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All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports

The All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports (Russian: Всесоюзный совет физической культуры) was a main body of Soviet executive power in physical culture and sports originally established in August 1920 as part of the Soviet vsevobuch (Main directorate of General Military Education of the Russian People's Commissariat on War).

The Sports Committee Building in Moscow

In 1936 it was transformed into an All-Union committee and a State committee.

At first it was established as interdepartamental commission that included representatives of Vseobuch, People's Commissariat of Enlightenment, People's Commissariat of Healthcare, trade unions, Russian League of Communist Youth (RKSM, later known as Komsomol), and sports-gymnastics societies. It also was a consultative agency to Vseobuch.[1] Since 1923 and until 1936 it was a special agency of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.

Its main duties included

  • development and review of programs, provisions, regulations, and guidelines on physical education;
  • organization and holding of sports competitions;
  • general management of sports organizations;
  • preparation of physical culture cadres (staff);
  • monitoring of the physical education of students;
  • medical control over the health of those engaged in physical culture and sports.

Chairmen

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All-Union Council on Physical Culture

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All-Union Council on Physical Culture Period in office
Nikolai Podvoisky[a] 1920–1923
Nikolai Semashko[b] 1923–1926
Vasiliy Mikhailov 1926–1930
Nikolai Antipov 1930–1934
Vasiliy Mantsev 1934–1936

All-Union Committee on Physical Culture and Sports

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On 1 April 1936, the All-Union council on Physical Culture was transformed into the All-Union Committee on Physical Culture and Sports in 1936–1953 and 1954–1959.

All-Union Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Period in office
Ivan Kharchenko 1936–1937
Aleksandr Zelikov 1937–1938
Vasiliy Snegov 1939–1945
Nikolay Romanov 1945–1948
Arkadiy Apollonov 1948–1951
Nikolay Romanov 1951–1959

In 1953–1954 it was part of the Ministry of Healthcare and in 1959–1968 it was governed by the Union of Sports Societies and Organizations (SSOO).

After 1968 it was known as Sportkomitet and Goskomsport.

[State] Committee on Physical Culture and Sports

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[State] Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Period in office
Sergei Pavlov 1968–1983
Marat Gramov 1983–1989
Nikolay Rusak 1989–1991

Notes

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  1. ^ simultaneously the chairman of Vsevobuch
  2. ^ simultaneously the Russian People's Commissar of Healthcare

References

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  1. ^ All Russian Central Executive Committee of the Soviet of workers, soldiers and peasants deputies (Всероссийский Центральный Исполнительный Комитет Совета рабочих, солдатских и крестьянских депутатов). Ministry of Sports (Russian Federation).
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