Download or read book Physical Culture and Sport in Soviet Society written by Susan Grant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its very inception the Soviet state valued the merits and benefits of physical culture, which included not only sport but also health, hygiene, education, labour and defence. Physical culture propaganda was directed at the Soviet population, and even more particularly at young people, women and peasants, with the aim of transforming them into ideal citizens. By using physical culture and sport to assess social, cultural and political developments within the Soviet Union, this book provides a new addition to the historiography of the 1920s and 1930s as well as to general sports history studies.
Download or read book Sport in the USSR written by Mike O'Mahony and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2006-06-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sport played a vital role within the social and cultural life of the Soviet Union. The Soviet State sponsored countless programmes to promote sporting activities, and even constructed a new term, fizkultura, to describe sports culture. In Sport in the USSR, Mike O'Mahony asserts that the popular image of fizkultura was as dependent on presentation as it was on actual practice. Images of vigorous Soviet sportsmen and women were evoked in literature, film and popular songs, and adorned stamps and domestic objects, as well as badges and medals. Some major artists even forged their entire careers from representations of sport." "Sport in the USSR explores physical and visual culture from the early years of the Soviet Union to its collapse. It is a fascinating addition to the current debates in the fields of sociology, visual culture and Soviet history."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Euphoria and Exhaustion written by Nikolaus Katzer and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The architects of the Soviet Union intended not merely to remake their society--they also had an ambitious plan to remake the citizenry physically, with the goal of perfecting the socialist ideal of man. As Euphoria and Exhaustionshows, the Soviet leadership used sport as one of the primary arenas in which to deploy and test their efforts to mechanize and perfect the human body, drawing on knowledge from physiology, biology, medicine, and hygiene. At the same time, however, such efforts, like any form of social control, could easily lead to discontent--and thus, the editors show, a study of changes in public attitude towards sport can offer insight into overall levels of integration, dissatisfaction, and social exhaustion in the Soviet Union.
Download or read book Sport in Soviet Society written by James Riordan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1980-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role and development of sport in Soviet society received little contemporary attention, in the West or in Russia. Although it was widely banned after the Russian Revolution, and viewed as a tool developed by the bourgeoisie for the training of body and mind during the rise of capitalism, the USSR was among the world's sporting powers. This 1977 book examines the evolution of sport in Russia from its early association with health and hygiene, through a period of functional association with labour and defence, to its post-war importance as a means of enhancing the prestige of Soviet communism abroad. The historical role of Soviet sport is followed from the considerable part that sport played during the period of rapid industrialisation, through its strange fate during the years of mass repression, to its emergence as a major institution after the Second World War.
Download or read book Sport in Soviet Society written by James Riordan and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sport and Society in the Soviet Union written by Manfred Zeller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following Stalin's death in 1953, association football clubs, as well as the informal supporter groups and communities which developed around them, were an important way for the diverse citizens of the multinational Soviet Union to express, negotiate and develop their identities, both on individual and collective levels. Manfred Zeller draws on extensive original research in Russian and Ukrainian archives, as well as interviews with spectators, 'hardcore ultras' and hooligans from the Caucasus to Central Asia, to shed new light onto this phenomenon covering the period from the height of Stalin's terror (the 1930s) to the Soviet Union's collapse (1991). Across events as diverse as the Soviet Union's footballing triumph over the German world champions in 1955 and the Luzhniki stadium disaster in 1982, Zeller explores the ways in which people, against the backdrop of totalitarianism, articulated feelings of alienation and fostered a sense of community through sport. In the process, he provides a unique 'bottom-up' reappraisal of Soviet history, culture and politics, as seen through the eyes of supporters and spectators. This is an important contribution to research on Soviet culture after Stalin, the history of sport and contemporary debates on antagonism in the post-Soviet world.
Download or read book Sport in the Soviet Union written by Victor E. Louis and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1980 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport in the Soviet Union, Second Revised Edition focuses on the development of sports in the Soviet Union, particularly noting the sport programs and contributions of sports organizations in the development of sports in the country. The manuscript first offers information on the historical background of sports in the Soviet Union, including contemporary organizations of Soviet sports and sports for children. The text then discusses various sports played in the country. These include soccer, rugby, basketball, volleyball, handball, tennis, table tennis, and badminton. The text also underscore.
Download or read book East Plays West written by Stephen Wagg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of essays on the symbolic role of sport in the delicate interplay of the superpowers during the Cold War, showing how sport and politics became inextricably intertwined.
