In 1913, the first water polo tournament was played between the Shuvalov school and Moscow, with the first winning 3–2.P. Erofeev and A. Shemansky further populized water polo by publishing brochures with rules and hints.The strongest teams were Delfin of Leningrad and the Moscow Life Saving Society and the Yacht-Club.Following the resolution by the organizing bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1925, physical culture has been greatly propagated in Russia, stimulating water polo as well.Three years later, water polo was included in the All-Union Spartakiade (sports festival).