Interestingly, even though the rules transitioned to 7x7 in 1962, the term “hand-ball” lingered in the Russian language and remained the official name of the sport until 1990.

Following the dissolution of the USSR, the All-Union Federation was dissolved, and on March 2, 1992, the Russian Handball Union (RHU) was established during a founding conference in Volgograd.

Vladimir Maksimov continued as the general director, with Yuri Reznikov, Honorary Master of Sports of the USSR, serving as vice-president, and Boris Makarov, an internationally certified referee, taking on the role of executive secretary.

[5][6] Alexander Kozhukhov led RHU from 1992 to 2004, while Vladimir Maksimov retained his position as general director throughout the reporting and election conferences from 1992 to 2008.

In 2004, Kozhukhov assumed the role of president of the commission responsible for organizing and overseeing competitions for the International Handball Federation.

In December 2004, Vladimir Grigoriev, Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications and a former youth handball player in Zaporizhzhia, emerged as the sole candidate during the reporting and election conference.

Then, on February 1, 2023, the primary governing body of RHF, the executive committee, underwent transformation into the Supreme Council, with Sergey Shishkarev taking on the role of chairman.

In 2015, RHF was bestowed with the highest accolade from the International Handball Federation – the Hans Baumann Trophy.