Download or read book The Political Involvement in Sport in the Soviet Union written by Hartford A. Cantelon (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics have been associated with sports since the Greek city states honoured victorious citizens on their return from the Olympic Games. Modern day nations all associate politics with sports. The only difference occurs in the amount of political involvement each country imposes. The integration of sports with the political state became readily apparent for example, during the Hitler regime in Germany. Sports and sportsmen were used as tools to help forward the political doctrine of the Nazi party. Today the Soviet Union provides a contemporary example of a nation with a fully integrated political sports policy. Many of the accomplishments of Soviet sportsmen have resulted because of this state control and political involvement. The profound success Soviet athletes have achieved in the past two decades speaks well for the state control of physical culture. The use of sports to combat juvenile delinquency, improve health and make better use of leisure time are admirable political uses of sport. However, in the Soviet Union, physical culture and sports cannot be viewed as an end in themselves; this activity must further CPSU ideals and is therefore a matter of interest to Party apparatus. The political control of the entire Soviet society finds its historical roots in the philosophy of Marx. Through observation of the highly-industrialized society of his day, Marx predicted a class struggle between proletarian workers and bourgeois capitalists. When the workers realized the hopelessness of the capitalist system, they would revolt, overthrowing the bourgeoisie. Socialist society would grow out of this conflict and fill the void left by the revolution. Lenins, as the founder of the Bolshevik Party, interpreted Marxian philosophy to fit the particular Russian scene and attempted to establish the first modern communist state. This society was to be governed by the proletarian dictatorship until the state became obsolete. To this end, the Communist Party controls all facets of Soviet life, either directly through the Party apparatus or indirectly through the government -- Council of Ministers -- and other, quasi-political, bodies. Nothing operates beyond the control of the Party, including sports. Sports can be regarded as a sub-culture of the total Soviet society and for this reason has many of the same advantages and disadvantages a completely planned society experiences. The complex organizational structure of the CPSU is apparent in the structure of the Union of Sports Societies and Organizations of the USSR. The efficient mobilization of citizens is apparent during the spartakiads.Reliance on scientific investigation and research has allowed Soviet researchers to develop many practical and useful applications for sports. The problem of centrally planning an entire society is noticeable -- in the sports field -- in the number of complaints concerning quality sports equipment, the lack of good facilities and qualified physical education teachers, as well as the difficulty of fulfilling state plans. In the early days of the Soviet state, sports were developed according to the massovost 1 principle (mass participation). Today in the Soviet Union mass participation is considered secondary to that of masterstvo (proficiency). Because of the use of the sports arena as a proving ground for the superiority of the communist system, masterstvo is of primary importance. The emphasis on masterstvo has created a widening gap between the elite athlete and the ordinary sportsman in terms of facilities, equipment and skill development. It has also produced the state amateur and the problems associated with the preferential treatment of these athletes, i.e., rowdiness, drunkenness, parasitism and recruitment. Party leaders do not view sports as good in themselves but as a tool of the Party. The CPSU does not support sport participation because of the higher values physical exertion can bring but rather in strict materialistic terms. Sports must further the Party cause both in the Soviet Union and abroad and for this reason is directed and controlled by the Party.
Download or read book Russia in the eighties written by John Frederick Baddeley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the intersection of sports and politics in the Soviet Union during the 1980s with this insightful historical analysis. Author John Frederick Baddeley traces the complex relationship between the government and the athletic system, shedding light on the role of sports in shaping Soviet society at the time. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Euphoria and Exhaustion written by Nikolaus Katzer and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Perfektionierung des menschlichen Körpers und seiner Leistungsfähigkeit im Sport war in der Sowjetunion Programm. Die Beiträge zeigen, wie der Sport inszeniert, medial aufbereitet und popularisiert wurde. Deutlich wird die Ambivalenz des Sowjetsports zwischen Disziplinierung und Emanzipation, Kontrolle und Abweichung sowie staatstragender Instrumentalisierung und subkultureller Aneignung.
