Unified All-Union Sports Classification - a system for assigning categories and ranks depending on the results shown by athletes. It was created in 1935 on the basis of existing independent classifications for certain sports. She was called upon to promote the development of mass sports in the USSR , improve health and enhance the achievements of Soviet athletes. [one]
History
In the USSR, sports ranks and sports ranks were assigned in accordance with the current Unified All-Union Sports Classification, which, inter alia, established a list of sports ranks and ranks and the conditions for their assignment. The assignment of sports ranks and categories was carried out by the Committee on Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of Ministers.
The difference between a “rank” and a “rank” was that the rank was assigned for life, and the ranks had to be regularly confirmed [1] .
For the first time, EWSC was developed in 1935 on the basis of already existing sports classifications for individual sports, in the future it was constantly changing, reflecting new sports. Beginning in 1949, the EWSC became approved for a four-year period. In the last ЕВСК of the USSR ( 1989 ) there were the following sports titles :
- USSR master of sports ;
- USSR master of sports of international class (first approved in 1965 );
- Grandmaster of the USSR ( chess and checkers ).
In addition to the titles of EWSC in the USSR, on May 27, 1934, the Central Executive Committee established the sports title “ Honored Master of Sports ”, hereinafter “ Honored Master of Sports of the USSR ”.
Sometimes the titles of honored trainer of the USSR (1956), honorary judge for sports (1972), and judges of the all-Union category (1934) are referred to sports .
In the 60s of the last century, the title of Honorary Master of Sports of the USSR was awarded for the annual fulfillment of the standard of the Master of Sports of the USSR for 5 years [2] .
The highest sports category was the candidate for master of sports of the USSR (CCM). The lowest sports category was III category in major sports. Sometimes the so-called “youth categories” were introduced, even lower, for persons under 18 years of age — I and II youth classes. For chess, youth ranks did not exist.
I sports category is assigned to athletes who have fulfilled the established norms and requirements and conduct public work in physical education teams. II and III sports categories are assigned to athletes who have fulfilled the standards and requirements established for these categories and have passed completely the standards of I or II stages (depending on age) of the TRP complex [1] .
Youth sports categories (II and I) are assigned to athletes 15 - 18 years old, who have fulfilled the established discharge standards and requirements and have passed completely the standards of the BHT complex or the GTO complex, in accordance with their age [1] .
Against the backdrop of chess successes in the USSR, IV and V categories for chess were introduced. The latter was eventually canceled. To get the IV category (and earlier V) it was enough to assemble a group of newcomers of at least 11 people and score half points in a round-robin tournament.
In the republics of the USSR there was a system of sports titles similar to the system of all-union titles. After the collapse of the country, titles of this kind were established in many newly formed countries.
Badge Master of Sports in National Sports of the RSFSR