Master Rallye 2001

Off-road events which are becoming increasingly popular in Russia, were little known before the "Master Rally" made its first appearance there. This is why this year the "Master Rallye" car-motorcycle club is reiterating the race on snow, with the co-operation of the Lukhovitsi (Moscow region) district administration, under the aegis of the Russian Car Federation. The second edition of the "Master-Rallye - Lukhovitsi 2001" which is organized at 135 km from Moscow counts for the Russian Championship off-road rallies 2001. This new race on the second week-end of March, will amass a good hundred enthusiasts for this motor-sport festival.

Route: Total: 370 km including 350 km of special stages on hard earth tracks covered with snow and ice in the forests. The race will take place with two SS and a prologue.

Competitors: all natural persons or legal entities holding a Competitor’s Licence (and/or Driver’s licence), issued by the Russian Car Federation and valid for the current year, are admitted.

Vehicles: vehicles in conformity with the Russian Championship off-road rally-raids 2001 are admitted in the categories and groups divided as follows:

Category 1: Groups Т1 and Т2 – off-road national or foreign production mass-produced vehicles, with cubic capacity up to 2500 cm³

Category 2: Groups Т1 and Т2 – off-road national or foreign production mass-produced vehicles, with cubic capacity exceeding 2500 cm³

Category 3: Group Т3 – vehicles whose original configuration has undergone considerable changes and additions (engine, transmission and suspension), prototypes, vehicles built by the unit, with petrol-driven turbo engines.

Lukhovitsi, town in the region of Moscow, administrative centre of the district, located on the tributary of the Volga – Oka, 135 km to the south-east of the capital. Railway station.

A little history

The first mention of the settlement of Glukhovitchi (Lukhovitsi) as the fief of Archbishop Riazan, dates back to 1594-97. In the middle of the 19th century, the Riazan railway passed through Lukhovitsi, which did not have town status until 1957

Economy

Leather and clothing factories. Mechanics and building material (bricks) plants. Forestry sites. Food-processing sector: canning, dairy industry, flour-milling.

In the district of Lukhovitsi, potatoes, vegetables, as well as cereals, are cultivated. Cattle, pig and poultry rearing.
Industrial extraction of sand, limestone, clay and peat.

Monuments, interesting and unusual things:

In Lukhovitsi – the church of Kazan (1754).

11 km to the north-east of Lukhovitsi, the village of Dedinovo was already known in the 15th century. In the 17th century, it was one of the big river boat-building centres (in 1667-69 “Aigle” (eagle) one of the first Russian military boats was built in the local shipyard).

15 km to the south-east of Lukhovitsi is to be found the old village of Perevitsk, evidently founded in the 11th century. Mentioned for the first time in 1381 as the outpost of the north-west boundaries of the Principality of Riazan, it entered into the composition of the state of Moscow at the beginning of the 16th century. With the loss of its strategic functions, this city, protective in its time, has been transformed into a simple village which is called Perevitski Torjok today.