Download or read book Serious Fun written by Robert Edelman and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Big Red Machine," an assemblyline of sober, unsmiling Olympic champions--this was the image that dominated Western thinking about Soviet sports. But for Soviet citizens the experience of watching sports in the USSR was always very different. Soviet spectators paid comparatively little attention to most Olympic sports. They flocked instead to the games they really wanted to watch, rooted for teams and heroes of their own choosing, and carried on with a rowdiness typical of sportsfans everywhere. The Communist state sought to use sports and other forms of mass culture to instill values of discipline, order, health, and culture. The fans, however, just wanted to have fun. Official Soviet ideology was never able to control or comprehend the regressed and pleasure-seeking component not only of spectator sport but of all popular culture. In Serious Fun, Robert Edelman provides the first history of any aspect of Soviet sports, covering the most popular spectator attractions from 1917 up to the end of the Soviet Union in 1991. Edelman has used the highly candid sports press, memoirs, instruction books, team yearbooks, and press guides and supplmented them with Soviet television broadcasts and interviews with players, coaches, team officials, television bureaucrats, journalists, and fans to detail how spectator sport withstood the power of the state and became a sphere of life that allowed citizens to resist, deflect, and even modify the actions of the authorities. Focusing on the most popular sports of soccer, hockey, and basketball, Edelman discusses the dominant teams and the biggest stars: the international competitive successes as well as the many failures. He covers a variety of topics familiar to Western sports fans including professionalism, fan violence, corruption, political meddling, the sports press, television, and the effect of big money on competition. More than just a sports book, Serious Fun takes us deep into the social fabric of Soviet life. Edelman shows how the Big Red machine so visible in international competition was much like the giant steel mills and dams of which the Soviets boasted. These were the achievements of a state that put production above all else, but spectator sport was part of a long-suffering consumer sector that the industrial giant would never satisfy. This volume will bring a broader, richer understanding of Soviet life not only to students of popular culture and Russian history but to sports fans everywhere.
Download or read book Soviet Sport Mirror of Soviet Society written by Henry W. Morton and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sport and Physical Education in the Soviet Union written by James Riordan and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sport Societies in the Soviet Union written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Armed Forces sports society, Burevestnik Voluntary Sports Society, Dynamo sports society, Red Sport International, Spartak Voluntary Sports Society, SV Dynamo, FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg, FC SKA Rostov-on-Don, Dinamo Riga, Voluntary Sports Societies of the Soviet Union, FC Dinamo Minsk, FC Dinamo Brest, FC Dynamo Stavropol, FC Dynamo Bryansk, FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, FC Dynamo Barnaul, Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund, FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk, Dynamo Sports Club, JK Dunamo Tallinn, Kampforbundet for Rod Sportsenhet, FC Dinamo Bender, FC Dynamo Makhachkala, Lokomotiv, SKA Saint Petersburg, Red Sports Federation, Tivali Minsk, Federation sportive du Travail d'Alsace et de Lorraine, List of Burevestnik athletes, Trudovye Rezervy, List of Spartak athletes, Zenit, CSKA, Vodnik, Dynamo Dushanbe, Dynamo Stadium. Excerpt: The Sports Club Dynamo (German: , German pronunciation: ) was the sport organization of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Zollverwaltung, Ministry for State Security and Feuerwehr) of former East Germany. The sports club was founded on 27 March 1953 and was headquartered in Hohenschonhausen in East Berlin. From the date of its inception until 23 November 1989 the president of SV Dynamo was Erich Mielke, who was also the Minister of State Security. Dynamo was created in accordance with the multi-sports club model developed in the Soviet Union and adopted throughout Eastern Europe. From the beginning it had an overtly political as well as sporting agenda and its many successes were always portrayed as a triumph of the GDR state. After the German reunification in 1990 the SV Dynamo was liquidated. At its height the association had a membership of over 280,000 active members. Athletes of the association enjoyed considerable success both in national and international competitions, winning for example more...
Download or read book Defending the American Way of Life written by Kevin B. Witherspoon and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2019 NASSH Book Award, Anthology. The Cold War was fought in every corner of society, including in the sport and entertainment industries. Recognizing the importance of culture in the battle for hearts and minds, the United States, like the Soviet Union, attempted to win the favor of citizens in nonaligned states through the soft power of sport. Athletes became de facto ambassadors of US interests, their wins and losses serving as emblems of broader efforts to shield American culture—both at home and abroad—against communism. In Defending the American Way of Life, leading sport historians present new perspectives on high-profile issues in this era of sport history alongside research drawn from previously untapped archival sources to highlight the ways that sports influenced and were influenced by Cold War politics. Surveying the significance of sports in Cold War America through lenses of race, gender, diplomacy, cultural infiltration, anti-communist hysteria, doping, state intervention, and more, this collection illustrates how this conflict remains relevant to US sporting institutions, organizations, and ideologies today.
