Olympics of the peoples of the USSR

The Games of the peoples of the USSR are mass sports competitions in the USSR in 1956-1991. Two types of Games of the peoples of the USSR were held: the summer games of the peoples of the USSR, as a rule, were organized in the pre-Olympic year ^[1] , and the winter games of the peoples of the USSR — two years before the Olympic Games .

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Summer Games of the USSR Peoples

The 1st Summer Games of the Peoples of the USSR was held in the Olympic year 1956. Subsequent summer Games of the peoples of the USSR were organized in the pre-Olympic year, with the exception of the 9th Summer Games of the Peoples of the USSR, which was held in 1986. A total of ten summer Games of the peoples of the USSR were held ^[2]

I Summer Games of the peoples of the USSR , the final competition in Moscow - August 1956 ;
The 2nd Summer Games of the Peoples of the USSR , the final competitions in Moscow - August 1959 ;
III Summer Games of the peoples of the USSR , the final competition in Moscow - August 1963 ;
The 4th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , the final competition in Moscow - July - August 1967 ;
V Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , final competitions - July 1971 ;
The 6th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , the final competition - March - July 1975 ;
VII Summer Games of the peoples of the USSR , the final competition - in 1979 ;
VIII Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , final competitions - May – August 1983 ;
9th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , final competitions - June-September 1986 ;
The 10th Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , the final competition - March - September 1991 .

Sports

In the table below for the Games of 1991 there is no information on three sports of some kind (31 sports should be presented), for the rest of the Games the information is complete.

Kind of sport	1956	1959	1963	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1986	1991	Total
Car sport (Rally / Cross)										X	one
Acrobatics									X	X	2
										X	2
Basketball	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Boxing	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Cycling track	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Cycling, highway	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Water polo	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Water skiing									X		one
Volleyball (men)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Volleyball (women)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Freestyle wrestling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Handball					X	X	X	X	X		five
Weight-lifting										X	one
Gorodny sport									X	X	2
Academic rowing			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	eight
Kayaking and canoeing	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Judo						X	X	X	X	X	5 ^[3]
Classic wrestling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Horseback Riding	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Athletics	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Motorsport		X								X	one
Table tennis		X	X					X	X	X	five
Sailing				X	X	X	X	X	X		6
Swimming	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Diving										X	one
Diving	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Trampolining									X	X	2
Sambo					X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Synchronized swimming								X	X	X	3
Modern Pentathlon	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Gymnastics	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Shooting sport	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Trap shooting	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Archery					X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Tennis	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	9
Weightlifting	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Fencing	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	ten
Football	X						X	X	X		four
Field hockey							X	X	X		3
Rhythmic gymnastics							X	X	X	X	four
Chess		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	eight

Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

Held 1 time in 4 years in 1962-90. (except 1970). In total, 7 winter sports competitions of the peoples of the USSR were held. ^[2]

I Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , the final competition in Sverdlovsk - March 1962 ;
The Second Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , the final competitions in Sverdlovsk, Gorky, Terskol and Kiev - March 1966 ^[4] ;
III Winter Games of the peoples of the USSR , the final competition in Sverdlovsk - March 1974 ;
The 4th Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , the final competition in Sverdlovsk - March 1978 ;
V Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , final competitions in Krasnoyarsk - March 4 - 16, 1982 ;
VI Winter Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , the final competition in Krasnoyarsk - February 24 - March 11, 1986 ;
VII Winter Games of the peoples of the USSR , the final competition in Kiev - 1990 .

Spartakiad in philately

In 1956, a series of USSR postage stamps devoted to the 1956 Games were issued:

Notes

↑ Games - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
↑ ¹ ² Dynamo Encyclopedia
↑ Grischenkov V.N. Judo. Pages of history. Part 2 .. - Minsk: BGUFK, 2014. - P. 272. - ISBN 978-985-6902-72-0 .
↑ about finals (inaccessible link)

Links

History of the Games of the peoples of the USSR // spartakiada.org
Medals and Badges of the Games // Contemporary Sports Museum
Award faleristics sports days of the peoples of the USSR and the RSFSR // allfaler.ru

[1] Games - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .

[Dinamo-2] ¹ ² Dynamo Encyclopedia

[3] Grischenkov V.N. Judo. Pages of history. Part 2 .. - Minsk: BGUFK, 2014. - P. 272. - ISBN 978-985-6902-72-0 .

[4] ut finals (inaccessible link)