Russian Olympic Committee

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC; ; Full name: All-Russian united social union "Olympic Committee of Russia", ) is the National Olympic Committee representing Russia. Its president is Stanislav Pozdnyakov. History Russia's Olympic Committee was founded in 1911 by representatives of Russian Sports Societies at a meeting in Saint Petersburg, in the premises of the Imperial Russian Society for Saving on the Water (Sadovaya Street 50), when the Statute was adopted and members of the committee were elected. The first chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee was Vyacheslav Sreznevsky. In 1951–1992, the Russian Olympic Committee was essentially the Soviet Olympic Committee, based in Moscow.