Lokomotiv is a shortcut for Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society

Lokomotiv (sports society)

Lokomotiv is the Russian sports club and a member of the International Railway Sports Association.Lokomotive traces its history to the All-Union Voluntary Sports Society of rail transport workers' Trade Unions, one of the first sports societies of workers of the USSR. Established in 1936, it...

 that existed in the former Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. It was owned and supported by national railroad companies, hence the name. VSS Lokomotiv contained a lot of clubs, that bore the same name. The name "Lokomotiv" was also used by clubs in other socialist countries.

Today, Lokomotiv may refer, for instance, to:

• football clubs:
  • KF Lokomotiva Durres, Albania
  • FC Lokomotiv Astana
    FC Lokomotiv Astana
    FC Astana is a Kazakh football club based at the Astana Arena.-History:The club formed as the result of a merger between FC Alma-Ata and Megasport in the beginning of 2009. Later they moved to newly build Astana Arena. The club has benefited from a high salary role which has enabled them to...
    
    , Kazakhstan
  • 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
    Lokomotive Leipzig
    1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig is a German football club based in the city of Leipzig in Saxony and may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Leipzig, the first national champions of Germany...
    
    , Germany
  • FC Lokomotiv Moscow
    FC Lokomotiv Moscow
    The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...
    
    , Russia
  • FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
    FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
    FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.-History:...
    
    , Russia
  • PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
    PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
    PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv, which competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. The club was founded on July 25, 1926 when two of the oldest Plovdiv clubs - Atletic and Karadzha united into a new club named Sports Club Plovdiv...
    
    , Bulgaria
  • PFC Lokomotiv Sofia
    PFC Lokomotiv Sofia
    PFC Lokomotiv Sofia is a Bulgarian football club from the capital city of Sofia, which currently competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. It was founded on September 2, 1929 by a group of railway workers under the name Railway Sports Club . The club's home ground is the Lokomotiv...
    
    , Bulgaria
  • FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
    FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa
    FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, currently playing in the Bulgarian North-West V AFG, the third-level division of Bulgarian football. The club plays its home matches at the Lokomotiv Stadium which has a capacity of 12,000. Club colours...
    
    , Bulgaria
  • FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
    FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
    FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi is a Georgian football club from the capital, Tbilisi. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways.-History:*1936: Founded....
    
    , Georgia

• other sport clubs:
  • Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
    Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
    Hockey Club Lokomotiv , also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Yaroslavl. The name of the team is derived from its owner, Russian Railways, the national railroad operator....
    
    , a Russian hockey team
  • Lokomotiv Belgorod
    Lokomotiv Belgorod
    Lokomotiv-Belogorie is a professional volleyball club based in Belgorod, Russia.-Palmarès:*Russian Volleyball Super League ** Winner : 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005** Second place : 1995, 1996, 1999, 2006* CEV Champions League...
    
    , a Russian volleyball team
  • RC Lokomotiv Moscow
    RC Lokomotiv Moscow
    RC Lokomotiv Moscow is a professional Russian rugby football club based in Moscow, which from 2010 will field teams in both rugby league and rugby union. The club is one of the oldest in Russia. Originally a club for those who worked on the railways, they participated in the first USSR rugby union...
    
    , a Russian rugby league team
  • Lokomotiv Cove, an Australian amateur football team
  • Lokomotiv Rostov
    Lokomotiv Rostov
    PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban is a Russian professional basketball team which is now based in Krasnodar, Russia, after moving from Rostov-on-Don at the end of the 2008–09 season for financial reasons. The club was founded in the year 1946 and was formerly known as Lokomotiv Mineralnye Vody and Lokomotiv...
    
    , a Russian basketball team

• musical group:
  • Lokomotiv
    Lokomotiv (band)
    Lokomotiv was a Southern California-based rock band which counted among its line-up, the key members of some of the most successful hard rock bands in the Philippines during the 1990s -- Wolfgang and Razorback.-History:...
    
    , a Southern California band