Start Nizhny Novgorod

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Start Nizhny Novgorod
City	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
League	Russian Bandy Super League
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Home arena	Trud Stadium, Start Stadium
Head coach	Alexey Dyakov
Website	www.starthc.ru
Home colours Away colours

Start (Старт) is a professional bandy club from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, established in 1932. It plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the top division of Russian bandy.

Start was founded in 1932 as a team called Novoye Sormovo. The name was changed to Zenit (Zenith) in 1936, Trud (Labor) in 1959 and ultimately Start Gorky in 1960. When the city of Gorky changed its names to Nizhny Novgorod in 1990, the club changed names accordingly. It played in the elite division of the Soviet bandy championship in 1967–1969, the 1973–74 season and permanently since the 1975–76 season.^{[citation needed]}