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Voluntary Sports Societies of the Soviet Union

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225: 403:, the first of the future Union-wide national sports societies, dates from 1935. The society united the workers of local industries, communal economy, culture, automobile transportation, civil aviation, and others. In the following years numerous other sport societies were set up throughout the Soviet Union. Some societies were closely associated with a single industry; others had associations with a combination of several. For example, athletes from factory schools and vocational schools were united into VSS 372: 33: 150:. The Spartak sports society was mimicking a voluntary sports society claiming its heritage from the trade unions of either "industrial cooperation" or food suppliers. Following the Soviet Union expansion and occupation of neighboring territories Spartak was one of the sports societies that were established instantaneously along with Dynamo. 308: 293: 217: 423:
The main structural units of VSS were physical culture collectives by the enterprises, public-service institutions, collective farms (kolkhoz), state farms (sovkhoz), educational institutions, etc. These collectives were primary organizations of VSS and numbered 114 thousands (including 105 thousands
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According to the Olympic rules of the 20th century, only amateur athletes were eligible to participate. Top Soviet athletes were funded by the state and trained full-time but were listed in different VSS what allowed them to retain their amateur status. That created a disbalance in the international
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The SKA and Dynamo associations, which were manned by athletes in uniformed service in the armed forces and police, and the volunteer DOSAAF organization were under the direct supervision of the Ministries of Defense and Internal Affairs and were thus independent from the unions' sports societies.
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states that usually those sports clubs and unions were chartered and financed by representatives of the bourgeoisie and of the nobility, and that access to them for students and working youth "was extremely limited". At the end of the 19th and start of the 20th centuries there appeared workers'
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and sports). According to Soviet sources (which are questionable), these eight VSS united 48.365 million members. VSS that did not belong to the Trade Unions were not reorganized. Two national societies from athletes from all the Union Republics had already been formed on the basis of the 15
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reorganized 33 Trade Unions' VSS. None were abolished, just the governing organization of most of them was changed from VTsSPS to another one. The eight largest Trade Unions' VSS remained under VTsSPS leadership: Burevestnik, Vodnik, Zenit, Lokomotiv, Spartak, Trud, Urozhai, FiS
267: 432:) and 30 republican VSS – 15 united physical culture collectives of industrial enterprises and other 15 united rural collectives. Those were the standard societies. In 1982 all republican societies merged under the two Russian republican societies. 348:. Sportsmen of the Russian Empire participated in the 1908 Olympics (5 members) and in the 1912 Olympics (174 members). In 1914 the Russian Empire had 1,200 sports unions involving some 45,000 participants out of some 332 cities and other settlements. 317:
involving over 1,000 participants. The program of those Olympics consisted of light athletics, gymnastics, fencing, association football, tennis, heavy athletics, swimming, rowing, sailing, modern pentathlon, shooting, equestrian, and cycling.
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and other cities of the Russian Empire. The yacht clubs of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg figured among the first such societies. Along with the development of the sport societies, official sports competitions started. The
165:, and various other sports. Their goals were to develop mass physical culture and sports and to provide facilities and conditions for sports training and improvement in athletes' skills. Most of the VSS were governed by 385:)was established in 1920. In 1923 such VSFKs were set up for every Executive Committee of each Soviet region. In 1936 the council was reformed into the All-Union committee for fitness culture and sports affairs for the 283:(1837–1909), opened in Petersburg the courses of educators and leaders of physical education that eventually became a prototype of the higher-learning institutions in physical education established in the 443:, represented the security services of the USSR, and were sponsored by them. The society had a special status. Another sports society was the "Sports club of the Armed Forces" (usually abbreviated as 1748: 1421:
in 1970). There were a lot of sports facilities constructed throughout the country using this means by 1970: 2,490 stadiums, 59,000 football grounds, 14,400 complex sports grounds, 10,200
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which was a volunteer society in cooperation with the Army, Air Force, and Navy (notice the combination of the last three letters) and a sister club to the SKA organization.
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In February 1987 all remaining VSS were abolished by the VTsSPS. On the basis of eight Trade Unions' VSS, one All-Union Volunteer Fitness and Sports Society of Trade Unions (
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between 1935 and 1991. The word "voluntary" in the Soviet system carried special meaning indicating that those societies were not "departmental" and had nothing to do with a
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Already in the first half of 19th century sports schools, clubs, societies (sailing and rowing, fencing, swimming, ice skating, cycling, and others) appeared in
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Reporting under the Council were federations of various sports disciplines, Coach Councils, and Judging Boards which functioned to assist its duties.
261:. Prominent roles in the development of the Russian sport were played by the "Petersburg's Circle of Sports Enthusiasts" (established in 1889), the " 1490: 412: 447:- Sports Club of the Army). Like Dynamo, SKA also carried a special status, as they represented the athletes in their military service duty in the 1574: 1444:
The most represented VSS at the Olympics usually were Spartak, Burevestnik, Trud, Zenit, Avangard. For example, from 409 competitors for the
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and abroad. In the beginning of the 20th century All-Russian unions on sports emerged and organized the first championships. In 1913 the
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in 1943. The formation of the kernel of the system was complete in the 1950s, when village VSS were established in all 16 of the then
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Beside those, there were also numerous other sport societies that preceded the above mentioned or were less represented such as
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Each VSS had its own flag, emblem, sports uniform and pin. Societies, which were awarded orders (e.g. VSS Spartak -
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under Trade Unions), united into 36 VSS (29 of them were of Trade Unions) as of 1971. There were six All-Union VSS (
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was prompted to drop outdated amateur rules and open the Olympics to all athletes, regardless of their status.
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of late 1917 state oversight of the workers' physical training was assigned to the Main Department of
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58 were from Spartak, 48 from Burevestnik, 28 from Trud, 13 from Zenit and 11 from Avangard.
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The governing body of Trade Unions' VSS was the All-Union Council of Trade Unions' VSS (
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to control functioning of Children and Youth Sport Schools and other institutions
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to support the participation of VSS in All-Union and international competitions
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Fitness culture and sport (USSR) in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
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to maintain relations with foreign workers' and students' sports unions
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VSS were financed mostly by trade unions and state (e.g. 355 million
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in Paris in 1894, decided to revive the Olympics and established the
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to award the best physical culture collectives the title Sport Club
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A special sports society was "Spartak" that was controlled by the
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figured among the 12 countries, representatives of which, at the
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In 1896 the founder of a scientific system of fitness education,
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where some 600 people - including females - participated. The
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Interview of the chairman of the Ukrainian Voluntary Society
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The 25th Anniversary of the Russian Gymnastics Society, 1908
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and often were closely associated with a certain ministry (
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Voluntary society in support of Army, Aviation, and Fleet (
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Departmental Sports Societies (DSS) of the USSR (DSS-USSR)
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In 1907 on decree of the Imperial Russian Prime Minister
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of Trade Unions, to arrange sports and fitness holidays
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Torpedo (automobile and truck manufacture industries)
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Olympic Games § Amateurism and professionalism
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