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OK, guys, sorry for such a long pause, here's the next part.

Year by year it seemed Russian motorsport was slowly dying out. Year 1906 didn’t change the situation – only two races couldn’t state the renaissance of motor racing. Even more upsetting it was having in mind that in June, 1906 in France the first ever Grand Prix event took place – Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France. Russian clubs kept silence…
The first race in 1906 was organized by Avtomobil magazine, the founder of which, Andrei Nagel, was a huge fan of motor racing. Maybe the authority of the magazine wasn’t yet so high or the odds didn’t favor the Russian motorsport, but only two drivers on cars attended the race on July, 15 – both Bruno Fahrig and Lyzhin entered their own Brasier motors. The outcome of the race was very simple – Lyzhin’s mechanic forgot to fill the tank with fuel, so Fahrig drove his Brasier 15/24CV to the finish and won showing the time of 1 hour 36 minutes and 26 seconds at 100-verst distance. Interesting that both teams had drivers’ wives as mechanics, and after the race both ladies were favoured with memorable presents.
The same year, on August, 28 the second Beljaeff Cup took place. The distance of 39 versts (Strelna – Alexandrovskaya – Strelna) was completed the best by Constantine Kapoustine on 12hp Georges Richard – 49 minutes, 9 seconds.

Pictures:
1. Fahrig's Brasier 15/24CV with his family.
2. Lyzhin's (seemingly left) and Fahrig's (right) cars before the trip to Saint-Petersberg for Avtomobil magazine race.
Both pictures are taken from the article about Bruno Fahrig and, I guess, should belong to our IRAO member. Thus, the question to IRAO: can I use the pictures here?

Note: Some sources state that Lyzhin drove a 16hp Decauville car.