In 1875, British residents of the city challenged the sailors of the Prince of Wales' Royal Yacht Osbourne to a match.

The Russia national cricket team saw their first home representative match against a touring side in 2008.

[9] However, cricket was included in a list of officially recognised sports in Russia in 2020, meaning that the federation could apply for government funding.

On 18 July 2021, Russia was suspended due to continued non-compliance with ICC Membership Criteria, was ordered to demonstrate compliance before the time of the next AGM or face having its membership of ICC terminated with immediate effect.

[10] An ICC statement in July 2022 explained that Russia’s 2021 suspension was the result of a failure to comply with ICC membership criteria dating back to July 2019 and that membership had been "terminated" following a failure to overcome those issues.