Russia rugby coach Kingsley Jones has named two debutants in his provisional 30-man squad for the Bears' three-match tour of Britain next month.
Russia clash with Oxford on November 4, play the U.S. national side on November 9 before taking on Canada a week later.
Half of Jones' squad is drawn from the country's top two sides VVA-Podmoskovye and Enisei Krasnoyarsk, with new boy Ramilya Gaysina at the former and fellow debutant Andrei Polivalov at Imperia Penza.
Otherwise, it features 13 of the players who impressed at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand a year ago including former London Wasps duo Vladimir Korshunov and Viktor Gresev.
Northampton Saints wing Vasily Artemyev is not named in the provisional squad but is expected to be added later.
The games against the U.S. and Canada are part of the inaugural IRB International Rugby Series to be played in Colwyn Bay in North Wales.
