Games similar to modern football, existed quite a long time in different Nations, however, the first recorded rules dated 1848. The birth date of football is considered to be 1863, when he organized the first football Association and drawn up rules similar to modern. The history of soccer started long ago. For example, in Egypt, and in Germany, and in China there were games similar to football. The most successful of them was called garpastum and it came up with the Italians. But when did modern football, garpastum was forgotten. When the British invented football, they immediately began to promote it in all countries, including Russia. At that time the Championships were attended by many of the English teams. About football in Russia was first mentioned in a book, one of the doctors[who?] "playing with the ball in the air."