e d by i t s m a i n s h a r e h o l d e r N i ko l a i T s ve t kov a n d m e m b e r s o f h i s f a m i ly. T h e t e a m o f l i ke - m i n d e d p r o f e s s i o n a l s , w h o c r e a t e d t h e c l u b, i s u n i t e d i n i t s l ove a n d d e vo t i o n t o t h e c h o s e n b u s i n e s s , p e r s i s t e n c e i n a c h i ev i n g t h e g o a l s a n d o p t i m i s m - q u a lities which in a shor t time led to the re-
a s p i r a t i o n s , s u c h a s t h e p r o m o t i o n o f a h e a l t hy l i f e s t y l e, t h e p a t r i o t i c e d u c a t i o n o f t h e yo u t h a n d eve n t h e i d e a o f r ev i v i n g t h e h o r s e c e r e monies and military par ts of equestrian spor t a s a n i n t e g r a l p a r t o f t h e R u s s i a n c u l t u r e. S i n c e t h e f o u n d a t i o n o f t h e s c h o o l a n i nva l u a bl e r o l e i n t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h i s m i s s i o n i n l i f e h a s p l aye d i t s l o n g - t e r m
c o g n i t i o n a n d a u d i e n c e aw a r d n o t o n ly i n Russia but also in the inter national arena. Fo r e x a m p l e, i n M ay 2 0 1 2 j o i n t t e a m o f t h e C a va l r y e s c o r t o f t h e P r e s i d e n t i a l R e g i m e n t a n d the Kremlin Riding School perfor med at the cer e m o ny r e l a t e d t o t h e D i a m o n d A n n i ve r s a r y c e lebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I I i n Wi n d z o r. I n t h e a u t u m n o f t h a t ye a r t h e
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Kremlin equestrian riding school took par t in the equestrian campaign “ M o s c ow Pa r i s Âť - a l a r g e - s c a l e inter national project, d e d i c a t e d t o t h e t wo hundredth a n n i ve r sary of the Second Wo r l d Wa r, w h e r e t h e r o u t e t a ke n by t h e Cossacks with their Ataman M . I . P l a t ov was repeated on the t r u e b r e d D o n h o r s e s. More than ten thous a n d p e o p l e a l l ove r t h e wo r l d w h o h ave witnessed this camp a i g n a n d h ave b e e n visiting the Kremlin equestrian riding school team's perfor mance around t h e wo r l d a n n u a l ly, we l c o m e R u s s i a n r i ders with the same
war mth. This is not s u r p r i s i n g a s eve r y t i m e t h ey d e m o n s t r a te the limitless possibilities of the man and the miracles of h a r m o ny b e t we e n t h e r i d e r a n d h i s h o r s e. One of the main o b j e c t i ve s o f t h e j o i n t t e a m i s t o r ev i ve t h e traditions of a signific a n t b o dy o f n a t i o n a l military and spor ting equestrian culture and mar tial ar t called "trick riding". This ar t combines not o n ly t h e a c r o b a t i c and gymnastic tricks perpetrated astride a g a l l o p i n g h o r s e, b u t a l s o t h e wo r k w i t h t h e traditional Cossack a r m s , j u m p i n g ove r bur ning obstacles and t e c h n i q u e s o f t a m i n g.
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T h e s h ow o f t h e K r e m l i n e q u e s t r i a n r i ding school riders also took place at the Inter national equestrian exhibitions, international competitions for the Cup of the R u s s i a n P r e s i d e n t , f e s t i va l s o f e q u e s t r i a n a r t i n d i f f e r e n t r e g i o n s o f t h e c o u n t r y. The Kremlin equestrian riding school team rep e a t e d ly p e r f o r m e d f o r f o r e i g n d e l e g a t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g r e p r e s e n t a t i ve s o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l E q u e s t r i a n Fe d e r a t i o n , t h e F r e n c h R e p u bl i c a n G u a r d , t h e h o n o r g u a r d o f t h e R e p u bl i c a n G u a r d o f K a z a k h s t a n , t h e R oy a l C o u r t of Oman and Shaolin monastery school. I n t h e l i g h t o f t h i s s u c c e s s i t l o o ke d q u i t e l o g i c a l t h a t t h e j o i n t t e a m r i d e r s we r e i nv i t e d t o t h e m o s t p o p u l a r eve n t i n e q u e s t r i a n spor t "Horses & Dreams", which was held from the 17th to the 21th of April in Hag e n , G e r m a ny. I n f r a m ewo r k s o f “ R u s s i a G e r m a ny Ye a r ” t h i s f a m o u s e q u e s t r i a n wo r l d championship was dedicated to Russia. S i n c e 2 0 1 0 t h e j o i n t t e a m C ava l r y e s c o r t of honor of the Presidential Regiment and Kremlin riding school is a per manent member of the prestigious Inter national Militar y M u s i c Fe s t i va l " S p a s s k ay a Towe r " , h e l d on the Red Square of the Russian capital.
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