For two years in a row, Russian football gold has been steadily in Kazan, rightly considered the sports capital of Russia. "Ruby" cannot be called a meteor. The team from the banks of the Volga did not break into the ranks of the strongest with a bright car, but took the heights with a systematic assault, increasing their success every year - from unexpected bronze in 2003, to completely logical gold in 2009. But some 15 years ago, Rubin was in the outskirts of the second league. The entire recent history of the new leader of the Russian Premier League took place before the eyes of the author, a Kazan journalist, who tried, as far as possible, to convey to the masses, primarily non-Kazan readers, the main milestones of the modern life of this amazing team. Here you will find portraits of people who made the history of Kazan football: Viktor Kolotov, Pavel Sadyrin, Evgeny Golov and, of course, Kurban Berdyev. Finally, step by step we will remember Rubin’s two golden seasons and the Kazan team’s breathtaking triumph in the Champions League.