Even in Russia, the modernization of folk games with a stick in a modern sport with established rules occurred not without the influence of Englishmen living in Petersburg - employees of British companies in Russia.
However, by the beginning of the century, three different varieties of bendi were formed in Europe - English, popular also in the main part of continental Europe; Scandinavian, popular in Sweden, as well as in Norway and during this period - in Germany; Russian, popular in Russia, as well as in Finland, which at that time was part of the Russian Empire.
In the English variation, they played in small fields similar to modern ice hockey venues, and as a rule there were seven players in the field as a part of each team. In Russia and Scandinavia, a larger field was used for the game, similar in size to football, but there were differences in the rules concerning the size of the gates, the presence of sideboards, and "high" passes (in Russia they were banned).
In principle, three varieties can be conditionally designated as Bendy (England), ball hockey (Sweden) and Russian hockey (Russia), while the "English" bandy was very similar to the currently existing younger brother of big bandy rink bandy. The culmination of the new history of bendi was the European Championship in Bendi in Switzerland (Davos) in 1913, as well as the Nordic Games that were held during this period (which prompted the appearance of the Winter Olympic Games in the subsequent period), at least in 1901, 1909, 1913 and 1917 years. tournaments on bendi (fin.) were held.
To be continued