Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
The Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (Russian: Спартакиада народов СССР, Spartakiada narodov SSSR[1]) was a mass multi-sport event in the Soviet Union which lasted from 1956–1991. The competition was a descendant of the international Spartakiads, named after the classical escaped slave leader Spartacus. The USSR Spartakiad comprised two separate quadrennial competitions: the Summer Spartakiad and the Winter Spartakiad. The competitions were conducted between the constituent Republics of the Soviet Union.
| First event | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Occur every | 4 years |
| Last event | 1991 |
| Purpose | National sports festival |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Soviet Union |
In 1952 the Soviet Union decided to join the Olympic movement, and international Spartakiads ceased. However the term continued to exist for internal sports events in the Soviet Union of different levels, from local up to the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. The first Soviet Spartakiad was held in 1956.[2] The competition had local level qualifying competitions, with the summer finals traditionally staged in the capital, Moscow, and the winter finals in Sverdlovsk.
Editions
Summer
| Edition | Year | City | Nation | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1956 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| II | 1959 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| III | 1963 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| IV | 1967 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | July | August |
| V | 1971 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| VI | 1975 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | March | August |
| VII | 1979 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | August | August |
| VIII | 1983 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | May | August |
| IX | 1986 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | June | September |
| X | 1991 () | Moscow | Soviet Union | March | September |
Winter
| Edition | Year | City | Nation | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1962 () | Sverdlovsk | Soviet Union | March | March |
| II | 1966 () | Sverdlovsk, Gorky, Terskol and Kiev | Soviet Union | March | March |
| III | 1974 () | Sverdlovsk | Soviet Union | March | March |
| IV | 1978 () | Sverdlovsk | Soviet Union | March | March |
| V | 1982 () | Krasnoyarsk | Soviet Union | 4 March | 16 March |
| VI | 1986 () | Krasnoyarsk | Soviet Union | 24 February | 11 March |
| VII | 1990 () | Kiev | Soviet Union | March | March |
Sports
Summer
| Sports | 1956 | 1959 | 1963 | 1967 | 1971 | 1975 | 1979 | 1983 | 1986 | 1991 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||||
| Athletics () | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Badminton | X | X | 2 | ||||||||
| Basketball | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Boxing | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Chess | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | ||
| Cycling (track) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | ||
| Cycling (road) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Diving | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Equestrian | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Fencing | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Field hockey | X | X | X | 3 | |||||||
| Football () | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||||
| Gorodki | X | X | 2 | ||||||||
| Gymnastics (acrobatic) | X | X | 2 | ||||||||
| Gymnastics (artistic) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Gymnastics (rhythmic) | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||||
| Gymnastics (trampolining) | X | X | 2 | ||||||||
| Handball | X | X | X | X | X | 5 | |||||
| Judo | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||||
| Kayak and Canoe | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Kettlebell lifting | X | 1 | |||||||||
| Modern pentathlon | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Motorcycle sport | X | 1 | |||||||||
| Rowing | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 | ||
| Sailing | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||||
| Sambo | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||||
| Shooting | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Skeet shooting | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Swimming | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Synchronized swimming | X | X | X | 3 | |||||||
| Table tennis | X | X | X | X | X | 5 | |||||
| Tennis | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Underwater sports | X | 1 | |||||||||
| Volleyball (men) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Volleyball (women) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Water polo | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| Water skiing | X | 1 | |||||||||
| Weightlifting | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Wrestling (freestyle) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
References
- Ukrainian: Спартакіада народів СРСР; Lithuanian: TSRS tautų spartakiada; Latvian: PSRS tautu spartakiāda
- Catalogue of Postage Stamps of the USSR 1918–1974, “Soyuzpechat” Central Philatelic Agency (CPA) of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR publisher, Moscow, 1976. See also subsequent yearly catalogues.
External links
- Spartakiads at RSSSF
- Spartakiad at Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Spartakiad in the Soviet Union
- Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR in 1956 and 1959.
- Kostenko, A. Summer spartakiads of peoples of the USSR. Blogs at sovsport.ru. 2011
- Spartakiads of Peoples of the USSR. Dynamo Encyclopedia at Google Books. "OLMA Media Group", 2003. ISBN 9785224043996
